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10-18-2011 Legends and Lore - Preserving the Past
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<blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5709139" data-attributes="member: 6668292"><p>Hmm. A couple things struck me.</p><p></p><p>This makes me think that he's definitely working on 5e. I mean, if he was on board for 4e, wouldn't he be looking at the more recent products? No, ruminations about "preserving the past" and him looking not just at "the latest products" but the entire history... yes, that definitely strikes me as the strongest sign yet that he's looking to help craft a new edition. I know there's speculation, but this pushes it to about 90% for me.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And this makes me think that <em>+X</em> weapons are sticking around. They've certainly got a ton of history with the game, and if "preserving the past" is important to his thought process, I don't see them disappearing. He might take it as a "creative challenge" to tweak them in some way -maybe they only deal damage, but don't add to attack bonus. I don't know. But I do think it's a sign that they'll stick around.</p><p></p><p>Overall, pretty interesting. I think old alignments will also make a resurgence, though maybe not as mechanically important as in the past (also, adding "unaligned" into the mix). I definitely think that this article spoke a lot to one of his major design goals, and that's enlightening and interesting.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully we can get more articles like this, or some new mechanical ideas. With these articles, design goals are more interesting than mechanics, and mechanics are more interesting than "reflections" ("what's D&D about?"). But, that's just me. As always, play what you like <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JamesonCourage, post: 5709139, member: 6668292"] Hmm. A couple things struck me. This makes me think that he's definitely working on 5e. I mean, if he was on board for 4e, wouldn't he be looking at the more recent products? No, ruminations about "preserving the past" and him looking not just at "the latest products" but the entire history... yes, that definitely strikes me as the strongest sign yet that he's looking to help craft a new edition. I know there's speculation, but this pushes it to about 90% for me. And this makes me think that [I]+X[/I] weapons are sticking around. They've certainly got a ton of history with the game, and if "preserving the past" is important to his thought process, I don't see them disappearing. He might take it as a "creative challenge" to tweak them in some way -maybe they only deal damage, but don't add to attack bonus. I don't know. But I do think it's a sign that they'll stick around. Overall, pretty interesting. I think old alignments will also make a resurgence, though maybe not as mechanically important as in the past (also, adding "unaligned" into the mix). I definitely think that this article spoke a lot to one of his major design goals, and that's enlightening and interesting. Hopefully we can get more articles like this, or some new mechanical ideas. With these articles, design goals are more interesting than mechanics, and mechanics are more interesting than "reflections" ("what's D&D about?"). But, that's just me. As always, play what you like :) [/QUOTE]
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