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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3723288" data-attributes="member: 22882"><p>I would rank them:</p><p></p><p>Character classes</p><p>Dragons</p><p>Hit points</p><p></p><p>I would add 'levels' at a rank below classes but above dragons, but frankly I can't imagine any of these three going away.</p><p></p><p>Classes (and levels) are one of the main things that set D&D apart from other tabletop RPGs and tie it to their more successful CRPG brethren. Removing these would greatly alter the game's uniqueness and simultaneously make it far less appealing to pretty much any relevant market of new players.</p><p></p><p>Dragons are right there in the name, along with dungeons; I make little use of either, but they are definitely necessary to the game's identity. Without them, D&D would at best be an ironic parody of itself.</p><p></p><p>Hit points are just an excellent system, which both predate D&D and through it have been expanded to a variety of other mediums. Their removal wouldn't be as earth-shaking in terms of the identity of the game, but oh -! It would completely change the game in actual play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3723288, member: 22882"] I would rank them: Character classes Dragons Hit points I would add 'levels' at a rank below classes but above dragons, but frankly I can't imagine any of these three going away. Classes (and levels) are one of the main things that set D&D apart from other tabletop RPGs and tie it to their more successful CRPG brethren. Removing these would greatly alter the game's uniqueness and simultaneously make it far less appealing to pretty much any relevant market of new players. Dragons are right there in the name, along with dungeons; I make little use of either, but they are definitely necessary to the game's identity. Without them, D&D would at best be an ironic parody of itself. Hit points are just an excellent system, which both predate D&D and through it have been expanded to a variety of other mediums. Their removal wouldn't be as earth-shaking in terms of the identity of the game, but oh -! It would completely change the game in actual play. [/QUOTE]
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