My 4E Wishlist

[Scott_Rouse]

Say Rouse, are there any other announcements we should be expecting from D&D XP in terms of new books, or does that cover it? (I don't suspect you to name names till the announcement but be nice to have something to look forward to).

I think everything is known except for Plane Below. I bet Mearls gave up some juicy details on new stuff that is known.

 

[charlesatan]

PHB3 will (if we follow the pattern) have 3 sources in it. A full set of classes for one source and half of two others, just like phb1.

I hope the PHBs after 4 will revisit the old powers to come out with new martial and divine etc stuff.

I suspect it's going to be 2 power sources, each class covering a role.

 

[Chaoszero]

I just remembered an old 2e monster I never saw since, but always liked. Its kind of a tiger with antlers-type thing. I think it was called the Kirre or Kirra or something. It was definitely in the Monsterous Manual.

And whatever happened to the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing plant monster?

 

[Aeolius]

Psionis ][s' in Playeg,mj 2872

So... the DDI Virtual Tabletop IS retro!! It runs on Apple IIs!!

 

[Calico_Jack73]

Mark me down as well for a 4E Oriental Adventures. This time it should definitely include Wuxia rules/options. It should be tweaked so that most PCs DON'T wear armor. When was the last time you saw a maintstream wuxia movie where the heroes wore armor?

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Nope!
House of Flying Daggers: Nope!
Hero: Nope!
Iron Monkey: Nope!

I do think that 4E with it's use of class powers/spells/exploits/etc is much better suited to Wuxia than any previous version of D&D but that is just MHO.

 

[Arivendel]

Mark me down as well for a 4E Oriental Adventures. This time it should definitely include Wuxia rules/options. It should be tweaked so that most PCs DON'T wear armor. When was the last time you saw a maintstream wuxia movie where the heroes wore armor?

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Nope!
House of Flying Daggers: Nope!
Hero: Nope!
Iron Monkey: Nope!

I do think that 4E with it's use of class powers/spells/exploits/etc is much better suited to Wuxia than any previous version of D&D but that is just MHO.

The Myth Jackie's character wore Chinese Mail.

I would love to say Forbidden Kingdom but the main hero's didnt, in contrast the Jade General DID wear full set of Armor...but that is the villain and you where asking for the heroes so i suppose the Myth will have to do

 

[Nymrohd]

Well if they are doing a book about the abyss I can hope for more planar goodness! (Mainly I want more strange astral dominions, AKA Epic Dungeon in a Can.

 

[Starsunder]

Actually you were right about something. Since it was mentioned at XP today I'll spill the beans:

The Plane Below: Secrets of the Abyss comes out in December

WoooHoooo! More planar goodness! I loves it. I guess since Demogorgon is confirmed for MM2, and we already have Orcus and Grazz't, we might be seeing one or two of the other lords, such as Pazuzu, Zuggtmoy, or Fraz-Urb'luu? Or perhaps a deity such as Lolth, or Tharizdun ?

Anyways, good to hear, and thanks for the info Scott!

 

[NexH]

I hope the ethergaunts [3E Fiend Folio] return someday.
I also think the clockwork horrors could work very well in 4E.

Actually you were right about something. Since it was mentioned at XP today I'll spill the beans:

Edit (name quite not right before) The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos comes out in December

That's great news, both by itself and because it gives hope for other books about the planes.

 

[drothgery]

Personally I'd rather see new power sources. I'd also like to see two per book in the future. None of this you don't get all of a single power source in one book nonsense.

Since WotC has said over and over again that there's unlikely to be a class for every role in every power source, and strongly implied that the power sources listed in PHB1 are likely to be all that we ever get, I don't think you're going to get your wish.