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<blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5687550" data-attributes="member: 98255">I am cautiously optimistic that Monte Cook's return to WotC and D&amp;D won't suck. I was a big fan of his post-WotC work, in particular, the Books of Experimental Might.&nbsp; It was a very forward-looking book, and contained a lot of the good ideas that made it to 4th edition.I think though, that many people in the gaming community see the writing on the wall, and it indicates that things will be moving in a more backward direction come Next Edition, whenever that is. For better or worse, that seems to be the way the wind is blowing. I think they really felt the hurt when half the 3.x crowd bailed for PF, and they would go to great lengths to get some of that audience back. This, despite the fact that 4e earned them many fans who were glad to see the last nail in 3rd edition's coffin.That said, there are some elements of his game design that I'm not anxious to see a return to. From the tone of the article linked above, he seems to have learned a valuable lesson with respect to the whole concept of &quot;system mastery,&quot; so we'll just have to wait and see how this develops.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nemesis Destiny, post: 5687550, member: 98255"] I am cautiously optimistic that Monte Cook's return to WotC and D&D won't suck. I was a big fan of his post-WotC work, in particular, the Books of Experimental Might. It was a very forward-looking book, and contained a lot of the good ideas that made it to 4th edition. I think though, that many people in the gaming community see the writing on the wall, and it indicates that things will be moving in a more backward direction come Next Edition, whenever that is. For better or worse, that seems to be the way the wind is blowing. I think they really felt the hurt when half the 3.x crowd bailed for PF, and they would go to great lengths to get some of that audience back. This, despite the fact that 4e earned them many fans who were glad to see the last nail in 3rd edition's coffin. That said, there are some elements of his game design that I'm not anxious to see a return to. From the tone of the article linked above, he seems to have learned a valuable lesson with respect to the whole concept of "system mastery," so we'll just have to wait and see how this develops. [/QUOTE]

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