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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1004336" data-attributes="member: 3586">And not a bad answer, either.Although I'm happy with the changes, I'm less than happy about the compatibility issue. Because I'm happy with the changes, I can live with the compatibility issue - I wish others were so lucky. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I love generalisations. Human Fighter 1, skills Ride, Climb and Jump, feats Weapon Focus, Power Attack and Cleave. Where are the heavy modifications?Some characters are going to need heavy modifications. Perhaps even most. Not all. Sorry, I'm being picky. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />### I'm not sure if the bigger changes were made purely out of a monetary consideration. Personally I believe that they wanted to fix the big problems with 3E, and then fix some of the smaller problems... and may have gone a bit too far.Exactly where that point was varies for people, though. I think the new weapon size rules are excellent, whilst Monte thinks they're possibly the worst change of the lot. Heh. If I was laying money on who was right, it wouldn't be me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />What I'm try to say is that it was practically impossible for the revision team to create a revised edition that would please everyone - some people would think they'd gone too far, others would think they didn't go far enough.I also think that the compatibility issue was always going to come up - regardless of the change, there would have been something already printed affected.As I recall, 3E was one of the most play-tested RPGs ever - if not the most play-tested RPGs. It had lots of problems. Perfection isn't going to come easily - but I do believe the revision team gave it their best shot, and that most of the revisions will work for me.(If you wanted to pick the one change I don't like so much, it's the splitting up of spells like emotion and Otiluke's freezing sphere. Grr... sometimes, versatility in a spell is a good thing.)Cheers!</blockquote>

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