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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Ranting" data-source="post: 3816940" data-attributes="member: 28906"><p>I own nine 3.x D&D books published by WotC, seventeen d20/OGL compatible books, two issues of Dragon magazine, and the first volume of Pathfinder. It is worth noting that most of the WotC books were either bought second-hand or given to me as gifts by my players, while I spent my own money on d20/OGL stuff. Most of the time, if I need a 3.5 book, I know someone who would be willing to lend it to me for a couple weeks so I can use it for my game.</p><p></p><p>I am ambivalent about 4e. The general statements made about streamlining and balancing the mechanics and making the game easier to DM seems like a great idea, but thus far, we haven't really been given much information on what these new mechanics are going to look like. What we have gotten are a lot of fluff teases, which don't interest me. I'm an obsessive homebrew DM, and no matter what the world of "D&D 4E" looks like, I'm probably just going to toss it in favor of whatever crazy idea I come up with for a given campaign. The only thing I care about is if the core mechanics are sound, and if I can understand them well enough to produce my own semi-compatible content for my own use.</p><p></p><p>Robert "Preferred Arcana Evolved to 3.5 Anyway" Ranting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Ranting, post: 3816940, member: 28906"] I own nine 3.x D&D books published by WotC, seventeen d20/OGL compatible books, two issues of Dragon magazine, and the first volume of Pathfinder. It is worth noting that most of the WotC books were either bought second-hand or given to me as gifts by my players, while I spent my own money on d20/OGL stuff. Most of the time, if I need a 3.5 book, I know someone who would be willing to lend it to me for a couple weeks so I can use it for my game. I am ambivalent about 4e. The general statements made about streamlining and balancing the mechanics and making the game easier to DM seems like a great idea, but thus far, we haven't really been given much information on what these new mechanics are going to look like. What we have gotten are a lot of fluff teases, which don't interest me. I'm an obsessive homebrew DM, and no matter what the world of "D&D 4E" looks like, I'm probably just going to toss it in favor of whatever crazy idea I come up with for a given campaign. The only thing I care about is if the core mechanics are sound, and if I can understand them well enough to produce my own semi-compatible content for my own use. Robert "Preferred Arcana Evolved to 3.5 Anyway" Ranting [/QUOTE]
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