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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3262313" data-attributes="member: 22779">I admit that I'm a little confused by the lines drawn here.  I've seen more than a few mentions that if someone prefers D&D without the fluff from the core books, it's somehow not D&D anymore, but, rather, it's now d20 Fantasy.At least, that seems to be the distinction made.I think that's entirely arbitrary though.  I've never really paid much attention to the fluff that came with D&D in any edition.  The names in front of the spells are just that - names.  They have no particular resonance to me, nor did they ever.  The monsters and other elements that have been deemed IP really were never much part of my gaming experience.  Mind Flayers were kinda cool I suppose, but, I've never seen one in play.  Tenser to me is a kind of bandage.So, why is there a distinction made?  If I played 1e in Dragonlance, using the DL modules and the DL sourcebook, was I somehow not playing D&D?  In 2e, since I never got into FR, does that mean that my homebrew world wasn't D&D?  Were my players somehow not playing D&D in my Scarred Lands campaigns?  Even in my current World's Largest Dungeon campaign, since the WLD only contains SRD elements, am I not playing D&D?  Since my players have drawn from a number of WOTC sources for their characters, does that mean that they are playing D&D, but, I'm not?  Or, is the guy playing that Assaathi ranger playing d20 Fantasy, while, in the same game, the guy playing the Githzerai monk is playing D&D?What distinguishes D&D from D20 Fantasy?</blockquote>

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