StreamOfTheSky
Adventurer
3e became bloated with too many supplements, the quality of many of the books was poor, and serious problems with the core rules such as broken spells and power imbalances were not being addressed. It was also growing stale.
I really wanted a 4th edition that fixed all that. I was so looking forward to 4e.
Unfortunately, WotC came out with a '4e' that went in the opposite direction to what I wanted in just about every way. Spells all cause damage? Minions? Healing surges? Marking? Monsters don't advance as characters? I want no part of it.
Pathfinder is the closest thing right now to a 'real 4e' as far as I'm concerned. Not a full solution, but it fixes some problems. And Paizo is serious about putting out quality products, unlike WotC which only cares about profits.
The thing that WotC could do to win my affection now would be to close up shop and gift all of their IP to Paizo.
I skipped 3.5 entirely as I was fed up with the system by then. 3E drove me back to playing 1E again. If 4E hadn't come out, WOTC would be out a few hundred dollars in book purchases. I wouldn't have got minis so Auggie would be out some money. The big loser of playing time is Mutants and Masterminds as our group would probably have played more superhero games. I guess with the Old School Counter Reformation going on, I'd be a zealot in that movement.
I was very worried about 4E. I figured it would just amp up the nonsense from 3E. 12 attributes, 100 classes and races, ten hour character creations, a week to build an encounter, hit points redone to be "realistic" and a spell list longer than War & Peace.I was very pleasantly surprised.
Back on topic, please?
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