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Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Looking at the Past and the Future)
Monte sketches out a couple of the design considerations for D&D Next
1. D&D Next is about the adventure not about the rules
2. Not all players have to have equally complex characters and they are designing for allowing a player at a table with a minimal 1st/2nd ed character playing next to one with a 3rd or 4th ed style character with all sorts of feats, skills and special abilities.
Monte sketches out a couple of the design considerations for D&D Next
1. D&D Next is about the adventure not about the rules
2. Not all players have to have equally complex characters and they are designing for allowing a player at a table with a minimal 1st/2nd ed character playing next to one with a 3rd or 4th ed style character with all sorts of feats, skills and special abilities.