Only registered users may post messages Want to register ? Topic  Re(2):D&D, Tabletop RPGs, who plays 'em here? by Mosquiton 04:09   Wed 11 Dec Forum   Your UserName: Mosquiton Your Password:   *required - forgot your password ? Message Title: Your message: Icon selection: posticon BakedSquid 16mac1 BoiledEgg Before CutletDinner CandyBowl Clip Clipboard DC_Vm4 DC DishSoap2 Fc01 DC_b2 Dice1 Eggplant Disk_1 Disksys DuntPan Edamame KitchenKnife Fami_2 Fan1 Fc_FBasic Fc_PG Fc_cart1 Fc_cart5 GBP_silver Gameboy Garbege Gba2 Logo_NeoCD Linux Logo_Nintendo64 Logo_NeoGeo MailBox3 Logo_PS MailBox PaperBag MisoSoup OpenBox PCE Pad_DC2 Pad_PS Pad_Pce Pad_Sfc Pad_fc1 cocktail1 PetitTomato Pin-white Pockepika Pretzel SauceLadle Scale2 SegaSat SodaBar SoftCream ShavedIce-Strawberry StrappedBox Take-out Ws_3 alert angry apple arrow art attention beer biggrin book burger candy carrot cars chart chick chick1 chick2 chick3 chicken construction cocktail2 coffee digdug cpu download dosei duck dq1 dq2 dq3 icq-offline mp3 e3 egg face ff-cursor file film floppy fries frown gesselaf goemon1 goemon2 goemon3 happa health humor icecream icq-away icq-dnd icq-free icq-invisible icq-na icq-occupied oba-q pad icq-online icq-seek idea jojo_do jojo_go keylock library mahjong mario meat melon microphone mmcafe monitor multimedia music netscape1 netscape2 netscape3 netscape4 newspaper newswire questionmark opaopa pig pointer posticon pow powerbox pudding question redface sad science search smile smile2 smile3 smile4 sports strawberry sunrise theweb thumbdown thumbup travel upa_milk upa_pig yellowpages or view all icons here. [QUOTE] From AD&D came Wizardry, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei, Pokemon. Like the horned rabbit in Dragon Quest, that was a D&D fan made monster that would eventually turn into Nidoran for Pokemon. D&D3rd edition was their first concentrated effort at making a rules system as the 'physics' of the game. Skillpoints, crafting rules, and all that. [/QUOTE] D&D has been massively, hugely influential on videogames hasn't it? Sometimes I get upset thinking about how the concept of hit points has permeated so deeply in videogames. It's certainly a great idea with many merits, and it's a great fit for a lot of different designs, but I feel like in many cases hit points are an abstraction that's not always neccessary. And as 4th Edition illustrates some implementations work better than others. It's part of why I feel like D&D is brilliant and amazing, but maybe [i]too[/i] influential. Tolkien-influenced fantasy aesthetic. Yes, it's brilliant, but there are so many shitty derivations and imitations... I do enjoy seeing original stuff. Have any crazy/weird/interesting systems or settings come out in the last decade or two? Delete? To delete this post, check this box. Delete subthread too ? To delete all replies to your message, check this box (currently disabled) Show Signature: include your profile signature. Emoticons: disable Emoicons in this post.