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I like them. Still not tired of them. I guess that’s because I had a few months break (I was off on the SoulCalibur forums, b:mad:ching about 4e...i mean... SC4) Maybe if edition wars hadn’t been banned when they were relevant they’d be out of everyone’s system by now :)

Like others in this thread, I have a hard time considering myself "old guard" because I am not attached to any particular dndism. But I’m 34 and hate 4e, so I guess I qualify. At this point I don’t think more options or small changes can win me over. The new setting, cosmology, races and...

Almost 20 years with some long breaks. But edition wars are pretty cool too.

Well, not so surprisingly, I don’t think it’s that contradictory :) The first point refers to dms prohibiting or strongly discouraging "cross gender" characters on the ground that they were either too stereotypical or you couldn’t tell they were of a different gender (I think in the last thread...

At least this time around we were spared the whole "I don't allow such characters because they're never played right" argument. I generally don't play characters of the opposite gender but i don't care one way or another when others do. 1- Romantic interactions between PCs are going to be...

Tried 4e for a couple of sessions. It played as bad as it read (for my group) Now we're back to a heavily houseruled 3.5, but I've been burned out on this system for a while now so I think I'll quit dnd altogether, maybe play some Wfrp or True20. People may move to other systems and still be...

I'm pretty sure phb2 will sell, a lot. First, it will fill some gaps. This is specifically why some basic classes and concept were left out of phb1. It made phb2 somewhat necessary. Also, the new options will certainly address a few balance issues and complaints about style or the lack of...

I’m torn on this one. I actually like the idea of a unique, streamlined yet modular system for every class. Just not how it’s done in 4e. I have no problem with non-casters having “powers” but many of the “now hit someone for some completely unrelated effect” powers simply don’t make sense to...

Your poll makes different assumptions. "Dissatisfied with 4E" =/= "prefer 3E" I generally prefer spellcasting types and dislike 4e. But I do think 3e casters had balance issues and wasn't fond of vancian casting. My main problem with 4e is that, addressing the former it made aspects of the...

So far, most game systems I know of seem to have big holes and obvious optimization options and plain overpowered options. Over time, I'm sure such issues will arise with 4e too. I don't think powers need more checks and bounds in a power point system than in 4e (level, positioning, roll...

First I am not sure that 4e’s power system, with all its marks and positioning is any less convoluted or tedious than 3e. And afaik it’s still based on difficulty checks, conditions and modifiers. At best, the fact that every class and many powers use the same base mechanics might simplify...

And yet, having a limited control, narrative or otherwise, over something that used to be "at will" is not a gain. Yeah, so were flexible multiclassing and the end of vancian casting :hmm: Anyway, I was referring to the per-encounter/day mechanic but now you mention it, I also think many martial...

I was burned out on 3e long before 4e was announced. And a number of problems had become apparent. To me, a new edition was needed, just not the one we got. I wanted less gamist abstractions, not more. More class flexibility, not less. Hopefuly i won't feel too old to be playing dnd when 5e...

Erm... doesn't defending 4e so consistently without even having played it make you even more of a fanboy? Even if you call it control, it's still less control than at will attacks in other editions. But I get the narrative shift... and I hate it. It breaks my sense of immersion. When the game...

Not sure what you mean but posting on CM definitely made you err... cheekier. How so?

So now 4e threads are "fan only"? interesting. Anyway, I'm with pukunui. I don't see how not being able to do something more than once per encounter, no matter what, is empowering, "narratively" or otherwise. Gamist? Artificial? sure. But the abillity to "decide when the opportunity arises"...

I’m a strong proponent of power points too, with a cost by level for each power. Why? Because I was never a fan of vancian spell-casting and "vancian" sword-swinging offends me to the deepest depths of my soul. I know it has been debated to death before, so let’s just say it’s a problem for some...

Warlord. Don't get/like the mechanics, the concept, the name.

It makes sense mechanically. Fluff-wise it's still weird (2 wrongs...)

Same here. I’ve never liked dnd’s joke monsters. And yes, that includes beholders and rust monsters. When I do use them as a dm, I generally re-fluff them beyond recognition. I’m not a fan of dnd’s old and new alignments or cosmologies either but I once had the equivalent of LN outsiders in my...