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<blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5296728" data-attributes="member: 67606">Actually, I think this thread is more like &quot;Hey, someone who is a player and DM of 4e (not someone with an actual horse in the race) thinks this won't blow up what we've been doing for the last several years.&quot;AFAIK, it's the first time we've heard from someone who isn't a representative of WotC, telling us how the system worked for him.Did he play with Essentials characters side-by-side with pre-Essentials characters?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; I'll grant you that.&nbsp; But the relevant statement Gabe made was that he could see Essentials PCs standing up just fine next to pre-Essentials PCs without it hurting the game.&nbsp; I.E. they are compatible which repeats what WotC's been telling us about Essentials all along.Does it settle the debate?&nbsp; Absolutely not.&nbsp; But like I said in this thread's second post - it should help ease the minds of &quot;the End is nigh!&quot; crowd.And re: setting off the &quot;ZOMG, Wizerdz will bern ther bookz!!!1!&quot; posts, sorry if I've offended your gentle sensibilities.&nbsp; I figured it was an easy way to encapsulate the general mindset of the anti-Essentials crowd in a familiarly humorous way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stumblewyk, post: 5296728, member: 67606"] Actually, I think this thread is more like "Hey, someone who is a player and DM of 4e (not someone with an actual horse in the race) thinks this won't blow up what we've been doing for the last several years." AFAIK, it's the first time we've heard from someone who isn't a representative of WotC, telling us how the system worked for him. Did he play with Essentials characters side-by-side with pre-Essentials characters? No. I'll grant you that. But the relevant statement Gabe made was that he could [i]see[/i] Essentials PCs standing up just fine next to pre-Essentials PCs without it hurting the game. I.E. they are [i] compatible[/i] which repeats what WotC's been telling us about Essentials all along. Does it settle the debate? Absolutely not. But like I said in this thread's second post - it should [i]help[/i] ease the minds of "the End is nigh!" crowd. And re: setting off the "ZOMG, Wizerdz will bern ther bookz!!!1!" posts, sorry if I've offended your gentle sensibilities. I figured it was an easy way to encapsulate the general mindset of the anti-Essentials crowd in a familiarly humorous way. [/QUOTE]

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