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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7487146" data-attributes="member: 15700">I think most things were mentioned already (like HP, saving throws, alignment, etc).&nbsp; But I want to add that IMO, even some things that had a D&amp;D logo didn't make them D&amp;D.&nbsp; Spelljammer, laser weapons, most video games, Planescape all feel as &quot;non-D&amp;D&quot; to me as the AD&amp;D wood burning set.&nbsp; I.e., yeah, technically it has the label, but it doesn't feel anything like what D&amp;D feels like or what is known to most people.Basically, it takes more than an official label thrown on for the game to feel like D&amp;D to me.&nbsp; It's beyond just mechanics, it's about feel, and genre.&nbsp; Party based, class based group of high fantasy adventures that looks like something right out of Middle Earth with Vance magic users thrown in, in search of treasure and fortune guarded by traps and monsters.&nbsp; THEN the mechanics back that up (zero to hero, HP, saving throws, mundane vs magical options of classes, theater of the mind, etc)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7487146, member: 15700"] I think most things were mentioned already (like HP, saving throws, alignment, etc). But I want to add that IMO, even some things that had a D&D logo didn't make them D&D. Spelljammer, laser weapons, most video games, Planescape all feel as "non-D&D" to me as the AD&D wood burning set. I.e., yeah, technically it has the label, but it doesn't feel anything like what D&D feels like or what is known to most people. Basically, it takes more than an official label thrown on for the game to feel like D&D to me. It's beyond just mechanics, it's about feel, and genre. Party based, class based group of high fantasy adventures that looks like something right out of Middle Earth with Vance magic users thrown in, in search of treasure and fortune guarded by traps and monsters. [I]THEN [/I]the mechanics back that up (zero to hero, HP, saving throws, mundane vs magical options of classes, theater of the mind, etc) [/QUOTE]

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