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<blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5960133" data-attributes="member: 57939">I don't know about all of those specific things you mention, but in my experience, switching over to 4E was a very simple process after playing a lot of late-era 3E material. Many late-3E products were clearly test-beds for the development of 4E.For example, the entire power framework and 4E's complex fighter are strongly based in Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords. You could see early (and ultimately unused) ideas on how to rebalance magic items in Magic of Incarnum. Likewise, the Tome of Magic was probably one big experiment of alternate magic systems.Between Tome of Battle classes, the Expanded Psionics Handbook, and the Player's Handbook 2, it is possible to play 3E with a very 4E feel. Many late 3E classes found in these books have a bigger emphasis on class balance and giving cool class features to all classes. Unearthed Arcana likewise provided many alternate rules, such as reserve hit-points, that later became refined and made central in 4E. It isn't as refined as 4E, but I think late era 3E could capture a lot of the same strengths. Only as long as you steered far clear of core material, however.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SKyOdin, post: 5960133, member: 57939"] I don't know about all of those specific things you mention, but in my experience, switching over to 4E was a very simple process after playing a lot of late-era 3E material. Many late-3E products were clearly test-beds for the development of 4E. For example, the entire power framework and 4E's complex fighter are strongly based in [i]Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords[/i]. You could see early (and ultimately unused) ideas on how to rebalance magic items in [i]Magic of Incarnum[/i]. Likewise, the [i]Tome of Magic[/i] was probably one big experiment of alternate magic systems. Between [i]Tome of Battle[/i] classes, the [i]Expanded Psionics Handbook[/i], and the [i]Player's Handbook 2[/i], it is possible to play 3E with a very 4E feel. Many late 3E classes found in these books have a bigger emphasis on class balance and giving cool class features to all classes. [i]Unearthed Arcana[/i] likewise provided many alternate rules, such as reserve hit-points, that later became refined and made central in 4E. It isn't as refined as 4E, but I think late era 3E could capture a lot of the same strengths. Only as long as you steered far clear of core material, however. [/QUOTE]

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