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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 5387381" data-attributes="member: 326">Hello again Prestidigitalis! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Always happy to chime in on the subject. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In a nutshell, I think 4E is better in virtually every way (with the notable exception of the GSL vs. OGL).1. Monster Design: Its far better for monster design, because it really cuts down on all the irrelevant stuff like feats, spell-like abilities, skills (for the most part). The different Ranks and Roles are fantastic play aides. Monsters also no longer need magic items to 'keep up' since the math is all integrated. You really can just boil them down to their own unique abilities.If I had one minor quibble, I'd say I regret Templates are no longer as relevant in 4E. But I think that if you swop out Rank for Level* in some occasions they could come back in vogue.*ie. Instead of making a standard monster elite, just make it 4 levels higher.2. Character Design: Multi-classing is now far better. Integrating Paragon Paths and Epic Destinies into the core levelling structure was great - forcing players to make choices, rather than just take as many different classes and Prestige Classes tas hey wanted. The minor quibble from the beginning of 4E has been that all the classes are too mechanically similar, I think thats a valid point but something that has really been addressed with more recent books like PHB3 and so forth.3. Artifacts: The new rules distinguishing Artifacts and other Magic Items are really very good.4. Balance: Overall its much better balanced. Far easier to set-up encounters. You get the occasional loophole that can be abused but nothing that intrinsic to the game.The minor quibble here is with powers that give a bonus equal to an ability score modifier - those need to be clamped down upon at epic levels.5. Support: Even though support for Epic 4E is about as likely as Epic 3E, its actually much easier to cater to Epic 4E for a number of reasons:5a: In 4E, Epic is core.5b: In 4E, Epic is much simpler.5c: In 4E, Epic is capped...for instance if I have about 100 monsters in an Epic 3E book (which I basically did) they could be anywhere from Challenge Rating 21 to Challenge Rating 9721*. Whereas in 4E, we know to keep the monsters between 21-36 (or thereabouts). It means much less effort going to waste.* <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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