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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5688395" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Seems to me like the most likely result of a 5e that tried to split the difference between 3.x/PF and 4e is that it would A) not please the retro crowd, B) not please the 3.x/PF people as it would still be quite different from classic D&D, and C) wouldn't please the 4e crowd because it would be losing too much. I think it would be the death of WotC D&D frankly. </p><p></p><p>I'm just wondering though what Monte Cook can do for 4e? Be a PR person I guess? Not sure how far that can go without his name anywhere on the game. Write 5e? That's clearly years in the future. Even 2013 is really pushing it. You can only make me buy so many books in so many years and switch game systems so many times...</p><p></p><p>In terms of what he can do with 4e? The things that discourage many people from 4e aren't things that can be fixed WITHIN 4e, so no huge rules revamps are really going to happen because you can't accomplish enough that way and have a 4e compatible game. Adventures? Well, surely they don't need to hire the guy for that, but they could. The thing is they already know how to write good adventures, they just need to DO it. Logan Bonner has written excellent 4e adventures for instance. </p><p></p><p>So what exactly can Monte Cook do for WotC? I am not sure I get it. Maybe it is just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5688395, member: 82106"] Seems to me like the most likely result of a 5e that tried to split the difference between 3.x/PF and 4e is that it would A) not please the retro crowd, B) not please the 3.x/PF people as it would still be quite different from classic D&D, and C) wouldn't please the 4e crowd because it would be losing too much. I think it would be the death of WotC D&D frankly. I'm just wondering though what Monte Cook can do for 4e? Be a PR person I guess? Not sure how far that can go without his name anywhere on the game. Write 5e? That's clearly years in the future. Even 2013 is really pushing it. You can only make me buy so many books in so many years and switch game systems so many times... In terms of what he can do with 4e? The things that discourage many people from 4e aren't things that can be fixed WITHIN 4e, so no huge rules revamps are really going to happen because you can't accomplish enough that way and have a 4e compatible game. Adventures? Well, surely they don't need to hire the guy for that, but they could. The thing is they already know how to write good adventures, they just need to DO it. Logan Bonner has written excellent 4e adventures for instance. So what exactly can Monte Cook do for WotC? I am not sure I get it. Maybe it is just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks.... [/QUOTE]
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