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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 49831" data-attributes="member: 172">Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: D&amp;D 3e to be changed to new d20 rules? 4e coming!Exactly. And if you fiddle with the system, unless you are very careful you will shift that balance. Which is fine if that is what you want... but for many people (I'd venture a majority of the current players), the current balance is just right.No way? There might be some way. Do I think blindly shoving the benefit of armor over to DR is a step in the right direction? No, not really. In doing so, you are making a move that will take a lot of compensation in the rest of the system to maintain the same heroic fantasy feel, and with little justification for doing so inthe first place.You have to ask yourself if they is really a reason for doing all of this work if your intent isn't to move it away from being heroic fantasy. If that is what you want, fine, but I don't think that should be a goal for 4e as that would be a different game.I expect any 4e to have relatively minor tweaks.Lose what ground? Lose the ground they gained by 3e -- as you say, right there. What are you missing? There are lots of satisfied customers with the current feel and balance of 3e, but you think that they are going to want your version of &quot;new coke.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 49831, member: 172"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: D&D 3e to be changed to new d20 rules? 4e coming![/b] Exactly. And if you fiddle with the system, unless you are very careful you will shift that balance. Which is fine if that is what you want... but for many people (I'd venture a majority of the current players), the current balance is just right. No way? There might be some way. Do I think blindly shoving the benefit of armor over to DR is a step in the right direction? No, not really. In doing so, you are making a move that will take a lot of compensation in the rest of the system to maintain the same heroic fantasy feel, and with little justification for doing so inthe first place. You have to ask yourself if they is really a reason for doing all of this work if your intent isn't to move it away from being heroic fantasy. If that is what you want, fine, but I don't think that should be a goal for 4e as that would be a different game. I expect any 4e to have relatively minor tweaks. Lose what ground? Lose the ground they gained by 3e -- as you say, right there. What are you missing? There are lots of satisfied customers with the current feel and balance of 3e, but you think that they are going to want your version of "new coke." [/QUOTE]

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