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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3758770" data-attributes="member: 4937">I think you are smoking crack.  I think the change will probably be larger than the change from 2e to 3e.  Third edition had as one of its design goals capture the first edition feel.  You could have largely used the 3e Monster Manual in 1e or 2e, and alot of the big new things in 3e - like the feats and skill systems, monsters having attributes, etc. - could have been ported directly into a 1e or 2e game without requiring alot of translation on the DMs part.  Many of the new things, like for example AoO, existed in some variation in many people's homebrews (including mine).  In other words, if you were used to 1e and skipped 2e by and large, 3e seemed like a natural progression rather than a completely new game system.  The math got cleaned up, and alot of the bugs were taken out, but it was still 'D&D'.  Fourth edition is going to change the game more than its changed since the change between OD&D and latter editions, and more than the total changes between 1e and 3.5.</blockquote>