We're hardly the first to mention the upcoming MMO set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, but that doesn't mean we haven't been watching the game's development with great interest. After all, a D&D pedigree is like geek insta-cred. Be that as it may, we can't help but wonder: Outside of the (admittedly exciting) heritage, what's going to set Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach apart from the gaggle--nay, the glut--of other fantasy-based MMOs already out or about to emerge? Outside of the in-quest narration of a dulcet-throated Dungeon Master, what will we find in DDO that we won't find in, say, another fantasy-based MMORPG that millions of people are currently playing and that we probably don't need to name here?

Here's what the Turbine team told us to look for.and what we actually saw during a recent high-level quest in the DDO beta.