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My prediction for 5e is lots of retractions. ;)

Good work Ari, keep it up. My only skepticism not mentioned so far is the comment of the game being uncluttered. Anytime I wanted to unclutter 3.x I'd stick to the Core three books. I would be highly surprised if 4e didn't become just as cluttered once inevitable splat books kick in. At best...

I wouldn't mind Dragon mag failing so they'd return to the print version. I think they expect we read the articles on the Insider as they come out rather than wait for the compilations. Not true as I've already began to selectively ignore most of the articles.

I agree with Derren. And with an option of 'Undecided' who in their right mind would select good or evil now? Throw out law and chaos, you may as well ditch it all I say. Better to use a Demeanor-ish system like WoD that you can accurately RP up to.

I'm excited about 4gotten Realms but in a 'slow down curious about a car wreck' way.

It would make an even better story arc to have him come up missing and not seen for almost a century, then have *gasp* PCs find clues to his recovery.

Looks like the FR fans on the WotC boards overwhelmingly hate these changes so far. I'm sure the 4e FRCS will still be a bestseller however.

Interesting ideas A'Koss. The setting smashing ones were eyebrow raising to be sure. The Greylords idea however is my favorite and could actually be implemented immediately if one thinks about the adventure Return of the Eight. That mod wasn't a critical success, and the replacement Circle...

Cliched before 4E is even released. ;)

Hey yeah! If all 20's crit, I damn well want all 1's to fumble! :]

The crit spikes the article talks about came from allowing extra modifiers to be doubled and not to mention the broken Power Attack feat. 1d8x2 vs 1d8 maximized or 1d10x2 vs 1d10 maximized is the same then in that regard with averages. But I can live with max damage crits. What troubles me is...

I don't need to read this article, all I need to know is from the blurb: Archons are -cool-.

That gnome was freakin hilarious. Darn shame this was a promo for 4E, I'd love to see more of that gnome.

I dunno about Sernet's explanations. I feel almost insulted. Nothing else new to say.

Yup. Regional feats started a power creep of feats in later splat books. Baker is good on this one.

They could have just as easily tried to meld gnomes and halflings into something unique to go along with their other new races but they went for something more familiar and within their IP. They -are- Kender in all but name to me. I wouldn't be shocked to see the racial talents that one can add...

I may have to settle on that answer F.E. but it still bugs me that if the goal of design is keeping PCs alive over multiple combats and monsters lasting only one encounter, then having DR for armor makes perfect sense for PCs and it is the monsters who should have HP/AC boosts instead of DR ratings.

Classic Daffy Duck quote there Aeolius. How fitting for a Grognard topic. :D

I won't deny that, but there are aspects of 3.x that are just as time hogging as DR for armor, mainly mentioning feats that require just as much mental calculation/subtraction to arrive at a damage or attack number. They aren't dumping these AFAIK.

Normally I'm for less uber-NPCs in FR but I can see one reason for them to stay and that is they provide a benchmark for PCs in campaigns that tread into high level play. The players know where they stand in relation to FR's heavy hitters at all times and want to aspire to be as important as...