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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 5971974" data-attributes="member: 6696971">- Better &quot;editorializing&quot; in the rulebooks.&nbsp; I am a grown man who has endured a lot of significant hardship and adversity in my life so when I witness people being &quot;offended&quot; by the presentation of material in leisure time pursuit, I cannot help but shake my head or just stare incredulously.&nbsp; That notwithstanding, the fact that this offense exists and the fact that the &quot;editorial&quot; portions of the 4e base rulebooks are replete with trite and playstyle dismissive language such as the &quot;Get to the fun!&quot; section legitimizes the appeal for better authoring or editing or editorial focus.&nbsp; Some of those sections are horrendously bad and I can see why they would turn people off (specifically folks whose playstyles they passively dismissed).- Better formal training, better educational tools and more examples for skill challenges in play (preferably video tools).&nbsp; Its a shame when an internet poster can spend 20 minutes putting together a small essay and better explain Skill Challenges than the core rulebooks do.- Flat math, reduced number inflation, etc.&nbsp; Gut the + 1 to hit, defenses, skills, ability checks per 2 levels.&nbsp; Perhaps + 1 to these per tier (paragon and then epic)- Following the above, kill + 1 to blah, blah feats dead.&nbsp; Feats should be as compelling and interesting as class features.&nbsp; They should focus or diversify archetypes...not merely add a bonus.- Lose the + to hit on all magic items (retain + damage).- Better scaling damage for PCs and monsters.&nbsp; Add + 1 to damage per 2 levels.- Better multi-classing.&nbsp; Power swapping/broadening play style should not cost a feat.&nbsp; Tony Vargas's idea of using themes to assist in this may have legs.- Increase potency of &quot;dump stats&quot; so that marginalizing them is moderately punitive.- No class should start with 3 skills.- A reputation/honor/legacy sub-system would be nice.- Mass battle sub-system would be nice.&nbsp; Leveraging swarm mechanics would be good here.- Review the &quot;Grandmaster Training&quot; system and tighten the numbers up.&nbsp; This is a great way to lessen the impact of magic item reliance for balance/progression maintenance that some folks disdain.I'm sure I can think of more but those are off the top of my head.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 5971974, member: 6696971"] - Better "editorializing" in the rulebooks. I am a grown man who has endured a lot of significant hardship and adversity in my life so when I witness people being "offended" by the presentation of material in leisure time pursuit, I cannot help but shake my head or just stare incredulously. That notwithstanding, the fact that this offense exists and the fact that the "editorial" portions of the 4e base rulebooks are replete with trite and playstyle dismissive language such as the "Get to the fun!" section legitimizes the appeal for better authoring or editing or editorial focus. Some of those sections are horrendously bad and I can see why they would turn people off (specifically folks whose playstyles they passively dismissed). - Better formal training, better educational tools and more examples for skill challenges in play (preferably video tools). Its a shame when an internet poster can spend 20 minutes putting together a small essay and better explain Skill Challenges than the core rulebooks do. - Flat math, reduced number inflation, etc. Gut the + 1 to hit, defenses, skills, ability checks per 2 levels. Perhaps + 1 to these per tier (paragon and then epic) - Following the above, kill + 1 to blah, blah feats dead. Feats should be as compelling and interesting as class features. They should focus or diversify archetypes...not merely add a bonus. - Lose the + to hit on all magic items (retain + damage). - Better scaling damage for PCs and monsters. Add + 1 to damage per 2 levels. - Better multi-classing. Power swapping/broadening play style should not cost a feat. Tony Vargas's idea of using themes to assist in this may have legs. - Increase potency of "dump stats" so that marginalizing them is moderately punitive. - No class should start with 3 skills. - A reputation/honor/legacy sub-system would be nice. - Mass battle sub-system would be nice. Leveraging swarm mechanics would be good here. - Review the "Grandmaster Training" system and tighten the numbers up. This is a great way to lessen the impact of magic item reliance for balance/progression maintenance that some folks disdain. I'm sure I can think of more but those are off the top of my head. [/QUOTE]

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