D&D 4E Merric's thoughts on 4e

[buzz]

See you when 5E comes out!

In all seriousness, one of my friends was trying to tell me that there were "strong signals" that 5e (yes, 5e) was not going to be OGL. I wanted to slap him.

 

[see]

30 years of accumulated canon may be a heritage, but it's also a basement full of junk.

Yes, you can get canon cruft in a game that's lasted decades. For example, things like drow PCs, cavaliers, thief-acrobats, specialty priests, tieflings, and warlocks might start cluttering things up, and a new edition is a chance to clean out the accumulated junk.

The trouble begins when you start having designers who can't tell the difference between the baby and the bathwater, and decide to keep the bathwater while throwing out the baby.

 

[Nine Hands]

I agree. It's simply impossible to know when the designers' blogs have been updated, so I don't bother trying to look anymore.

Yup, me too. The old way was easier, just click on the page and the list was right there. I could look down and see if any were updated just fine. Now its too messy for me to look for it, I just wait for EnWorlders to find it for me

 

[Scribble]

The term ALPHA comes to mind...

Maybe, but they have the blogging stuff up and running, it's normally just part of it, not something you add later for some reason.

 

[hong]

Yes, you can get canon cruft in a game that's lasted decades. For example, things like drow PCs, cavaliers, thief-acrobats, specialty priests, tieflings, and warlocks might start cluttering things up, and a new edition is a chance to clean out the accumulated junk.

The trouble begins when you start having designers who can't tell the difference between the baby and the bathwater, and decide to keep the bathwater while throwing out the baby.

Hit points are nonnegotiable. Everything else is up for grabs.

 

[Baby Samurai]

Hit points are nonnegotiable. Everything else is up for grabs.

Yeah, and I do have a certain attachment to the six ability scores.

 

[hong]

Yeah, and I do have a certain attachment to the six ability scores.

Okay, other than hit points and the six ability scores, what has D&D ever done for us?

 

[Baby Samurai]

Okay, other than hit points and the six ability scores, what has D&D ever done for us?

...The aqueduct?

 

[WhatGravitas]

Okay, other than hit points and the six ability scores, what has D&D ever done for us?

Final Fantasy?

Cheers, LT.

 

[hong]

Okay, other than hit points, the six ability scores, the aqueduct and Final Fantasy, WHAT HAS D&D EVER DONE FOR US?