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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cblackthorne" data-source="post: 459197" data-attributes="member: 8677">Datt,My apologies to you if you got the wrong idea.  Im not trying to bash the playtesters.  I know a few people that were involved in the playtesting.  But the final product that WOTC delivered still has alot of holes.  I really am a big fan of Dungeons & Dragons.  Ive written articles for the Dragon and even sold a module to TSR, so I think I can speak as a "devoted follower."Personally, I think the more exact you write the rules, the more problems you cause if you leave something out or accidently write a conflicting rule.  Look at Star Fleet Battles for example.  In many cases, they didn't give enough examples of what their intentions were with certain rules (i.e. magic bonus/effects stacking).  I think thats pretty evident with the size of the FAQ document WOTC posts on the web site.  At last count its over 80+ pages long.  Thats a book in itself.AD&D 2nd Edition was free formed for a reason, so that it was mostly up to the group or the DM to be the "final word" and not a page somewhere in the book.You are correct, they did alot of things right with 3rd Edition, but I still dont like the way they wrote the combat rules (AoO, facing, flanking, etc.) and feats.  I wished they would have done something better.This whole mess with E-tools was the gold piece that broke the dragon's back.  I bought the first copy that arrived in my area.  I spents dozens of hours mofying the charts and databases to get it to work and it still doesn't figure things correctly.Considering the amount of money I have spent on 3rd Edition, I deserve to have a better all around product than what is there.</blockquote>

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