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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 7815034" data-attributes="member: 5038">What is the essence of D&amp;D? For myself, I know if when looking upon the core rules (making the essence subjective like art or porn). In my opinion, what I find as the essence can be expanded upon and stretched in supplementary settings and remain acceptable as D&amp;D, but lose the essence of D&amp;D if done in the core rules.&nbsp; Al Qadim, Dark Sun, Ravenloft are, for instance, some of my favorite D&amp;D settings. Planescape, Spelljammer, and Eberron, are legitmate D&amp;D settings despite my dislike of them. Yet, a version of D&amp;D building the core rules of an edition around any of these settings would lose the essence of D&amp;D for me.Despite my preference for many of the underlying mechanics of 3e, 4e, and 5e in comparison to TSR D&amp;D, the fantasy that WOTC put on top of those mechanics lost the essence of D&amp;D for me- even when considering that 3e used &quot;Greyhawk&quot; as its core setting and 5e uses the Realms (Then again, the essence of both settings to me was lost back in the 2e era).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 7815034, member: 5038"] What is the essence of D&D? For myself, I know if when looking upon the core rules (making the essence subjective like art or porn). In my opinion, what I find as the essence can be expanded upon and stretched in supplementary settings and remain acceptable as D&D, but lose the essence of D&D if done in the core rules. Al Qadim, Dark Sun, Ravenloft are, for instance, some of my favorite D&D settings. Planescape, Spelljammer, and Eberron, are legitmate D&D settings despite my dislike of them. Yet, a version of D&D building the core rules of an edition around any of these settings would lose the essence of D&D for me. Despite my preference for many of the underlying mechanics of 3e, 4e, and 5e in comparison to TSR D&D, the fantasy that WOTC put on top of those mechanics lost the essence of D&D for me- even when considering that 3e used "Greyhawk" as its core setting and 5e uses the Realms (Then again, the essence of both settings to me was lost back in the 2e era). [/QUOTE]

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