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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 4947792" data-attributes="member: 115">Getting it out of the way: Firefox 3.5/Windows 7, grey text on white background.Lizards are the predominant fauna in a desert setting.  So Dragonborn don't come from dragons, they come from lizards.  Easy fix, good fit.What I think is going on here, and this is only my personal thought, is that we have many ardent fans of Dark Sun on the boards.  Heck, I'm one of them.  We also have people who are not fans of 4E, in which case I don't know why they're posting in this thread, since it's about the 4E version.  That's neither here nor there though.With regards to the people who are willing to give Dark Sun 4E a try (and I'm assuming that's everyone in the thread, as per above), I think it's a disservice to chalk the strong reactions up to hysteria.  I think that some fans are not angry, but afraid that Dark Sun 4E is not going to be to their liking, for whatever reason, and that is being projected onto everything we're hearing about the setting, minor or not.  It's not terribly fair... after all, we know next to nothing about the 4E version, other than it's coming out.  Certainly no one has read it, and no one is involved in it that is posting here.  However, I wouldn't say it's unjustified... after all, 2E and 4E are vastly different creatures.  There will almost certainly be some give and take... it's not like Eberron, which was developed on the cusp of 4E.  Like Mouseferatu, I think that there will be something in the middle, especially regarding mechanics.  For example, they could state a ban all Divine classes and all Leaders to reduce healing (though I've come to realize there are no WotC ninjas that come to bash down your door).  What's more likely is to reduce healing surge values, or to re-flavor the Divine classes (except maybe Clerics) and replace the "Word" powers from Leaders.  That's just a spitball, five second look at it.I agree that the reactions need not be so strong though.  It could end up being a giant failure... or it could end being the best version of the campaign so far.  We just don't know.  That's why it's as important to keep an open mind as it is to be critical.As Aristotle would put it, phronimos, on all sides.</blockquote>

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