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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShockMeSane" data-source="post: 4175979" data-attributes="member: 64606">It's obvious Derren has no intention of playing 4th Edition, and that's fine. I am a bit curious as to why he posts 200 times a day on the 4th edition forums when the books are at the printers and it's obvious that the boat has sailed, but I digress.I'm not completely sold on every feature (or lack thereof) in 4th, but I am cautiously optimistic. From what we've had previewed I certainly believe that a sandbox game could be considerably easier to design from a DM PoV, simply because balanced encounters are far easier to design on the fly than they were in 3.x. Also, sandbox in 3.x has the notorious 1st round kills when a party is not perfectly prepared at all times. Sometimes these can be fun, but too many nights of trying to get a party member ressurected isn't fun for anyone, and without fudging the rolls as a DM this is extremely difficult to avoid in sandbox 3.x.In any case, it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.</blockquote>