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Originally Posted by Mercurius  But what i'm wondering is, cannot a group play 4E "Old School style"? |
How exactly do you propose to give these "old school style" elements back to the game under 4th edition?
-remove the ability for everyone to heal themselves
-remove the powers system and give the thief back the ability to be a thief
-give the classes back some dignity of being something special and have a purpose to themselves outside of just positions in combat
Can you do that with 4th and it keep its integrity to it? What would you need to do to the monsters to counterbalance these alterations to PCs?
What if the fighter player doesn't want to have to take time to think about healing during a fight and just wants to let the party healer take of it after the fight so he can focus more on smashing heads?
What if the cleric wants to be the doctor of the group and focus on keeping them healthy through healing and making them work together and not act in a foolish manor by just charging in?
What if the wizard doesn't want to just lob magic missile or damaging spells, but wants to do things with magic besides just 3 direct damage with a lighting bolt, or X damage with a fireball?
What if the party wants to collect money to make their own things rather than find exactly what they need to get through the game? Make their own weapons, fix their own armor, etc.
What if they just want to hoard money and art objects rather than spend it on the latest magic items?
There is a lot that is subjective about what "old school style" play is, and 4th edition will not easily accommodate all players that want an old school style.
It touches on on aspect with a focus on combat, but loses in many other areas some of the flexibility of the system of 1st edition and back.
2nd edition and 3rd are of course denied plausible under the systems of 4th edition because how tight knit it is.
So it really depends on what you are looking for out of the "old school style".
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