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<blockquote data-quote="Toben the Many" data-source="post: 4047890" data-attributes="member: 19273"><p>I was doing some design work for a game company that I work for and coming up with new abilities for characters for an expansion book.</p><p></p><p>I sent my material over to our playtesting group and they ripped my stuff apart as usual. No surprise there. But I got the most interesting comment from them.</p><p></p><p>One of their complaints was that many of the abilities I was coming up with were very much like Feats and other abilities they had seen in 3rd Edition. Keep in mind that we're using an independent game system with nary a d20 in the game.</p><p></p><p>This trend was not limited to me. We saw the same thing in our pile of suggestions we got from fans and other players for our expansion book. Everywhere we turned people were suggesting Feats and abilities that resembled stuff right out of the 3e books. </p><p></p><p>Yet, our game doesn't play like 3e at all. It's not meant to. The 3e mentality doesn't work in our game system. It's right then and there that I realized where a lot of my gronardism has been tied up into the fact the 3rd Edition has infected my brain. I tend to think of things in a 3rd Edition fashion. Abilities that compliment each other, each separate ability giving small increments of things. Etc. </p><p></p><p>In any case, I think that much of my gronardism against 4e has been because 3rd Edition has really infected my brain. If something's not done in a 3e kind of way, I tend to get grumpy about it. Defenses instead of saving throws? Bah. Proficiencies instead of skills? Grr. No sorcerer? Grah! </p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toben the Many, post: 4047890, member: 19273"] I was doing some design work for a game company that I work for and coming up with new abilities for characters for an expansion book. I sent my material over to our playtesting group and they ripped my stuff apart as usual. No surprise there. But I got the most interesting comment from them. One of their complaints was that many of the abilities I was coming up with were very much like Feats and other abilities they had seen in 3rd Edition. Keep in mind that we're using an independent game system with nary a d20 in the game. This trend was not limited to me. We saw the same thing in our pile of suggestions we got from fans and other players for our expansion book. Everywhere we turned people were suggesting Feats and abilities that resembled stuff right out of the 3e books. Yet, our game doesn't play like 3e at all. It's not meant to. The 3e mentality doesn't work in our game system. It's right then and there that I realized where a lot of my gronardism has been tied up into the fact the 3rd Edition has infected my brain. I tend to think of things in a 3rd Edition fashion. Abilities that compliment each other, each separate ability giving small increments of things. Etc. In any case, I think that much of my gronardism against 4e has been because 3rd Edition has really infected my brain. If something's not done in a 3e kind of way, I tend to get grumpy about it. Defenses instead of saving throws? Bah. Proficiencies instead of skills? Grr. No sorcerer? Grah! Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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