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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5584572" data-attributes="member: 7006">Exactly.  It's only now over its lifetime that 4E (and its authors) have begun to open up what the game is capable of.  That's why the first PH had all the classes run pretty much the same way, but PHII made some subtle differences (like the Barbarian rage mechanic and the druid Wild Shape), and PHIII went even further.  As time has gone on and we've become more experienced with the system, things can broaden.It's the same thing that's happened with WotC's modules.  Their most recent adventures like Orcs of Stonefang Pass and Reavers of Harkenwold are much better than Keep on the Shadowfell and Pyramid of Shadows, because they've had three years of learning what works best within the context of 4E, plus they aren't meant to be as much of "teaching lessons" to the game as the H-P-E series was.As we progress through Years 4-5-6 of 4E's lifetime... I think we're going to see things expand/adapt/broaden even more than we've already seen.  And things that would never have been published back in '08/'09 because it would have muddy the 4E waters and just confused the heck out of all the new players trying to figure out what this 4E game was... can now be released and understood/appreciated in a whole new way.</blockquote>