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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9151859" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I think the much better question is, can ENWorld users design one?I have no doubt whatsoever that if we could actually agree on a particular vision for what the thing should do, we have the collective interest and working-hours to put something together. If we appeal to our more technically-minded members, we could even get actual playtesting--with serious statistical analysis--as long as we can find enough volunteers.But getting people on board with a sufficiently coherent vision to actually make a product? I've heard of more miraculous things...but not many.Edit: To not be all doom-and-gloom about this, throwing my hat in the ring.The 4e engine is a solid one. It has its flaws, but the vast majority of those are things that aren't rules design. They're presentation, organization, adventures, individual bits and pieces.I know that they're seen as unnecessary complexity by a lot of folks, but the "stat and also modifier" thing is a beloved tradition which doesn't really cause that much grief. Instead of eliminating them, we should strive to make raw scores more useful. 4e already tried that by making all feat prerequisites require odd ability score amounts, but that's kind of a weak step. I'm not sure how to do this, but something should be done.If a few of the really not very necessary classes are trimmed out (e.g. Seeker) and some of the genuinely bad subclasses go (e.g. Binder), you could probably trim the game down a great deal without losing that much.Beyond that, KISS principle. When there's a choice, make it a meaningful one between options that are all actually good, but in different ways. If you can't come up with more than two good options, it's not really a choice--bake it in somehow. Keep the character-building minigame optional but useful.Track down and learn from all the various "how I run SC" things out there, and synthesize a best-practices explanation. Ideally, with examples.</blockquote>

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