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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 4285837" data-attributes="member: 29398">Hmmm...what can't I do with 4e that earlier editions could do, that others haven't already mentioned?Run a 10-year campaign.&nbsp; Admittedly, the jury's out on this one and will be for a while, but 3e was designed for short campaigns and did not handle long ones well without severe house-ruling...and 4e is designed for, if anything, slightly *shorter* campaigns than 3e.&nbsp; 2e was probably the best for this, or 1e with no ExP for gold.Turn a giant into a goldfish.Make that goldfish think it is swimming in a fishbowl.Run a game that bases its physics and logic on the real world with magic tacked on. (examples: firecubes*, 1 h.p. minions, rules that change as soon as a PC shows up, diagonal movement, etc.)* - and the 4e spell description even says it creates a *globe* of fire...Hire a henchman or cohort and take it into the dungeon.&nbsp; Or find a familiar.Hide the existence of certain magic items from my players, unless I want to rewrite the whole item list.Make bad choices to build good characters, where &quot;good&quot; means fun, entertaining, and unpredictable.Play the true archetypal adventuring party: the fellowship of the Ring.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 4285837, member: 29398"] Hmmm...what can't I do with 4e that earlier editions could do, that others haven't already mentioned? Run a 10-year campaign. Admittedly, the jury's out on this one and will be for a while, but 3e was designed for short campaigns and did not handle long ones well without severe house-ruling...and 4e is designed for, if anything, slightly *shorter* campaigns than 3e. 2e was probably the best for this, or 1e with no ExP for gold. Turn a giant into a goldfish. Make that goldfish think it is swimming in a fishbowl. Run a game that bases its physics and logic on the real world with magic tacked on. (examples: firecubes*, 1 h.p. minions, rules that change as soon as a PC shows up, diagonal movement, etc.) * - and the 4e spell description even says it creates a *globe* of fire... Hire a henchman or cohort and take it into the dungeon. Or find a familiar. Hide the existence of certain magic items from my players, unless I want to rewrite the whole item list. Make bad choices to build good characters, where "good" means fun, entertaining, and unpredictable. Play the true archetypal adventuring party: the fellowship of the Ring. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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