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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 3812834" data-attributes="member: 467">Because I want to respect the OP's wishes about keeping the thread positive, I will start a new thread for this:See, this IMO should not be an assumption of the Core of D&amp;D.&nbsp; You could do this in 1E, 2E, 3E and even BECM D&amp;D if you wanted.&nbsp; This stuff is all about presentation and flavor text at the table or in a setting sourcebook.&nbsp; Hardwiring this stuff into the rules system harms the game by keeping D&amp;D from being the go-to game for fun, generic fantasy that is easy to twist and turn into whatever kind of setting/tone you like.&nbsp; It is a whole lot harder to excise tone like this than it is to add it in.Moreover, I don't understand why D&amp;D fans would want this game, because there is already one out there that does it very well.&nbsp; it is called Exalted.&nbsp; That's not a dig.&nbsp; i wrote for the game.&nbsp; I love Exalted.&nbsp; It is the pinnacle of the &quot;build and combo&quot; type of gaming that late 3.5 and it looks like 4E will be going for.&nbsp; Just play that.&nbsp; It's popular -- finding players shouldn't be too hard.&nbsp; Its setting is extremely broad, so it doesn't matter if you want Anime or Beowulf or Grecian Heroes -- it is all there.&nbsp; And, it is designed from the ground up for wire-fu demonic magical superheroes, high action and crunchy character building goodness all included.Why do (general) you -- though I would like an answer directly from Doug -- want D&amp;D to be Exalted when you already have Exalted.&nbsp; More to the point, why do you want to take D&amp;D from me so you can have Exalted with D&amp;D on the cover?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 3812834, member: 467"] Because I want to respect the OP's wishes about keeping the thread positive, I will start a new thread for this: See, this [i][b]IMO[/b][/i][b][/b] should not be an assumption of the Core of D&D. You could do this in 1E, 2E, 3E and even BECM D&D if you wanted. This stuff is all about presentation and flavor text at the table or in a setting sourcebook. Hardwiring this stuff into the rules system harms the game by keeping D&D from being the go-to game for fun, generic fantasy that is easy to twist and turn into whatever kind of setting/tone you like. It is a whole lot harder to excise tone like this than it is to add it in. Moreover, I don't understand why D&D fans would want this game, because there is already one out there that does it very well. it is called Exalted. That's not a dig. i wrote for the game. I love Exalted. It is the pinnacle of the "build and combo" type of gaming that late 3.5 and it looks like 4E will be going for. Just play that. It's popular -- finding players shouldn't be too hard. Its setting is extremely broad, so it doesn't matter if you want Anime or Beowulf or Grecian Heroes -- it is all there. And, it is designed from the ground up for wire-fu demonic magical superheroes, high action and crunchy character building goodness all included. Why do (general) you -- though I would like an answer directly from Doug -- want D&D to be Exalted when you already have Exalted. More to the point, why do you want to take D&D from me so you can have Exalted with D&D on the cover? [/QUOTE]

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