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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 5901897" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Then you haven't been paying attention to his clarifications. He pretty clearly stated three was okay, and 8 was too long. He also suggested 3.75 paragraphs as an ideal. I don't think he is looking for a cap (I know I am not) but more of a general range with three paragraphs probably being the norm. It is obviously going to be very dependant on the spell in question. Honestly I think what Morrus is going for is pretty clear here. he has made numerous clarifications and you keep going back to some statement he made regarding a single line. If you are genuinely that mystified, then PM him and ask him yourself.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>That sounds like a good justification for erratta, but not a revision of the books. Certainly if the problem is some spells were over powered they could have simply issued errata without requiring rewrites of every splat book. When it happened monte wrote a very convincing piece (at least I am quite sure it was monte) that 3.5 was planned. I tend to agree. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>That post was pages ago so you are going to have to repost it here again if you want me to comment on Klaus' suggestion. Personally if the game cant go back to something like 2e, then I just dont see the point of buying. As I said prose is pretty important to me. I was quite satisfied with the prose of earier editions. Why would I want to buy something that waters that down?</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>If you want to repost the full poll results I will comment. </p><p></p><p>Whether people clapped or not at the 4e announcement about vancian casting is pretty immaterial to me. For all I know the people. Int he room were mostly folks who had read the 4e previews and loved the new direction of the game. In my own people hated how 4e took out the vancian casting. I hated it as well. If the old spells are not in the new phb, then I won't buy the book. If they go another direction I wont hold it against them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 5901897, member: 85555"] Then you haven't been paying attention to his clarifications. He pretty clearly stated three was okay, and 8 was too long. He also suggested 3.75 paragraphs as an ideal. I don't think he is looking for a cap (I know I am not) but more of a general range with three paragraphs probably being the norm. It is obviously going to be very dependant on the spell in question. Honestly I think what Morrus is going for is pretty clear here. he has made numerous clarifications and you keep going back to some statement he made regarding a single line. If you are genuinely that mystified, then PM him and ask him yourself. That sounds like a good justification for erratta, but not a revision of the books. Certainly if the problem is some spells were over powered they could have simply issued errata without requiring rewrites of every splat book. When it happened monte wrote a very convincing piece (at least I am quite sure it was monte) that 3.5 was planned. I tend to agree. That post was pages ago so you are going to have to repost it here again if you want me to comment on Klaus' suggestion. Personally if the game cant go back to something like 2e, then I just dont see the point of buying. As I said prose is pretty important to me. I was quite satisfied with the prose of earier editions. Why would I want to buy something that waters that down? If you want to repost the full poll results I will comment. Whether people clapped or not at the 4e announcement about vancian casting is pretty immaterial to me. For all I know the people. Int he room were mostly folks who had read the 4e previews and loved the new direction of the game. In my own people hated how 4e took out the vancian casting. I hated it as well. If the old spells are not in the new phb, then I won't buy the book. If they go another direction I wont hold it against them. [/QUOTE]
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