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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drammattex" data-source="post: 3926173" data-attributes="member: 55363">Of course. I'm getting a 5 gp exchange rate per Point of Light. By golly, these things spend just like electrum! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ...But to give a less cheeky response to your post, there will ALWAYS be people who resist change, and at certain points in your life (may not be D&D related) you'll find yourself among their number. Me? I've been playing since 1982 and I've enjoyed every edition of the game. I realize everyone doesn't feel this way, but I believe that D&D is moving forward the same way technology does: a new edition is built on the foundations of the old, and the result is a more sophisticated work. I know folks who ONLY like to listen to vinyl. They are the grognards of audio. Others swear by CDs. I have an iPod. It has ONE control. It stores all my music. I'm not going to be able to convince anyone that my MP3s are better than their vinyl or CDs, and that's fine. At one point, I thought the iPod was a terrible idea, and I couldn't figure out what on earth I would use it for... until I got one. And that's how it's going to be with 4e. Nobody's read it yet, nobody knows the end product, or how useful it's going to be.  I personally think that even in its simplicity it's going to be a more sophisticated game than the one we've been playing, but that is the topic for several other threads. There will always, always, always be grognards, in every field. In politics and religion especially. I'm a Star Wars grognard. I've nearly trained my mind to believe that anything made after The Empire Strikes Back does not exist. I have not purchased any of the editions on dvd because I'm waiting until Lucas dies and someone puts out a cleaned up, full audio, high definition transfer of the original films (although I'd take the added CGI on the Death Star run added in the 1997 version). Until then, I will probably never own Star Wars. Many folks don't agree with me on this, but I won't budge on it. I will be a grognard to the end in regards to Star Wars. Fortunately, I have Battlestar Galactica to love now. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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