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4E or 3.5 or something else - what's in your future?
- Thread starter DaveMage
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Fifth Element
Legend
I don't know what to answer. I think it's about 80% likely I'll switch to 4E. But I'm still waiting to get my hands on the books before making up my mind.
Elephant
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I voted "other" - I plan to continue playing 3.5, perhaps using 4e-based house rules. If someone is running a fun 4e game, I'd be willing to give it a try.
Regardless, I'm not buying any 4e material unless I play a 4e game that makes me go "OMG this is the best game ever!"
...but considering my revulsion for some of the 4e terms I see bandied about (like power sources and warlord as a class name), that's unlikely.
Regardless, I'm not buying any 4e material unless I play a 4e game that makes me go "OMG this is the best game ever!"
...but considering my revulsion for some of the 4e terms I see bandied about (like power sources and warlord as a class name), that's unlikely.
FATDRAGONGAMES
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I voted 'other'. The 3.5 game I play in is definitely switching to 4E, but the group I DM for has chosen to stay with C&C.
tenkar
Old School Blogger
Let's see... just started playing in a Warhammer 40k game... soon to start playing in a C&C game and plan to start DMing a C&C game with some of Monte's tweaks before the month is out.
I'll be buying the 4e core books but whether or not I get time to play with them is another question
I'll be buying the 4e core books but whether or not I get time to play with them is another question
Most definitely other.
When 4e was announced, I had high hopes as they were addressing several issues that I have with 3.x. However, Mike's monster redesign articles and the design and development articles started filling me with a sense of foreboding. Everything since then has pretty much confirmed that this is not the editon for me. The nail in the coffin was the information from the D&D experience.
I'm happy for those, who find this what they want to play. I wish them well well with it. As for myself, there are a few flavor and mechanical changes that I like, but overall, it is a horrid redesign, imo.
My hope now is that a third party will do the folloiwng for 3.x
1) Remove the non-biological aspects from the races
2) Introduce cultural backrgound that grant background skills and a few other abilities . The cultural packages could be mixed and matched with races to create combinations for a campaign.
3) Redesign the classes so that
a) the classes are talent and feat trees.
b) Classes do not provide automatic armor and weapon proficiencies
c) first level characters receive a set number of bonus feats from their initial class to be spent on class specific feats.
d) classes grant a one time save bonus to first level characters
4) have classes using the same save progression
5) include a good class based defense system
I can do pretty much everything else that I would have wanted from a 4e with existing WOTC and third party products including: d20Modern, Unearthed Arcana, Psychic's Handbook, Shaman's Handbook, Witch's Handbook, Book of Iron Might, Elements of Magic- Revised or Elements of Magic-Mythic Earth, Artificer's Handbook, Advanced Bestiary, Book of Templates and possibly the Book of Experimental Might
Then again, I may just switch to True20 when the revised edition comes out and continue playing in a friends Rolemaster campaign.
When 4e was announced, I had high hopes as they were addressing several issues that I have with 3.x. However, Mike's monster redesign articles and the design and development articles started filling me with a sense of foreboding. Everything since then has pretty much confirmed that this is not the editon for me. The nail in the coffin was the information from the D&D experience.
I'm happy for those, who find this what they want to play. I wish them well well with it. As for myself, there are a few flavor and mechanical changes that I like, but overall, it is a horrid redesign, imo.
My hope now is that a third party will do the folloiwng for 3.x
1) Remove the non-biological aspects from the races
2) Introduce cultural backrgound that grant background skills and a few other abilities . The cultural packages could be mixed and matched with races to create combinations for a campaign.
3) Redesign the classes so that
a) the classes are talent and feat trees.
b) Classes do not provide automatic armor and weapon proficiencies
c) first level characters receive a set number of bonus feats from their initial class to be spent on class specific feats.
d) classes grant a one time save bonus to first level characters
4) have classes using the same save progression
5) include a good class based defense system
I can do pretty much everything else that I would have wanted from a 4e with existing WOTC and third party products including: d20Modern, Unearthed Arcana, Psychic's Handbook, Shaman's Handbook, Witch's Handbook, Book of Iron Might, Elements of Magic- Revised or Elements of Magic-Mythic Earth, Artificer's Handbook, Advanced Bestiary, Book of Templates and possibly the Book of Experimental Might
Then again, I may just switch to True20 when the revised edition comes out and continue playing in a friends Rolemaster campaign.
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Other. For D&D, I last used 3.0 (last year). I've given up even following any of the 4e news & previews. Other games hold more interest for me right now, particularly Savage Worlds. I also want to give 40KRP a try, and I've got a short Rifts game in mind, too (never thought I'd go back there, I can tell you). In truth, I just have less interest in actual gaming these days. I absolutely have less time to devote to preparation, which makes Savage Worlds a dream to run since it is so much easier. So, the forecast looks doubtful for 4e for me.
