Rule-of-Three: 01/31/12

[Knightfall]

Today's Rule-of-Three

 

[Remathilis]

Hm...

If I'm not mistaken, Rodney basically says (or implies) powers are fiddly (ref vs. AC), gamist (keywords and conditions), bland (damage + condition), and multiply like tribbles.

Something I realized in 2009.

Its good to know they are no longer the go-to method of assigning abilities, but they will be there via feats and class abilities.

 

[Tallifer]

I was not impressed by the breast beating over powers. Be proud of what you have accomplished and promise us a better future: do not apologize for the good stuff and lead me to believe that the future will be equally halfhearted. The Rule of Three is part of the official Fourth Edition site: let the critics of the Fourth Edition criticize powers.

At least it was an honest article.

 

[mach1.9pants]

A very astute set of answers IMO; they are really trying to distil DnD as it feels to all types of players. A laudable effort.

 

[BobTheNob]

Treating every edition in retrospect each had strengths and weaknesses. Dont get me wrong, I think 4e did a number of things right, but it also did a number of things wrong.

This article is good because I think the guys at WOTC are acknowledging this as well and this bodes well for 5e development.

 

[Crazy Jerome]

I thought the article was more neutral than one might guess from the comments here thus far, and I'm glad I went to the source.

 

[Ahnehnois]

At least it was an honest article.

Isn't that what matters?

was not impressed by the breast beating over powers. Be proud of what you have accomplished and promise us a better future: do not apologize for the good stuff and lead me to believe that the future will be equally halfhearted. The Rule of Three is part of the official Fourth Edition site: let the critics of the Fourth Edition criticize powers.

Frankly, I think they went out of their way to be nice to the power system.

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The ability to honestly criticize oneself is important in any field. Let's hope the 5e designers are legitimately doing so.

 

[KidSnide]

I thought the article was a reasonable and accurate analysis of powers. It didn't say anything we haven't seen a dozen times elsewhere, but it is useful for WotC to articulate what is obvious to those of us who obsess about these things.

-Ks

 

[Skyscraper]

I appreciate the open information sharing that they appear to be doing in the Rule of Three column. I appreciate the tone too, but then again I haven't gone out of my way to find how he might be critisizing powers (which I don't think he was). If I really, really want to think that, I'm sure I'll find a way to interpret the words accordingly.

 

[mach1.9pants]

I think it also confirms all the internet worry about the skill system is vastly premature. It seems in a very big state of flux. Standby for for sever al different versions in the playtest IMO