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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 4021001" data-attributes="member: 1288">Hey, guys. Don't have a lot of time right now, and I'll be away from the computer for a few days, but...I'm not going to start trying to dance around the NDA with winks and nods, or by confirming what's not in the game. Sorry about that, but there it is.I'm a huge believer in the notion that an RPG must have strong flavor, in addition to mechanics. Mechanics do not inspire the imagination the way a good descriptive passage can. I believe D&amp;D is at its worst when it tries to provide only crunch with nothing else.Does the implied PoL style of play inform some of the game rules and decisions? Yes, it does. Of course it does. Is it going to be any harder to homebrew 4E than it was to homebrew prior editions? As someone who's been homebrewing multiple settings since 1E, my answer is &quot;Certainly doesn't seem any harder to me.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 4021001, member: 1288"] Hey, guys. Don't have a lot of time right now, and I'll be away from the computer for a few days, but... I'm not going to start trying to dance around the NDA with winks and nods, or by confirming what's [i]not[/i] in the game. Sorry about that, but there it is. I'm a huge believer in the notion that an RPG [i]must[/i] have strong flavor, in addition to mechanics. Mechanics do not inspire the imagination the way a good descriptive passage can. I believe D&D is at its [i]worst[/i] when it tries to provide [i]only[/i] crunch with nothing else. Does the implied PoL style of play inform some of the game rules and decisions? Yes, it does. Of course it does. Is it going to be any harder to homebrew 4E than it was to homebrew prior editions? As someone who's been homebrewing multiple settings since 1E, my answer is "Certainly doesn't seem any harder to me." [/QUOTE]

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