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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 4387016" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p><strong>re</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm on board with 4E. I think it is a fun, well-balanced game that is enjoyable to play. </p><p></p><p>I think in many ways it is a superior fantasy simulation to 3.5 E. I especially feel that 4Es healing system is far superior to previous editions of 3E. </p><p></p><p>I also find the encounters more balanced and interesting. I like that all the PCs can contribute meaningfully to an encounter with more than a standard damage dealing power.</p><p></p><p>4E was a very satisfying play experience. If it stays as balanced and easy to prepare encounters as the early 4E levels, I will be very pleased. I grew weary of designing high level 3E encounters that required excessive healing potions, magic items, and other types of contrivances you don't at all see in fantasy stories.</p><p></p><p>Now a lvl 10 or 16 giant is a challenge for a lvl 10 or lvl 16 party with just his great club. No more having to watch a giant get butchered in seconds by the multiattacking crit master warrior or a simple <em>Hold Monster</em> effectively ending the encounter with the giant. </p><p></p><p>Now when that giant wanders out of his mountain cave, a party best be ready to take him on because it will be a fairly tough fight depending on whether he is elite, with a group, or a solo. </p><p></p><p>4E seems to have had alot more thought put into the coneptual idea of what an encounter should be like, much more thought than previous editions. I'm sold on 4E. It's a good game that is alot of fun to play. It does a good job of making an encounter feel tough and epic with half the necessary creatures and no need to stack a bad guy with a ton of magic items to make him effective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 4387016, member: 5834"] [b]re[/b] I'm on board with 4E. I think it is a fun, well-balanced game that is enjoyable to play. I think in many ways it is a superior fantasy simulation to 3.5 E. I especially feel that 4Es healing system is far superior to previous editions of 3E. I also find the encounters more balanced and interesting. I like that all the PCs can contribute meaningfully to an encounter with more than a standard damage dealing power. 4E was a very satisfying play experience. If it stays as balanced and easy to prepare encounters as the early 4E levels, I will be very pleased. I grew weary of designing high level 3E encounters that required excessive healing potions, magic items, and other types of contrivances you don't at all see in fantasy stories. Now a lvl 10 or 16 giant is a challenge for a lvl 10 or lvl 16 party with just his great club. No more having to watch a giant get butchered in seconds by the multiattacking crit master warrior or a simple [i]Hold Monster[/i] effectively ending the encounter with the giant. Now when that giant wanders out of his mountain cave, a party best be ready to take him on because it will be a fairly tough fight depending on whether he is elite, with a group, or a solo. 4E seems to have had alot more thought put into the coneptual idea of what an encounter should be like, much more thought than previous editions. I'm sold on 4E. It's a good game that is alot of fun to play. It does a good job of making an encounter feel tough and epic with half the necessary creatures and no need to stack a bad guy with a ton of magic items to make him effective. [/QUOTE]
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