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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 4073259" data-attributes="member: 1054">This leads to an interesting question -- how do you do Captain Jack? He is EXACTLY the sort of character, and the POTC series the sort of movie, that 4e seems  determined to model -- over the top swashbuckling action with outrageous stunts and all-around competent characters, taking on hordes of minions and some powerful bosses, all while taking advantage of moving scenery, environmental hazards, and so on. "Swinging from the riggings on a storm-tossed ship full of undead pirates while trying to keep control of the MacGuffin" is the sort of thing 4e is supposed to do that 3x can't do, or can only do with great difficulty. I genuinely believe POTC (and the LOTR movies) were what the 4e dev team had in mind when they built the combat system, and that's not intended as an insult.If 4e cannot model the characters of POTC, it has failed its design goals. I don't know if this is the case. Given what we know of 4e, can we do Captain Jack and company?</blockquote>