D&D 4E Reply if you love 4e

[Zaphling]

4e is so easy that while you're DMing a game, you can also cook dinner, change the baby's diaper, pick up your wife from her parent's house, play Xbox, and watch a movie!

but seriously, I love 4e.

 

[Herschel]

This is a great factor. I don't even know what's on the PC's sheets. Oh I know the wizard is built around Magic Missile, and the War Priest's anti-undead power can Push 9, but mostly the players just tell me what happens and I roll with it. Awesome.

PS

I'm with you, huzzah!

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Tomorrow I'll hopefully be running my first session after a (painfully long) 3-week hiatus. I can't wait to get back into it!

During these three weeks, I have (for sanity's sake) put barely any thought into what I'll be doing this session, and the best part is - I will still be fully ready to go after only a few minutes of prep. To be fair, I did my plot framework a long time ago, but the details like monsters and treasure and whatnot are now the minor part that I'd prefer them to be.

Game on, folks!

 

[Derulbaskul]

Great thread.

Great game.

As a DM I appreciate the significantly lower prep time... and yet I can still create a stat block and mechanically reflect the race, class, template, theme and/or creature combination that I want. That rocks!

 

[Zaran]

I love 4e's combat system.

 

[Phebius]

Great thread.

Great game.

As a DM I appreciate the significantly lower prep time... and yet I can still create a stat block and mechanically reflect the race, class, template, theme and/or creature combination that I want. That rocks!

The degree in which this is true really can't be overstated. In last night's game, two players had to cancel at the last minute (like almost literally) and so suddenly instead of 6 PCs going against a death cult I had 4 going against, well who knows? When they wound up going in a completely different direction, it took me less than 5 minutes to create a completely functional and balanced encounter involving non standard monsters. Couldn't have done that without fudging in previous editions.

 

[Dice4Hire]

I love 4E... I love it more than I could ever love a human child. (But then again, I'm not a kid person).

I would venture to say that if one loves 4E more than a human child, it is likely one will never be in a position to make that choice.

 

[Klaus]

Several have mentioned the combats, but I'll go ahead and mention the improvisational tools. From the DC/Damage By Level table to the many "Improvising with [Skill]", I can run a D&D game with just one table and no minis if I want to.

 

[Thorvald_Grimbjorn]

Hail 4th Edition - the edition that renewed my group's interest and joy in playing D&D specifically, and medieval fantasy in general!

 

[Garthanos]

I love 4E... I love it more than I could ever love a human child. (But then again, I'm not a kid person).

ouch I call that "sad" and a tad icky. Besides some of the best roleplayers are human children.. you can grow your own... heheheh.