Reply To: D&D officially turning Forgotten Realms sights away from Euro inspired campaigns

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@onlyonepinman : Starfinder = Pathfinder in a SF setting … and Pathfinder is D&D.

As a famous author once said : any sufficientyl advanced tech is indistinguishable from technology.

However I think the class restrictions don’t work in modern morality settings unless you approach it as you do.
The mechanics certainly don’t help in building good characters.

I do think that 2D20 seems to be useful whenever the setting allows for movie like excuses for over-the-top actions & effects.
The sword & sorcery style of Conan for example allows for characters to be larger than life when doing stuff just for the heck of it.
I think that a more realistic setting could break it, but then roleplaying tends to not favour overly ‘realistic’ settings anyway so it might be moot.

@greyhunter88 : there is a danger of mechanics becoming a crutch instead of a tool.
As such what you really need is a DM capable of selling a believable world.