It is coming and we are all doomed!!!

[Jdvn1]

I didn't do it

When I posted that, I was thinking, "... If only it were MavrickWeirdo."

 

[delericho]

Nah, it definately won't be released before 2008.

Two key factors lead me to that conclusion:

1) It will be released at GenCon Indy (August)

2) it won't be released while there is an Adventure Path running in Dungeon.

#1 should be fairly obvious - that's when all the big releases come out. #2 is a bit less certain, but an Adventure Path in Dungeon provides a lot of groups an incentive to stay with their existing edition until it is completed. By contrast, an Adventure Path that starts just as 4e is released would encourage a lot of groups to switch over. Is the number of groups affected significant? I don't know, but if I were Wizards, I would hold off on approving a new path if I knew 4e was imminent. What's more, I would want to leave a gap between the end of a Path and the big release, because these campaigns take time to play through.

So, since "Savage Tide" starts in September, and therefore finishes in August 2007, that would be a bad time to release 4e. So, I'm betting we'll not be seeing a release until at least 2008.

 

[JediSoth]

I heard from my step nephew-in-law's friend's brother's girlfriend's uncle that 4th edition will include a starter pack of feat cards (collect all the booster to get the Power Attack-Cleave-Great Cleave progression!), and will feature the Favored Soul as a core class instead of the cleric and the warlock in place of the sorcerer. Halflings will be changed to an innocent, childlike race of kleptomaniacs with a favored class of wizard (oops, that'll be called Magic-User) and elves will become the epitome of "Dungeon Punk," favoring spiky hair, piercings, and the berserker class.

Still, I'm not sure whether or not to trust my step nephew-in-law's friend's brother's girlfriend's uncle...he claims they're bringing back THAC0 and the old-school saving throw tables.

JediSoth

 

[Ds Da Man]

Bout time they got back to real D&D! THACO RULES!!! to hit bonuses and BAB drool!!!

 

[der_kluge]

You know, database crashes are God's way of dealing with 4th edition threads. You guys are really treading on dangerous ground here.

 

[Wystan]

I for one look foward to our bird liver eating 4th edition writing demonic masters.

 

[philreed]

#2 is a bit less certain, but an Adventure Path in Dungeon provides a lot of groups an incentive to stay with their existing edition until it is completed.

And an adventure path that starts as 3.5 and ends as 4e would . . .

 

[Dragonbait]

I think I'm going to put a bag over my head, and lie down now.

Oh yeah, I heard that in 4ed, the dice roll you!

 

[alan]

And an adventure path that starts as 3.5 and ends as 4e would . . .

And remember that the first AP started with 3.0, then went to 3.5 shortly thereafter...

Alan

 

[Warbringer]

And an adventure path that starts as 3.5 and ends as 4e would . . .

... be half an adventure?