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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5824758" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>My $0.02.</p><p></p><p>Lack of backwards compatibility was among the reasons I didn't buy any 4Ed beyond the Core 3 until the new guy in the group decided to run a new campaign using those rules, and one of the reasons it doesn't feel like D&D to me. Had it been more compatible with what came before, I probably would have been an early adopter.</p><p></p><p>On its own merits, 4Ed is a decent RPG...but not good enough for me to want to run a game. I'll play it happily, and I buy player-centric supplements, but they won't get me to buy MMs or DMGs or anything too DM-centric. I simply have no need for it.</p><p></p><p>5Ed, like 4Ed, will have to win me over on its inherent qualities. If it has backwards compatibility, that will be a selling point, but not a decisive one.</p><p></p><p>So, like 4Ed, I will probably buy the initial release of 5Ed, then make my decision as to whether it is a game I want to run. If it is, then I'll buy into some more products. If it isn't, then I won't buy anything unless and until someone else decides to run a game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5824758, member: 19675"] My $0.02. Lack of backwards compatibility was among the reasons I didn't buy any 4Ed beyond the Core 3 until the new guy in the group decided to run a new campaign using those rules, and one of the reasons it doesn't feel like D&D to me. Had it been more compatible with what came before, I probably would have been an early adopter. On its own merits, 4Ed is a decent RPG...but not good enough for me to want to run a game. I'll play it happily, and I buy player-centric supplements, but they won't get me to buy MMs or DMGs or anything too DM-centric. I simply have no need for it. 5Ed, like 4Ed, will have to win me over on its inherent qualities. If it has backwards compatibility, that will be a selling point, but not a decisive one. So, like 4Ed, I will probably buy the initial release of 5Ed, then make my decision as to whether it is a game I want to run. If it is, then I'll buy into some more products. If it isn't, then I won't buy anything unless and until someone else decides to run a game. [/QUOTE]
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