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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6137134" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Most major laws have a record of the discussions of the concerns and merits of doing things one way or the other, as well as the rationales behind the law's final form- its called "legislative intent". Its a guide for how things are to interpreted by future legislators, lawyers, and judges.</p><p></p><p>With 4Ed, we have not just one, but several designers telling us the same thing: don't bother trying to convert preexisting campaigns & characters to 4Ed.</p><p></p><p>From that link I cited above ( <a href="http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_printer_friendly.asp?TOPIC_ID=9743" target="_blank">http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_printer_friendly.asp?TOPIC_ID=9743</a> ), some quotes:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So it's not just one guy- Heinsoo- but several of the edition's designers and WotC high-flyers talking about the futility of conversion due to the differences between 4Ed and its precedents. This is analogous to "legislative intent"- they are telling us about the product they themselves put to paper, and they are telling us it is something different.</p><p></p><p>Now, I like Wyatt's work, but his experience with the 2Ed=>3Ed conversion does not match what happened in my gaming group, nor does his prediction about how 4Ed would interact with my imagination was miles off.</p><p></p><p>In fairness, it must be pointed out that the same link has mentions of Heinsoo's rethinking of the non-convertibility. And if one looks, one can find Andy Collins posting some preliminary stuff for some of what appeared in the first 4Ed PHB.</p><p></p><p>Also in fairness, 4Ed had elements that let me explore different kinds of character design I found to be quite cool & satisfying.</p><p></p><p>...but my preferred form of D&D character design was essentially sidelined. 4Ed did not let me realize a truer vision of my D&D characters. In fact, it was farther off, more like other FRPGs. Not worse, not better. Different.</p><p></p><p>And those designers' comments illustrate why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6137134, member: 19675"] Most major laws have a record of the discussions of the concerns and merits of doing things one way or the other, as well as the rationales behind the law's final form- its called "legislative intent". Its a guide for how things are to interpreted by future legislators, lawyers, and judges. With 4Ed, we have not just one, but several designers telling us the same thing: don't bother trying to convert preexisting campaigns & characters to 4Ed. From that link I cited above ( [url]http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_printer_friendly.asp?TOPIC_ID=9743[/url] ), some quotes: So it's not just one guy- Heinsoo- but several of the edition's designers and WotC high-flyers talking about the futility of conversion due to the differences between 4Ed and its precedents. This is analogous to "legislative intent"- they are telling us about the product they themselves put to paper, and they are telling us it is something different. Now, I like Wyatt's work, but his experience with the 2Ed=>3Ed conversion does not match what happened in my gaming group, nor does his prediction about how 4Ed would interact with my imagination was miles off. In fairness, it must be pointed out that the same link has mentions of Heinsoo's rethinking of the non-convertibility. And if one looks, one can find Andy Collins posting some preliminary stuff for some of what appeared in the first 4Ed PHB. Also in fairness, 4Ed had elements that let me explore different kinds of character design I found to be quite cool & satisfying. ...but my preferred form of D&D character design was essentially sidelined. 4Ed did not let me realize a truer vision of my D&D characters. In fact, it was farther off, more like other FRPGs. Not worse, not better. Different. And those designers' comments illustrate why. [/QUOTE]
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