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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7751239" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Yeah, 4E in particular had the heavy hand of the game designer. It had a very Lawful Neutral design philosophy IMO. I feel much more able to tweak or alter both 3E and 5E, but the intricacies and degree of pre-definition of 4E made me really reticent to do much of anything except make up a few monsters and items. Even then I felt that was quite difficult to do in a way I never felt in prior versions of the game. I really didn't feel much license to do so, either, like it really wasn't something the designers invited me to do. Yes there are spots they said &quot;make this your own&quot; but I never felt they actually meant it, kind of like an IT department that says &quot;we're here to help you do your job&quot; but you know based on all the restrictions they put on your computer that they don't actually mean it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7751239, member: 6873517"] :lol: Yeah, 4E in particular had the heavy hand of the game designer. It had a very Lawful Neutral design philosophy IMO. I feel much more able to tweak or alter both 3E and 5E, but the intricacies and degree of pre-definition of 4E made me really reticent to do much of anything except make up a few monsters and items. Even then I felt that was quite difficult to do in a way I never felt in prior versions of the game. I really didn't feel much license to do so, either, like it really wasn't something the designers [I]invited[/I] me to do. Yes there are spots they said "make this your own" but I never felt they actually meant it, kind of like an IT department that says "we're here to help you do your job" but you know based on all the restrictions they put on your computer that they don't actually mean it. [/QUOTE]

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