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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 4005875" data-attributes="member: 42582">Well, there's all the text of R&C and W&M. I haven't done more than skim the first, but I've read the second and have been posting fairly extensively about it (see especially the "Metagame function of PoL" thread and the "Blood War" thread, both of which are alive at the moment).There's all the WoTC blog and messageboard posts about the new mechanics - especially the new system of powers - which was discussed to absurd length on the "Why is it so important" thread from a few months ago, that might still turn up on a search.Then there's some sample races and powers that have been posted, which seem pretty consistent with the descriptions that have emerged through blogs and whatnot.Then there's the opinion of people like Ari - a type of indirect evidence, perhaps, but still evidence.I don't know if you count any of the above as concrete evidence, but it's pretty clearly evidence, and to me it all points one way.Moving into realms that are more interpretive, I also count as evidence that 4e is heading in a more contemporary direction (as far as RPGing goes) the fact that thoughtful posters in this forum who prefer more oldstyle D&D play (like Reynard and Lanefan and HowandWhy99) consistently see things in what we're hearing that they object to, for well-articulated reasons.I'm not talking now about particular game elements like Gnomes or Druids or Succubi, which from a design point of view I think are pretty irrelevant. I'm talking about important aspects of design that contribute to the play experience in a major way, like whether or not hirelings are supported, and the extent of operational resource management in the game, and social challenge resolution mechanics.All-in-all, consistent patterns of interpretation of the direction that 4e is headed (even by those who don't like that direction, like Reynard), arrived at without collusion, for me at least count as evidence.</blockquote>

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