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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 5754955" data-attributes="member: 913">I realize I'm late to the party, but I think it's awesome that Monte Cook is involved in the next edition of D&D.  For all its warts and wrinkles, 3E breathed new life into the game for me.  It provided a compelling skill system, interesting character progression, incredible monster customization, and a lot of spit and polish in a system that, for once, felt cohesive and planned, as if the designers had actually considered how the whole thing hung together rather than piecing it together a bit at a time.  And it did that while still remaining true to the feel of D&D in many ways.  When I look at 3E compared to 2E or 1E, I think the comparison is much closer than comparing 4E to any other edition.On top of that, I think Monte has always been willing to take risks in pursuit of good game design.  His work under Malhavoc Press explored a lot of interesting concepts that addressed some of the biggest criticisms of standard D&D.  I expect that we will see some daring new ideas explored with the next edition of D&D, too.I'm sure that D&D: Full Monte (love it <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=":)" /> ) will draw on some of the lessons of 4e.  As much as I can't stand it as a role-playing game, I think there are some solid concepts within the system.  At the same time, I trust that Monte Cook has the experience and capability to draw on older versions to hopefully build on the strengths and fix some of the problems in each.I must say that 4E has been a complete waste for me.  I haven't played D&D in any form since it's release.  While there have been a lot of reasons for that, I am completely uninspired by 4E.  And while I like some of the things Pathfinder has done, I don't think the re-design did any of the re-balancing I was expecting, and I haven't been inspired to play that, either.  Now with the news that Monte is getting involved in the next edition, I have something new to look forward to.Cheers!</blockquote>

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