This is a game about larger-than-life, impossibly competent superheroes in a high-magic, high-powered...

>This is a game about larger-than-life, impossibly competent superheroes in a high-magic, high-powered, high-fantasy setting.

>The protagonists are impossibly competent both in and out of combat, highly skilled at fighting in some way, and gifted with a cornucopia of preternatural superpowers. They adventure in a reality wherein magic and other mystical phenomena are ubiquitous, the many planes of existence and their myriad inhabitants frequent impact the lives of the masses, and gods and similar cosmic lords are known entities and major power players.

>There are always beings of far greater might, magic, wit, and influence than the heroes; yet fate conspires to ensure that said heroes are those who regularly dictate the fate of entire regions, nations, continents, worlds, and planes. More often than not, the protagonists must do battle to resolve a climactic conflict and save or damn countless souls.

Why is it that if you described a game this way to D&D and Pathfinder crowds, you would get players and GMs (though mostly GMs) balking at it for being unbelievably ridiculous and over-the-top, when this is a description of the baseline assumptions of D&D and Pathfinder?

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The game failed to give that impression.

>The protagonists are impossibly competent both in and out of combat, highly skilled at fighting in some way, and gifted with a cornucopia of preternatural superpowers.
You seem to be forgetting about the existence of Martials.

>>There are always beings of far greater might, magic, wit, and influence than the heroes

You seem to be forgetting the existence of Wizards.

For real though, if you're gonna complain about DnD, just play something else, before the DnDrone defense squad shows up to throw a fit that someone dares say anything bad about their game of choice. Even when they're the ones who make half of these topics in the first place.

>You seem to be forgetting the existence of Wizards.
Gods and outsider lords beat wizards.

Only one of those is me though.

>you would get players and GMs (though mostly GMs) balking at it for being unbelievably ridiculous and over-the-top
Few people care cares about DM opinions, far less about GM opinions.

Sounds like fun to me. Exactly what I want out of a game like D&D.

Then again, my favourite edition is 4e, which IMO is the version which most embraces that sort of pulpy high fantasy, rather than just accidentally supporting/implying it.

4e has no world changing wizards.

...yes it does?

It just ensures that other classes have the potential to change the world, too. High level rituals, utilities and epic destinies have all kinds of cool shit in them.