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<blockquote data-quote="Pour" data-source="post: 5976382" data-attributes="member: 59411">@ Ahnehnois , Not even a little bit?I should clarify I'm not screaming foul. I don't think this Ro3 says much we didn't already know. It sounds, as you said, the typical death of an edition stuff, but you honestly don't believe 4e is the black sheep of the D&amp;D family? I prefer the edition, mind you, but I believe Cookie Monster said it best, &quot;One of these things is not like the other things. One of these things just doesn't belong.&quot;It's no slight against past editions or 4e. Hey, play what you like, prefer what you like, edition war on any side you like. I'm not making a judgement, just an observation. And maybe posing a question that deserves its own thread, namely could you see 4e clawing its way out of the corpse of a dead edition and assuming its own game IP. I think 4e may be different enough to warrant its own title, properties, and most of all continued evolution unbeholden to D&amp;D elements of the past, or what some would call things like &quot;sacred cows&quot; or &quot;the soul of D&amp;D&quot; or &quot;nostalgia&quot; or whatever else. I think I'm saying in effect that 4e doesn't have to be D&amp;D anymore, and I don't think fans of past editions or 4e will shed a single tear over the split. If 4e actually wants to exist beyond next year, this divorce must take place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pour, post: 5976382, member: 59411"] @ Ahnehnois , Not even a little bit? I should clarify I'm not screaming foul. I don't think this Ro3 says much we didn't already know. It sounds, as you said, the typical death of an edition stuff, but you honestly don't believe 4e is the black sheep of the D&D family? I prefer the edition, mind you, but I believe Cookie Monster said it best, "One of these things is not like the other things. One of these things just doesn't belong." It's no slight against past editions or 4e. Hey, play what you like, prefer what you like, edition war on any side you like. I'm not making a judgement, just an observation. And maybe posing a question that deserves its own thread, namely could you see 4e clawing its way out of the corpse of a dead edition and assuming its own game IP. I think 4e may be different enough to warrant its own title, properties, and most of all continued evolution unbeholden to D&D elements of the past, or what some would call things like "sacred cows" or "the soul of D&D" or "nostalgia" or whatever else. I think I'm saying in effect that 4e doesn't have to be D&D anymore, and I don't think fans of past editions or 4e will shed a single tear over the split. If 4e actually wants to exist beyond next year, this divorce must take place. [/QUOTE]

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