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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5787095" data-attributes="member: 1210">4d6 keep best, in order, is my preference; but I'm okay with any dice-based method of character generation.  I will never allow point buy stat gen in my campaign. Never, never, never.I do like skill challenges as a framework, but the system needs a major overhaul with better examples and an explicit acknowledgement that the pcs, not the dm, chooses the skills involved; the dm adjudicates how (and if!) they work in the challenge.That said, I favor a simpler skill system with all skill checks based on ability scores and a secondary skill that gives you a bonus to checks within that skill's purview. Also, I prefer pc-defined secondary skills vs. a list (I have no problem with a pc choosing "rat catcher," "butler", "diplomat", "sage", "farmer", "painter", etc.)Fewer races without option overload. I'm okay with alternative races in other books, as long as it's absolutely clear that the dm is under no obligation to shoehorn them into his game.I favor a very limited list of base classes, with advancement options via prestige class in a very mix & match way. So your base class might be "fighter" and there might be an "axeman" that gives you certain abilities that you cannot otherwise gain.I think 3e got alignments about right, with supernatural creatures resistant to damage unless it was from an opposing alignment, etc. Powers et al are great as an add-on option, but for the base game, I think we need to kill the beast that is option overload and perform a ritual so that it cannot ever return.I like 4e's use of Fort, Ref and Will as defenses, but dislike the reliance on the grid. Eliminate OAs as a main part of combat; keep action points; keep crits and have a system in place for maiming combatants through crits. Screw parry or dodge rolls, we need to speed combat up, not slow it down.3e did a fairly good job with combat stunts like trip, disarm, etc, but they need to be better written with an eye to making sure that no one tactic/feat combo becomes TEH BESTEST (Improved Trip in 3.5, I'm lookin' at you!).Let's go back to the days when if you were almost dead, you weren't perfectly fine the next day, shall we? The "Fully Recovered after Five Hours!!" thing is great for promoting a certain type of playstyle but utterly eviscerates any hope of a campaign where lingering wounds are a concern. This goes along with 4e's attitude towards resource management in general- "pretty much shine it" - which I also think needs its throat slit.4e got monster creation right, though I miss the complex toolkit of 3e's monster creation medleys. (4 templates, 3 classes, one prestige class and some feat switches, six hours later I have a monster for my high level game!) I'd like to see an alternative toolkit for dms to use, but the standard should be based on the 4e system.That said, I'm totally in favor of 'classed' npcs working like pcs.All this.</blockquote>

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