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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9797203" data-attributes="member: 6906155">Fluff. Magic is magic, and many D&amp;D settings wrote out gods because of the potential for deus ex machina.Goblins, orcs and dragons = Tolkien.Swords could be made from unobtanium for all it matters, they are still pointy things for stabbing monsters.Psionics was all over 1st edition AD&amp;D (mostly due to the Marion Zimmer Bradly influence) read all the Monster Manual stat blocks under psionics.True. But that was still TSR’s ambition for the game. It’s a matter of record.It’s a good thing Dark Sun is D&amp;D then, or it would be terrible.It said nothing of the sort. Replacing gnomes with giant bugs is not throwing out the rules.They get uppity whatever WotC does, because they are resentful that they are no longer the target audience. They have hated their way into irrelevance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9797203, member: 6906155"] Fluff. Magic is magic, and many D&D settings wrote out gods because of the potential for deus ex machina. Goblins, orcs and dragons = Tolkien. Swords could be made from unobtanium for all it matters, they are still pointy things for stabbing monsters. Psionics was all over 1st edition AD&D (mostly due to the Marion Zimmer Bradly influence) read all the Monster Manual stat blocks under psionics. True. But that was still TSR’s ambition for the game. It’s a matter of record. It’s a good thing Dark Sun is D&D then, or it would be terrible. It said nothing of the sort. Replacing gnomes with giant bugs is not throwing out the rules. They get uppity whatever WotC does, because they are resentful that they are no longer the target audience. They have hated their way into irrelevance. [/QUOTE]

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