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That's some assumption you have got going there. Haha. I totally read. "When I started off with AD&D back in the 1970s, 3Ed/3.5Ed style multiclassing was far and away my favorite. Which would be much more fun.

Congrats, I think you are the first to say the dndnext = computer game.. (the above was a joke, just in case you aren't sure)

Seems you can. Mearls gave an example. If you have 3 CE dice, you could use them to defend 3 different allies from the attacks of up to 3 orcs.

I love that the fighter will be a killing machine with virtually any weapon in hand. I mean, at 10th level, CE dice are 4d12, so while whether he uses a greatword or a shortsword, will matter flavor-wise, it will have relatively little influence on his damage output. 4d12.. just brutal. I like it.

The à la carte-option is still there according to mearls in the PA-audio recordings.

Well, just because we get the sorc and the lock with different kinds of spellcasting, it doesn't automatically mean we won't get other variations for the wizard. On the other hand, modularity does not equal getting every option for every flavor and taste. Especially not out of the gate.

Hmm - Did I misread it? Hang on...

I am very much hoping the ranger is in it. That way, I can convert my players' 2e drow party and we can run a few playtests and still continue the campaign. Now that would be a win-win!

At some point, it was scaling like that yes. The CS system leads me to believe rogues will be able to trade SA dice for "effects". Like bleed damage or movement impairing, just like in 3.x and 4e. Never been a fan of it so far, but might work if its not an all or nothing thing.

Mearls' favorite edition is OD&D afaik. Lets not confuse things.

Yep, the next 3 mondays.

I am by miles more interested in dndnext. That said, I have supported Numenera's kickstarter, since I must admit, it is the first RPG (non-dnd) since Alternity and CoC that piked my interest.

All of the above. We recently returned to 2e, and I snagged the HD mechanic from D&D Next. All I had to do is change healing/herbalism skill and voila. Works well, without reminding at all about the 4e healing surge wonkiness.

None at all.

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Biggest difference seems to be that in DCC you both need to hit the AC of the target AND hit a target number with your "action die". Granted, said number isn't very high, at least not to achieve a minimum of success.

Yeah, that was a fail on my part. I have been away from the boards for a while and forgot he was a fan :) Aha. I see. So you want something like 3.x multiclassing without it being multiclass? You ain't the first, nor the last I suspect. I disagree. Fighters didn't rock until 4e. Oldschool dnd...

Fair enough. So you will just have to trust me when I say that in 4e, the dnd fighter finally became awesome beyond level 4.

You have obviously never played 4e ;)

Why don't you want this to be an exclusive mechanic to the fighter?