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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thormagni" data-source="post: 4369715" data-attributes="member: 13637">Assuming this isn't a rhetorical question: a "torrent" is a small text file that when used in conjunction with a BitTorrent program allows users to download files across the 'Net. So, Bob would be suggesting that someone has made PDF files of the books available on the Web for download. I agree that Wizards seems to be cutting off their own noses here, by discouraging third parties from going to town with 4th edition the way they did with 3rd and 3.5e. From a personal example, there were several systems I preferred for various genres before D20 came out. Now, my preferences are all D20 variants tailored to a given genre, such as Mutants & Masterminds for superheroes (instead of, say, Hero) It could just be me, but 4th edition seems tailored to a very specific type of gaming experience and is less open-ended than other versions of D&D. I have the PH and the DMG and I have yet to see anything that makes me want to start playing the game -- certainly nothing that makes me want to give up 3.5. It just feels very rigid to me. I suspect that while D20/3e/3.5e exerted a very unifying force on the gaming industry, the 4th edition version will cause a massive splintering again. I know I plan to support Paizo's Pathfinder game, rather than 4th edition.</blockquote>