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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtower" data-source="post: 5378588" data-attributes="member: 43631">My group and I are avoiding Essentials.&nbsp; The apparent lack of support for &quot;legacy&quot; 4E (i.e. 2007-Aug. 2010 edition) going forward in Essentials and the stupidity of the new online CB were the last straws.I am happily preparing my first Pathfinder campaign after spending 2007 thru 2010 supporting both 3.5/OGL and 4E.&nbsp; We're leaving 4E and Wizards of the Coast behind entirely when our &quot;legacy&quot; 4E campaign concludes in the next few weeks.So long, Dungeons &amp; Dragons Brand.&nbsp; You've been a good pal since 1982 when we first met.&nbsp; In my opinion -- and that's all it is, haters -- the soul of D&amp;D lives on in the OGL and Pathfinder. I'm no edition warrior, so save your flames.&nbsp; I've run 4E at the last three GenCons, since it was launched (LFR in 2008-09, D&amp;D Open Championship this year 2010).&nbsp; Done now, and going happily to join the other grognards in the back of the room with my Trailblazer, Pathfinder, and other 3.5-based OGL stuff to tinker and create stuff in my game system of choice.I hope Essentials works out for those of you sticking with the 4E/WotC line, and that they eventually squash the myriad bugs from CB, which had become quite a useful little application until the re-launch today.&nbsp; Whatever game you play, remember that if we want our TTRPG hobby to survive, we must enthusiastically recruit younger gamers and especially younger potential GMs.&nbsp; Regardless of system, without new GM blood our hobby will fade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormtower, post: 5378588, member: 43631"] My group and I are avoiding Essentials. The apparent lack of support for "legacy" 4E (i.e. 2007-Aug. 2010 edition) going forward in Essentials and the stupidity of the new online CB were the last straws. I am happily preparing my first Pathfinder campaign after spending 2007 thru 2010 supporting both 3.5/OGL and 4E. We're leaving 4E and Wizards of the Coast behind entirely when our "legacy" 4E campaign concludes in the next few weeks. So long, Dungeons & Dragons Brand. You've been a good pal since 1982 when we first met. In my opinion -- and that's all it is, haters -- the soul of D&D lives on in the OGL and Pathfinder. I'm no edition warrior, so save your flames. I've run 4E at the last three GenCons, since it was launched (LFR in 2008-09, D&D Open Championship this year 2010). Done now, and going happily to join the other grognards in the back of the room with my Trailblazer, Pathfinder, and other 3.5-based OGL stuff to tinker and create stuff in my game system of choice. I hope Essentials works out for those of you sticking with the 4E/WotC line, and that they eventually squash the myriad bugs from CB, which had become quite a useful little application until the re-launch today. Whatever game you play, remember that if we want our TTRPG hobby to survive, we must enthusiastically recruit younger gamers and especially younger potential GMs. Regardless of system, without new GM blood our hobby will fade. [/QUOTE]

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