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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 4048321" data-attributes="member: 29398">Not that I'll probably ever DM 4e, but if I did - based on what we know now - I'd make the following changes before the puck even hit the ice: - Movement in general would be done by string or ruler instead of grid and straight-diagonal - Low level characters would be allowed to use magic rings (and if all of 4e's rings are overpowered for low-level characters I'd put some weaker ones back in) - Dragonborn and tieflings out; halflings become hobbits; part-elves and part-orcs back in - Spells that affect non-square areas cease being pixellated by the grid - Rework the cosmology and planes to suit what I already have - Slow down the advancement rate such that a 1-30 campaign would reasonably be expected to last 5-10 years instead of 1-2 years - Shift away from strict turn-based combat to something more fluid e.g. if your action is a charge-and-attack you start moving at the beginning of the round and arrive and swing on your initiative unless something intercepts you in the meantime - this gives someone else a realistic chance to intercept you - Polymorph back in, using the 1e modelAnd some things I'd look long and hard at once they come out: - Spellcasting (I'd probably want to put casting times back in, to allow for the chance of being interrupted) - Spell effects - what's been nerfed, what's been beefed up, what needs fixing - Warlord and Warlock - do they work as classes? or is there a better option if one is needed? - Mortality - is the game too nice to PCs? (I suspect it won't be...my guess is there's going to be something that makes it deadly but they haven't told us about it yet...)Lanefan</blockquote>

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