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<blockquote data-quote="zoroaster100" data-source="post: 3904079" data-attributes="member: 8538">So far I have been keeping an open mind about 4th edition.&nbsp; I have in fact actually been looking forward with hope to better mechanics that will make the game easier to run, especially at mid- to high levels than 3rd edition.&nbsp; But as more news trickled out I've become more and more concerned, and just now my concern has crystalized in form and I know its cause.&nbsp; What I am concerned about is that I'm not liking most of the changes in flavor to the game, to the &quot;story&quot; of the game.&nbsp; I like the existing &quot;story&quot; of D&amp;D.&nbsp; That is what attracts me to the game I've been interested in for so many years.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't mind when new settings are created which tweak or even radically change the &quot;story&quot; of the game for that setting.&nbsp; But I don't want the core setting changed significantly.&nbsp; Sure, if the core default setting is different from what I like can I theoretically create my own.&nbsp; But the truth is that I just don't have the time or energy to do so at this point in my life.&nbsp; I want to be able to run my campaign in Greyhawk, where I most always have.&nbsp; And with all the changes to angels, devils, demons, core gods, this grows more and more challenging.&nbsp; BUt the real difficulty to me seems to come from the change in core races.&nbsp; If every new adventure or other product is filled with NPC tieflings, eladrin and dragonborn, it could be a royal pain to remove these from the adventure and replace them with suitable NPCs of races that fit the flavor of the game I want to run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zoroaster100, post: 3904079, member: 8538"] So far I have been keeping an open mind about 4th edition. I have in fact actually been looking forward with hope to better mechanics that will make the game easier to run, especially at mid- to high levels than 3rd edition. But as more news trickled out I've become more and more concerned, and just now my concern has crystalized in form and I know its cause. What I am concerned about is that I'm not liking most of the changes in flavor to the game, to the "story" of the game. I like the existing "story" of D&D. That is what attracts me to the game I've been interested in for so many years. I don't mind when new settings are created which tweak or even radically change the "story" of the game for that setting. But I don't want the core setting changed significantly. Sure, if the core default setting is different from what I like can I theoretically create my own. But the truth is that I just don't have the time or energy to do so at this point in my life. I want to be able to run my campaign in Greyhawk, where I most always have. And with all the changes to angels, devils, demons, core gods, this grows more and more challenging. BUt the real difficulty to me seems to come from the change in core races. If every new adventure or other product is filled with NPC tieflings, eladrin and dragonborn, it could be a royal pain to remove these from the adventure and replace them with suitable NPCs of races that fit the flavor of the game I want to run. [/QUOTE]

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