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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8831718" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Yeah, I seem to remember Mearls saying something about being able to play every edition with D&amp;D Next.&nbsp; Like, really?&nbsp; How would that possibly work and why would you want to?&nbsp; How do you encompass 4E's largely incompatible playstyle and magic item assumptions with 3.x's complex builds, stacking bonuses and monster resistances with earlier edition's looser rules not to mention things like THAC0?If I want to play a game of 3.x for nostalgia purposes I can just pull out my old books. Oh, and my old &quot;how many bonuses do I have&quot; sheet along with the double handful of dice I needed (IIRC one of my PCs needed more than 50 depending on typical buffs) for a full attack.&nbsp; As long as we either quit by level 13 or so or ban casters from getting to that level it might even be fun.But a version that is truly compatible with all other versions?&nbsp; Not going to happen.&nbsp; Especially not going to happen after they decided (correctly, I think) that bounded accuracy was going to be a thing.&nbsp; I will say that I can capture the essence of my pre-4E PCs reasonably well and you can make minor changes/notes to old modules and play them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8831718, member: 6801845"] Yeah, I seem to remember Mearls saying something about being able to play every edition with D&D Next. Like, really? How would that possibly work and why would you want to? How do you encompass 4E's largely incompatible playstyle and magic item assumptions with 3.x's complex builds, stacking bonuses and monster resistances with earlier edition's looser rules not to mention things like THAC0? If I want to play a game of 3.x for nostalgia purposes I can just pull out my old books. Oh, and my old "how many bonuses do I have" sheet along with the double handful of dice I needed (IIRC one of my PCs needed more than 50 depending on typical buffs) for a full attack. As long as we either quit by level 13 or so or ban casters from getting to that level it might even be fun. But a version that is truly compatible with [I]all[/I] other versions? Not going to happen. Especially not going to happen after they decided (correctly, I think) that bounded accuracy was going to be a thing. I [I]will[/I] say that I can capture the essence of my pre-4E PCs reasonably well and you can make minor changes/notes to old modules and play them. [/QUOTE]

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