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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 4189553" data-attributes="member: 4722">3.5 does have its flaws, to be sure... but 4E doesn't fix them - it just builds an entirely new system. That's one of the issues I have with 4E - despite its flaws, 3.5 works. Even that wouldn't have been enough to turn me off, if they'd done it right; I just don't like 4E, from what I've seen, because it looks too tactical and too ToB for my taste. Everyone can teleport around the map, and "shift" themselves and their opponents, and... ugh. I like using using minis, but I have lousy spatial perception (and let's face it - they're fun to paint and they look cool <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... a game that's centered around minis, that effectively removes the choice of whether or not you want to use them, is not a game a lot of people want to play. I can understand it from a business POV - they want to tie it more closely to their minis line so they can make more money - but that doesn't mean I have to buy into it. My books aren't going to burst into flame on June 6th, and my ability to write new material (either for myself or for publication) isn't going to suddenly vanish. My books are in excellent condition (despite heavy use), I've got tons of material that I can't (and won't) convert over, and there won't be an SRD like the one we have now that I could refer to... And, really, I can't afford it. That, more than anything, is the largest deciding factor. I don't know anyone around here who is, either, so I can't borrow their books, even if I were interested. And really, I enjoy designing for 3.5. It took me several years and a lot of work to get to where I am now in terms of knowledge of the system, and I don't want to flush most of it down the toilet to learn a new system.Instead, I'll keep working on my 3.75 revision. The change to 4E has offered us a unique opportunity - Paizo's jumped on it with both feet, and so am I. The difference is, I'm not going for publication, so that cuts down my production time/costs. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I've identified many of the major flaws in the system and am working on correcting them at low levels (which, incidentally, will provide a lot of fixes for high-level play) - immunities, BAB/saves, spells, skills, the wealth system, etc. And yes, I'm borrowing some of your rules - the CR/EL system chief among them - to help.</blockquote>

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