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<blockquote data-quote="Keldryn" data-source="post: 3918129" data-attributes="member: 11999">People need to keep this in mind.&nbsp; All we are getting right now are isolated bits about a few things that are changing in a particular part of the system.&nbsp; Without the context of how it all ties together in the 4th Edition game as a whole, there is no way to make an informed judgment as to changes being only for the sake of change.Plenty of grognards over on Dragonsfoot believe quite fervently that D&amp;D 3.x is no longer the same D&amp;D game that they have played for years; it's a different set of mechanics with a different flavour that just happens to borrow the D&amp;D brand name.The way I see, mechanically 4e will be a further revision of the 3.x rules (much like the Star Wars &quot;Saga&quot; edition is to its predecessor), but thematically it seems to move away from Advanced D&amp;D and more in the direction of BECMI D&amp;D.&nbsp; It doesn't seem to be very influenced mechanically from BECMI, but what we've seen so far of 4e feels very much in that game's spirit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Keldryn, post: 3918129, member: 11999"] People need to keep this in mind. All we are getting right now are isolated bits about a few things that are changing in a particular part of the system. Without the context of how it all ties together in the 4th Edition game as a whole, there is no way to make an informed judgment as to changes being only for the sake of change. Plenty of grognards over on Dragonsfoot believe quite fervently that D&D 3.x is no longer the same D&D game that they have played for years; it's a different set of mechanics with a different flavour that just happens to borrow the D&D brand name. The way I see, mechanically 4e will be a further revision of the 3.x rules (much like the Star Wars "Saga" edition is to its predecessor), but thematically it seems to move away from Advanced D&D and more in the direction of BECMI D&D. It doesn't seem to be very influenced mechanically from BECMI, but what we've seen so far of 4e feels very much in that game's spirit. [/QUOTE]

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