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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 990485" data-attributes="member: 426">Any talk of 4.0 at this point is probably NOT a good idea.  I suspect that any serious talk of a new edition in the next few years would probably make the 3.0/3.5 flame fest look like a candle next to a bonfire.I think the changes are not quite a new edition.  I have some concerns, but I am willing to give 3.5 a try.I agree with rounser that the existence of archetypes is crucial for the game.  I can at least talk to a player anywhere in the world and use the word wizard and we both have a fair idea of the basic concept.  A pure skills based system could dilute this, unless classes were shown as a preeminent way of creating characters. Bookkeeping should be kept to a minimum as it gets in the way of the fun of gaming.  I think we should remember rules are just tools to make a game playable.  The goal should be to have fun, not to spend hours creating a character.</blockquote>