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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7463730" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Well, there may be plenty of business reasons, or at least political ones, for WotC to shun 4e. I mean, TBH, given that they were producing a new edition, there's nothing specifically amazing about the amount support or non-support that they've given 4e really. I mean, its not like 3.x got much. They HAVE IIRC issued a couple of fancy cover 3.5 core books? That was part of the 40th Anniversary stuff as I recall. I wouldn't really have expected some sort of active support of 4e. DDI is actually STILL functional, if you had an account before 5e launched. They'll still take your money and the tools all work fine.</p><p></p><p></p><p>How many do you ACTUALLY need though? I mean, there's no point in simply cloning verbatim what is already there, 4e books are everywhere and DDI still works. Nobody needs reprints of what they already have. OTOH if you want to make different classes, or other content, then what stops you? You simply cannot call it out as being '4e compatible'. Simply put out your new material and don't worry about it. Put an OGL license in the back and follow its rules. </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?807149-4E-Actual-Faithful-Retro-Clone-Project" target="_blank">https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?807149-4E-Actual-Faithful-Retro-Clone-Project</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, well, anyway, that's my suggestion to anyone with issues like "I can't make a 12 STR fighter" or "I can't make a fighter that uses a bow" or other similar 'issues'. Take a class that does what you want (assuming you can't just hybrid to get it, which you often can) and call it 'fighter' or whatever it is you want your character to be called.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, with classes particularly, I never saw what the issue was at all. Its not like 'fighter' is what some NPC would call you, it would be your office, your title, your occupation, something like that. Just because the "Captain of the Royal Guard" is actually a member of the 'rogue' class instead of the 'fighter' class, so what? Who said that wasn't OK? Yet there ARE people who seem grumpy about it. At least they sure did as recently as 4 years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7463730, member: 82106"] Well, there may be plenty of business reasons, or at least political ones, for WotC to shun 4e. I mean, TBH, given that they were producing a new edition, there's nothing specifically amazing about the amount support or non-support that they've given 4e really. I mean, its not like 3.x got much. They HAVE IIRC issued a couple of fancy cover 3.5 core books? That was part of the 40th Anniversary stuff as I recall. I wouldn't really have expected some sort of active support of 4e. DDI is actually STILL functional, if you had an account before 5e launched. They'll still take your money and the tools all work fine. How many do you ACTUALLY need though? I mean, there's no point in simply cloning verbatim what is already there, 4e books are everywhere and DDI still works. Nobody needs reprints of what they already have. OTOH if you want to make different classes, or other content, then what stops you? You simply cannot call it out as being '4e compatible'. Simply put out your new material and don't worry about it. Put an OGL license in the back and follow its rules. [url]https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?807149-4E-Actual-Faithful-Retro-Clone-Project[/url] OK, well, anyway, that's my suggestion to anyone with issues like "I can't make a 12 STR fighter" or "I can't make a fighter that uses a bow" or other similar 'issues'. Take a class that does what you want (assuming you can't just hybrid to get it, which you often can) and call it 'fighter' or whatever it is you want your character to be called. Honestly, with classes particularly, I never saw what the issue was at all. Its not like 'fighter' is what some NPC would call you, it would be your office, your title, your occupation, something like that. Just because the "Captain of the Royal Guard" is actually a member of the 'rogue' class instead of the 'fighter' class, so what? Who said that wasn't OK? Yet there ARE people who seem grumpy about it. At least they sure did as recently as 4 years ago. [/QUOTE]
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