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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6751465" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>Agree with your post above, but not so much this (in fact, I couldn't disagree more).  4e is the only form of D&D with codified noncombat conflict resolution that integrates PC build rules with the resolution mechanics to seamlessly produce dramatic rising action, falling action and denouement for every high fantasy trope out there (assuming sincere, creative players and deft GMing of course)!  If is definitely not just "free form roleplay" and the system is certainly not "lacking in tools".  More than anything, 4e is my favorite edition of D&D precisely because of this (even moreso than tight encounter budgeting/maths, actor/director stance capacity for players, the coherent/transparent reward cycle, transparent and robust player flags in the way of themes/PP/ED and how the push play toward the conflicts that players care about, the narrative of "the Rally" built into combat, martial/inspirational healing, forced movement, and dynamic/interactive battlefields and bad guys).</p></blockquote><p></p>