Yes, absolutely. the d20 is so stupidly swingy that players need some kind of meta-currency to avoid whiffing constantly, especially with the new and improved (re: old and still dull) maths. Sorry, I just think that the characters should be more important than the randomizer, 5e seems to e going...
Honestly, I'd like to see them break the mold this time around. Instead of going with the typical cliche-ridden mix-n-match, I'd like to see them break out the characters that are only playable in the later editions. Like the dwarf wizard, the halfling ranger, half-orc paladin, gnome fighter...
I'm not convinced for a simple reason: I want my character's badassness to be more important that the random dice roll. With flatter math, the opposite is true, the dice becomes more important than anything directly related to my character. I get they're trying to compensate with the avoid the...
The one thing I really want to see is WotC opening up the ability check / contest mechanic as the actual core of the game.
All these maneuvers should be ability checks, contests, or saves. My preference is contests by and large. They should all take an action. Any character can use them...
All true. However, RPGs are not exclusive, typically. A gamer doesn't usually have such brand loyalty that they only buy one--and only one--game. There are collectors who buy whatever they can of games they like without ever playing them. There are gamers dedicated to fantasy who buy anything...
Not quite. She's saying Wizards shouldn't leave money on the table and sell their potential customers what they want, what they've been begging for for years now. Access to new copies of the old material. She's saying Wizards should make the old stuff available as PDF and POD because it doesn't...
Thanks for that link, I'll check it out.
But how is attracting new customers by releasing old product splitting the customer base? They're not customers. That's the point. Wizards is trying to regain the grogs by making an edition that appeals to them. Bringing in new customers, or bringing...
Yet, there are thirty kinds of cheese made by a single manufacturer. Scores of ice cream flavors. Dozens of lines of cars and trucks put made by the same company. People who won't buy a new edition, won't buy a new edition. They still play the old stuff. WotC choosing not to profit from that is...
You forget three very important thing:
1. That's not why TSR went under.
2. Re-releasing old product has nearly zero development cost, at least compared to creating new products.
3. That fractured user-base you mention, releasing all the previous editions would mean they could all give you...
I haven't seen this posted so I will. Not my post, but spot on as far as I can tell. Whoever you are, well done. And I for one hope they listen.
Dear Wizards of the Coast.
The poll results are interesting. They only need to draw in more players than they lose by stopping 4th and going to 5th. Yet just in the number of pathfinder players you beat the number of 4E people who wouldn't switch. Not to mention all the others coming along for the ride. This just might work.