4E or 3.5 or something else - what's in your future?

[Truth Seeker]

This is where I started, and this...is where it might end.

Voted:'Other'

 

[Dobyn_Darkaxe]

Other, i'm going back to 2nd edition, I have never cared for the feel of 3rd edition, it just doesn't feel right, like it should be a computer rpg or something, besides i've already got most of the 2nd edition stuff and it's just to expensive to try and keep up with the new stuff coming out.

 

[Mark]

I would never write off playing 4E until I have checked out the finished rules. I am also not going to stop runing 3.x games, since I enjoy them so much. However, I do not think this will be too much of a problem since most of what I see leads me to believe that they will be very different games anyway, which is a good thing in my mind.

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

We have similar thoughts about things that would improve 3.x in a number of areas.

 

[The Levitator]

After trying to beat 3.5 into Sword & Sorcery submission, I'm going to move to Conan D20. The only trick for me is that I have to convert my DM Genie for the Conan ruleset, which will take a couple months.

Just for kicks, I might try and put a Sword & Sorcery game together using FUDGE. I just picked it up, and it looks like it might be a nice change of pace from D20 world.

 

[Nellisir]

I'll get the initial 4e stuff, but I'm moving my homebrew and subsequent campaigns to True20.

 

[Vascant]

While there are some things I do like about 4e and will probably convert those things to 3.5e the truth is I am still enjoying my 3.5 games and quite frankly getting to old to be changing editions.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I'll be playing 3.5 with at least Pathfinder, Ptolus, a few of the old Goodman Games books like the boxed sets and I have a lot of other little adventures I'm going to be tying together to make some campaigns.

I will however, be stealing various bits from 4e like the new Toughness and the Death and Dying Rules and maybe even the elimination of Diagonal movement penalties.

Further, time permiting, I don't imagine myself sticking soley with 3.5 anymore in the future than I do now as I still play Warhammer FRPG and Fantasy Hero (and with my recent purchase of the old Rolemaster Classic, would love to get back to that.)

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Right now I am only halfway conviced to switch to 4th edition, the other half of me jst wants to stick with 3.5 and use the 4.0 core rules for plundering.

 

[Doug McCrae]

Currently 3e is the only rpg I can stand to play because its the only one that has enough tactical complexity. I'm very 4e-positive, though I don't like everything I've read. It's virtually certain to have as much, if not more, of the sweet, sweet krunchy kombat I krave so much.

So I voted for 3e and 4e but if I end up all I-looooove-you over 4e then I will ditch my former lover and stop two timing. I feel it's the honest thing to do.

 

[BronzeDragon]

Conan.