Sefotron
Doom of Player Characters
Wow! The OP pretty much exactly summed up my groups' and my own thoughts and feelings about our beloved game over the years (though I started playing with the Red Box), and definitely about 4th edition.
4th ed may be great, but unless it does, somehow, revolutionise our games, and open vistas of play undreamed of at present (which given the flexibility and high degree of customisation we get with 3.5 and various add ons is unlikely), I think we will cherry pick any cool ideas for our 3.5 games, and stick with what we have.
...Of course, if 4th edition does do something incredible...well...I'm sure we could be persuaded to change
4th ed may be great, but unless it does, somehow, revolutionise our games, and open vistas of play undreamed of at present (which given the flexibility and high degree of customisation we get with 3.5 and various add ons is unlikely), I think we will cherry pick any cool ideas for our 3.5 games, and stick with what we have.
...Of course, if 4th edition does do something incredible...well...I'm sure we could be persuaded to change