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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SpydersWebbing" data-source="post: 4585203" data-attributes="member: 56378">I love 4th edition. Just do. It's far easier to DM the thing without House Rules, has better combat without getting rid of roleplaying. It allows for imagination.For instance:Last night I was DMing a game with a friend of mine, and we were fighting a blue dragon in an old dwarven stronghold. The ceiling above the dragon looked pretty frail, so my friend asked if he could knock the ceiling down on the dragon. Since my friend was a swordmage (a melee spellcaster) I told him he'd have to do something really cool, since the ceiling was more than 30 feet high, and well out of his reach with any of his spells that he had left.As a move action my buddy ran up the dragon's head and vaulted off of the dragon (Athletics check). While in the air he shot lightning from his sword (Lightning Lure) and pulled half the ceiling down on the dragon! Using the table provided in the DM's guide I adjicated that the stones did 30 damage to the dragon (2d12+9).The DM's guide provides you with the rules necessary to absolutely own in any way you wish, you just have to make the check. It has a very fluid and intuitive feel to it, which I prefer over 3.5's clunky-as-hell combat system.I hope that helps you Shark!</blockquote>