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<blockquote data-quote="GVDammerung" data-source="post: 3463263" data-attributes="member: 33060">I think there is an initial question that goes begging - will Wotc choose as 4E's selling point a) &quot;refinement&quot; of the d20 system, or b) a new and &quot;better&quot; system.I read the OP as looking toward &quot;b.&quot;&nbsp; Because of a lack of any sense that widespread playtesting is going on or in the offing, and imagining a 2008-2010 release, I'm more inclined to go with &quot;a&quot; at this point.I think Wotc will &quot;cleanup&quot; the d20 system with the idea that 1) everyone can do something fun every round 2) without the need for resource management of any sort and 3) can do so, if not indefinitely, then at least longer than the 4 encounter standard, 4) at a simpler level of complexity as a basic proposition 5) but with the ability to modularly add complexity up to 3X standard as desired.&nbsp; With these caveats, I think 4E will be substantially backwards compatible with 3X.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GVDammerung, post: 3463263, member: 33060"] I think there is an initial question that goes begging - will Wotc choose as 4E's selling point a) "refinement" of the d20 system, or b) a new and "better" system. I read the OP as looking toward "b." Because of a lack of any sense that widespread playtesting is going on or in the offing, and imagining a 2008-2010 release, I'm more inclined to go with "a" at this point. I think Wotc will "cleanup" the d20 system with the idea that 1) everyone can do something fun every round 2) without the need for resource management of any sort and 3) can do so, if not indefinitely, then at least longer than the 4 encounter standard, 4) at a simpler level of complexity as a basic proposition 5) but with the ability to modularly add complexity up to 3X standard as desired. With these caveats, I think 4E will be substantially backwards compatible with 3X. [/QUOTE]

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