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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 3933938" data-attributes="member: 957">Most certainly true.Customization will be very easy.And with GWA it will be something like this:DM: I've removed Elves.Player:&nbsp; OKDM: I've removed Fly.Player: OKDM: I've removed Teleport.Player: OKDM: Fireball is called Jack's Flaming Revenge.Player: OKDM: Golden Wyvern Adept is called Spell Tactics.Player: What was that again?&nbsp; Was that the one that gives you a +2 to overcome spell resistance if you move first?DM: No, no, that was Purple River Sage, though in my game it is called Spell Placement.Player:&nbsp; ohh..&nbsp; I thought the River thing was the one that gave you +3 to hit when you jump.&nbsp; DM: No, that was...&nbsp; Ah crap, Let's play GURPS.Exaggeration?&nbsp; Yeah.&nbsp; But there is a fundamental difference between communicating changes built on a simple descriptive system and communicating changes in a system that requires memorization of random nomenclature.&nbsp; Renaming or removing GWA will be no harder than renaming or removing elves.&nbsp; Which is to say it will be trivially easy.&nbsp; Expecting a group of casual players to keep up with changes around GWA will be significantly harder than expecting them to keep up with &quot;no elves&quot;.&nbsp; If they kept elves in 4E but instead of elves they called them Hoos Hoos, you could tell a player that you have removed Hoos Hoos and it wouldn't be unreasonable for a casual player to say, &quot;ok, thats fine.&nbsp; As long as I can play an Elf I don't care.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 3933938, member: 957"] Most certainly true. Customization will be very easy. And with GWA it will be something like this: DM: I've removed Elves. Player: OK DM: I've removed Fly. Player: OK DM: I've removed Teleport. Player: OK DM: Fireball is called Jack's Flaming Revenge. Player: OK DM: Golden Wyvern Adept is called Spell Tactics. Player: What was that again? Was that the one that gives you a +2 to overcome spell resistance if you move first? DM: No, no, that was Purple River Sage, though in my game it is called Spell Placement. Player: ohh.. I thought the River thing was the one that gave you +3 to hit when you jump. DM: No, that was... Ah crap, Let's play GURPS. Exaggeration? Yeah. But there is a fundamental difference between communicating changes built on a simple descriptive system and communicating changes in a system that requires memorization of random nomenclature. Renaming or removing GWA will be no harder than renaming or removing elves. Which is to say it will be trivially easy. Expecting a group of casual players to keep up with changes around GWA will be significantly harder than expecting them to keep up with "no elves". If they kept elves in 4E but instead of elves they called them Hoos Hoos, you could tell a player that you have removed Hoos Hoos and it wouldn't be unreasonable for a casual player to say, "ok, thats fine. As long as I can play an Elf I don't care." [/QUOTE]

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