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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 5245781" data-attributes="member: 92239">Pre-emptive statement: I will buy Essentials because I tend to buy everything I think is cool and this sounds cool.  (Access to Compendium notwithstanding)However, this is a retcon of the 4E rules and a form of game design mea culpa.  It's also 4.5, regardless of the marketing as with the errata floating around you can't make any other argument without sounding ignorant in my humble opinion.Just give us cool stuff and let the DM's and players sort it out.  If we've been with the system and the prevailing company since 1e or red box you're always going to have us.  If we've walked away we're likely not coming back at all.. and if we're stuck in another edition entirely then what needs to happen is to bridge the gap and be up front about it.3.9/4.5/Essentials.. same thing.  It's a recognition that 3.5 is loved, 2.0 and 1e still have significant player bases and Pathfinder is just a slap to the face of WoTC.  It was a bad business move to orphan 3.5 and 4.0 was perhaps too much too fast.Got to love the risk taking though and now we have more cool stuff to play with.KB</blockquote>