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<blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 4531351" data-attributes="member: 51325"><p>Er, more than anything, the 4E system has allowed the fighter to customize his weapon. </p><p> </p><p>There is now a valid choice between sword and board versus two handed wielder</p><p> </p><p>There is valid reasons why you might want to use a flail versus a greatsword versus a hammer.</p><p> </p><p>This is the one thing that kind of jumped out at me in your post that 4E does better than any edition (be it 1E or 3E)</p><p> </p><p>re: Why cut out options.</p><p>Because options is power. At the tail end of 3E, the Dread Necromancer and the Beguiler were released. Both of these classes were very fun, balanced and interesting classes.</p><p> </p><p>They just suck compared to the core 3E wizard.</p><p> </p><p>My hunch is that WOTC wants to present these options as FULL classes yet not being overshadowed by the core wizard. This means that the core wizard needed the nerf bat taken to it.</p><p> </p><p>Basically, it needed to more resemble the 1e/2e wizard (remember, pre 3E, only specialists got 1 spell per character level of their choice whereas the generalist mage got 1 spell every 2 character levels plus whatever they found. In 1e, in fact, there were illusionist-only spells )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllisterH, post: 4531351, member: 51325"] Er, more than anything, the 4E system has allowed the fighter to customize his weapon. There is now a valid choice between sword and board versus two handed wielder There is valid reasons why you might want to use a flail versus a greatsword versus a hammer. This is the one thing that kind of jumped out at me in your post that 4E does better than any edition (be it 1E or 3E) re: Why cut out options. Because options is power. At the tail end of 3E, the Dread Necromancer and the Beguiler were released. Both of these classes were very fun, balanced and interesting classes. They just suck compared to the core 3E wizard. My hunch is that WOTC wants to present these options as FULL classes yet not being overshadowed by the core wizard. This means that the core wizard needed the nerf bat taken to it. Basically, it needed to more resemble the 1e/2e wizard (remember, pre 3E, only specialists got 1 spell per character level of their choice whereas the generalist mage got 1 spell every 2 character levels plus whatever they found. In 1e, in fact, there were illusionist-only spells ) [/QUOTE]
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