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<blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 4498904" data-attributes="member: 63272">My answer would be nothing is missing.&nbsp; I'm not saying the edition is perfect or perfected, but it accomplishes its goal.&nbsp; The ruleset is balanced, streamlined and efficient.&nbsp; It contains the rules you need to resolve the conflicts of a game of fantasy adventure, includes rules and guidelines for adjudicating all situations and maintaining balance, and mostly just gets out of the way.&nbsp; I find the freeform feel of 1e to be stronger than ever as the rules don't butt up against silly mechanics like the Assassination Table or 3e grappling.&nbsp; The rules simply get out of your way and blend into the background.&nbsp; You need one table to handle just about any crazy situation your PCs come up with that isn't already handled by the rules, leaving even improvisation a comfortable breeze.&nbsp; In my current 4e game, we went three straight sessions without cracking a book at the table.&nbsp; We finally had to at the end of the third only because I had neglected to write down the details of the two magical items the party found in a chest near the end of the adventure.&nbsp; The game system just has a tendency to get out of the way and let you PLAY the game.&nbsp; I really hope, as the rules expand through supplements and community gameplay that the spirit 4e has now remains the same.&nbsp; If it does, 4e will likely be my favorite edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thasmodious, post: 4498904, member: 63272"] My answer would be nothing is missing. I'm not saying the edition is perfect or perfected, but it accomplishes its goal. The ruleset is balanced, streamlined and efficient. It contains the rules you need to resolve the conflicts of a game of fantasy adventure, includes rules and guidelines for adjudicating all situations and maintaining balance, and mostly just gets out of the way. I find the freeform feel of 1e to be stronger than ever as the rules don't butt up against silly mechanics like the Assassination Table or 3e grappling. The rules simply get out of your way and blend into the background. You need one table to handle just about any crazy situation your PCs come up with that isn't already handled by the rules, leaving even improvisation a comfortable breeze. In my current 4e game, we went three straight sessions without cracking a book at the table. We finally had to at the end of the third only because I had neglected to write down the details of the two magical items the party found in a chest near the end of the adventure. The game system just has a tendency to get out of the way and let you PLAY the game. I really hope, as the rules expand through supplements and community gameplay that the spirit 4e has now remains the same. If it does, 4e will likely be my favorite edition. [/QUOTE]

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