1,001 ways they could screw up 4th Edition D&D...

[Ulrick]

39. Drizzt Do'Urden becomes a standard character class!

 

[Nifft]

What I fear most is fear itself.

Necromantically yours, -- N

 

[SteelDraco]

I fear squirrels.

They're like rats, with a better PR firm.

Can't trust 'em.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

D'oh!

40. Gish is a core class, and it's not restricted to Race: Githyanki.

 

[Emirikol]

41. DDI goes right to DVD

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[Sunderstone]

42. WotC leases server space on WoW Realms.
43. D&D gold farming sites open, you can buy your level 1 Tiefling Warlord a +5 Vorpal Blade for only $99 u.s.

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

42. SWSE really is a significant preview of 4e
43. No backwards compatability.
44. Appealing to the MMO crowd
45. Its revealed that 4e is the b@$tard son of a hundred editions and thats why its so screwed up.

 

[Branduil]

48. The designers continue to neglect necessary and long overdue rules and stats pertaining to shrubbery, and the rules for cutting down large trees with small fish.

 

[Andor]

49. MagicMart is replaced by the online auction house.
50. Character stats are rolled randomly on a d30.
51. Half elfs, Half orcs, Tieflings, Aasimar, Changelings and Shifters are In. Humans are out having all the pureblood strains bred out of existence.

 

[Imp]

52. It's not Mac compatible. Seriously, you put a 4e book in a room with a Mac, the book catches on fire. I don't know how they could possibly make a book do that but WOTC insisted that checking Mac compatibility was too expensive. Seems a little extreme to me but I guess that is the reality of the market.