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<blockquote data-quote="Intrope" data-source="post: 3763998" data-attributes="member: 3591">I think it's actually the reverse: 2nd to 3rd was a near-total rewrite[1], so they could drop big slabs of stuff without spoiling us (like the entire monk class! Tongue of the Sun and the Moon? LOLWTFBBQ).This time, big chunks of the system will be altered but not replaced. Skills will likely be consolidated, and skill points may well get eaten by the Tarrasque, but in the end you'll still roll d20+skill bonus (I can't even remember what we did for 2nd? Roll under your stat? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> )The side effect is that they're dribbling out hints and out-of-context tidbits. It gives us something to talk about 'til May/June/July, but we really won't know what the whole thing looks like until all 3 books actually ship. They won't want to give away too much: if you get the PHB1 in May and go 'man, I already know about all this' that's a bad thing. In other words, it's just like Movies, Novels, etc. If you want to interest someone in a show they haven't seen, you have to be careful not to spoil the story--but you also have to tell them somthing! So, you give hints, leave out stuff, etc.[1] The entirety of the classes, monsters, combat and skills rewritten; feats added, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Intrope, post: 3763998, member: 3591"] I think it's actually the reverse: 2nd to 3rd was a near-total rewrite[1], so they could drop big slabs of stuff without spoiling us (like the entire monk class! Tongue of the Sun and the Moon? LOLWTFBBQ). This time, big chunks of the system will be altered but not replaced. Skills will likely be consolidated, and skill points may well get eaten by the Tarrasque, but in the end you'll still roll d20+skill bonus (I can't even remember what we did for 2nd? Roll under your stat? :confused: ) The side effect is that they're dribbling out hints and out-of-context tidbits. It gives us something to talk about 'til May/June/July, but we really won't know what the whole thing looks like until all 3 books actually ship. They won't want to give away too much: if you get the PHB1 in May and go 'man, I already know about all this' that's a bad thing. In other words, it's just like Movies, Novels, etc. If you want to interest someone in a show they haven't seen, you have to be careful not to spoil the story--but you also have to tell them somthing! So, you give hints, leave out stuff, etc. [1] The entirety of the classes, monsters, combat and skills rewritten; feats added, etc. [/QUOTE]

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