What? I've barely had the opportunity to play 4th Edition yet.
Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 11/01/2012 02:38:50 AM
I actually really like the core of what 4th Edition is. The thing is very bland and clinical, which I imagine would put off many players, but the rules are very clear and efficient, for the most part. Hell, I think it could use a little more trimming down (I've cut out Armour Class from my version, shunting its responsibilities to Reflex, since they were pretty much the same anyway.) For someone who has been using modified 3/3.5 Edition rules forever (I played 2nd Edition straight, mainly because at that age I barely understood those ridiculous rules enough to play, let alone know how to rework them), I can't understate how much easier 4th Edition is to adapt. 3rd Edition was based around the Class system, which I hated and pretty much restricted any significant attempt at change, but with 4th Edition classes are very easy to change, hell, I could even adapt the system to work without classes (though it would still work on level advancement) with very little difficulty.
As a DM who has always taken an inordinate amount of pleasure from building settings, 4th Edition has been fantastic. The rules are so simple it makes everything easy.
Unfortunately, with all that modding, I've not run a lot of actual games
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As a DM who has always taken an inordinate amount of pleasure from building settings, 4th Edition has been fantastic. The rules are so simple it makes everything easy.
Unfortunately, with all that modding, I've not run a lot of actual games

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D&D 5th Edition... Hard to believe how many years this has been going.
09/01/2012 10:47:30 PM
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seriously? 4.0 hasn't even been out that long!
10/01/2012 12:28:09 AM
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4th Edition has been a commercial failure. 5th Edition wasn't originally due for several years yet.
10/01/2012 01:37:47 AM
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No, the future of D&D has resided with Pathfinder for a while.
*NM*
10/01/2012 05:24:10 PM
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Re: No, the future of D&D has resided with Pathfinder for a while.
10/01/2012 08:09:11 PM
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Re: D&D 5th Edition... Hard to believe how many years this has been going.
10/01/2012 08:23:59 AM
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I found this blog entry enlightening:
10/01/2012 01:41:12 PM
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Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular
10/01/2012 02:21:37 PM
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Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular
10/01/2012 04:34:39 PM
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Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular
11/01/2012 02:56:23 AM
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I can't wait to see the Edition Wars™ flare up again.
10/01/2012 02:55:27 PM
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True story:
10/01/2012 04:39:47 PM
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I felt like that was the whole goal of 4E...and I think that goal was accomplished.
10/01/2012 05:19:14 PM
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I think we'll probably see the pendulum swing back the other way a bit
11/01/2012 03:46:00 PM
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The last time I played an AD&D CRPG, it had THAC0.
10/01/2012 07:47:47 PM
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Baldur's Gate, woo!
11/01/2012 03:49:49 PM
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That was a Warrior trait, not a human one.
11/01/2012 07:18:09 PM
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That sounds insanely unintuitive. *NM*
11/01/2012 07:37:37 PM
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That's 2nd Edition.
11/01/2012 10:59:34 PM
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A fine example of a mechanic that seems lifted whole sale from GURPS 3rd ed.
25/01/2012 05:40:58 PM
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Incidentally, I am currently about halfway through replaying the BG series; great fun.
25/01/2012 06:41:53 PM
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Re: Incidentally, I am currently about halfway through replaying the BG series; great fun.
25/01/2012 07:52:29 PM
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Digging around online just now it looks that may have been a 1st ed. rule.
25/01/2012 08:40:13 PM
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AD&D represent! *throws up half-orc gang signs* *NM*
13/01/2012 01:50:06 AM
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Throwing up a half-eaten rat is not throwing up a gang sign... *NM*
13/01/2012 05:26:47 AM
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What about a half-eaten halfling?
13/01/2012 02:41:06 PM
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Been re-reading The Sleeping Dragon, have you?
25/01/2012 05:29:15 PM
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*hollas*
25/01/2012 05:30:45 PM
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GURPS is still in 4E.
25/01/2012 05:58:34 PM
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Thank God for small blessings; it is almost like those guys do not know HOW to milk a consumer base.
25/01/2012 07:02:44 PM
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They really don't, do they?
25/01/2012 09:12:07 PM
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They focused on rigorous rules that let people run games in the setting of their choice.
26/01/2012 08:59:59 AM
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What? I've barely had the opportunity to play 4th Edition yet.
11/01/2012 02:38:50 AM
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I love Pathfinder and 4th edition. They're great, for different reasons. I'm excited to see 5th ed. *NM*
11/01/2012 04:58:28 PM
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