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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8733384" data-attributes="member: 7023840">As I alluded to before, this is not a new criticism- and yet it doesn't matter.If you played D&amp;D in the 70s, you tried to emulate all sorts of fiction. Tolkien. Zelazny. Donaldson. Lieber. Moorcock. Heck- maybe you wanted to make your own Luke Skywalker. Or you wanted Daredevil (we had an MCU back then, too ... except it was called &quot;comic books&quot;).And you know what? D&amp;D did a TERRIBLE job at it! Because D&amp;D didn't &quot;emulate&quot; any of them very well- instead, it did a great job at being D&amp;D.It's always been like that. You've just listed ... what ... 13 (THIRTEEN) different fantasy genres you want D&amp;D to emulate ... and some of them aren't even really fantasy (MCU, Street Fighter, League of Legends, POTC etc.).D&amp;D does D&amp;D very well. If you are inspired to make a D&amp;D character from another source, that's great! But D&amp;D is not made to have perfect replicas of Hermione Granger, Zangief, Kled, Olaf the Snowman, and Galactus in the same party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8733384, member: 7023840"] As I alluded to before, this is not a new criticism- and yet it doesn't matter. If you played D&D in the 70s, you tried to emulate all sorts of fiction. Tolkien. Zelazny. Donaldson. Lieber. Moorcock. Heck- maybe you wanted to make your own Luke Skywalker. Or you wanted Daredevil (we had an MCU back then, too ... except it was called "comic books"). And you know what? D&D did a TERRIBLE job at it! Because D&D didn't "emulate" any of them very well- instead, it did a great job at being D&D. It's always been like that. You've just listed ... what ... 13 (THIRTEEN) different fantasy genres you want D&D to emulate ... and some of them aren't even really fantasy (MCU, Street Fighter, League of Legends, POTC etc.). D&D does D&D very well. If you are inspired to make a D&D character from another source, that's great! But D&D is not made to have perfect replicas of Hermione Granger, Zangief, Kled, Olaf the Snowman, and Galactus in the same party. [/QUOTE]

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