D&D 4E Pimp my 4e

[DonTadow]

I got friends who will pay 5 to 10k for a car, just so they can severely tweak it and make it "their own" for road rally's and spot races.

As I read about 4e, I am already compiling an excel sheet of things I can't wait to change and tweak, not to make them like 3.5, but to make them fit a style I like more. Currently I"ve been writing a few lines on how to pop in a point based spell system to work in line with what i've heard about the per encounter system.

Is anyone else already planning their pimping options for 4e.

 

[Xethreau]

I plan to do several things:
-New Traditions and Implements: Cards/Luck&Illusions, Gloves/Ice&Earth
-New Warlock Patrons: Sea-Pact, etc.

I also plan to see how close to resembling the games Golden Sun and Kingdom Hearts I can get using 4e rules. I might have to do some creating and stuff, but w/e

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Yep. Pretty much the same stuff I pimped into 3.0 and 3.5 from my original 1E campaign. A lot of my game is house ruled stuff from the last 25 years.

 

[Aloïsius]

I think I will pimp it a lot, to accomodate a new campaign world I wana use. Example : less fights, but more deadly and rules designed so that you don't use your more powerful power on the first round.

And no healing during combat, no warlord, probably.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I'll want to see what the actual rules look like, but one thing that I'm likely to tinker with is the use of an "Armour as DR" system. I know the WotC designers say they've tried it and rejected it, but I fully intend to try out my own version

Ever since RuneQuest in 1978 I've preferred the in-game 'feel' of Armour as DR, so it will be interesting to see how amenable 4e is to it. I have a suspicion it might be easier than 3e was.

 

[Piratecat]

I always run everything as written for six months or so. Then I'll tweak as necessary.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I think I'm going to be more open to tweaking 4E right out of the gate, but mostly I think I'll need to play with it for a while before deciding what I want to house rule. Luckily I don't have a 4E campaign immediately on the horizon so I have the luxury of playing around and seeing what I like and don't like.

 

[Vael]

Once I get a good grasp of the mechanics, I'm tempted to convert Incarnum to 4e, as I kinda liked the system and some of it's fluff. I like the idea of molding magic into semi-permanent magic items, and mechanically, I loved the idea of shifting essentia from soulmeld to soulmeld. And I highly doubt we'll see a 4e Incarnum book.

 

[Steely Dan]

Once I get a good grasp of the mechanics, I'm tempted to convert Incarnum to 4e, as I kinda liked the system and some of it's fluff.

Right on, me too!

What I plan on doing with my 4th Ed campaigns is yanking those Tolkien (even though I'm a huge fan) hanger-ons – halflings, orcs/half-orcs and half-elves.

 

[Ragnar69]

I've made the experience in 3e that house-ruling just isn't worth it most of the time, especialy when playing with different groups and DMs. Just let everyone stick to RAW, makes lot of things easier.