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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5078738" data-attributes="member: 18253">Here are some things that stand out for me as strong positives in the system: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I like the race variety and the attempt to make all races interesting. My campaigns have always had a lot of off races and the previous ECL system was awkward to say the least. I like the fact that there are a lot of interesting races, good takes on the old standard races and they are all equivalently balanced (i.e., no more ECL non-sense).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I like the class variety and the explicit setting of role.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I really like the fact that low level characters have a lot of options and are far more interesting to play now than they were in previous systems.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I like the fact that classes have been balanced so that each class pretty much has the same amount of decisions (powers for the most part). As opposed to our last 3.5 high level campaign where my cleric could choose from 400+ spells to prepare each day and had something like 40 spells per day to manage versus the barbarian who mostly just swung his axe around.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I really like the mobility introduced by 4E. No longer must you stand put (except for that 5' adjust) to do your maximum damage. Plus the various shift powers and other mobility aspects make the battles far more interesting than they used to be.</li> </ul>Just some of my highlights. I will say that when it first came out, my casual perusal of the rule books was very negative. And when I first started reading the system in detail, I was dubious at best about it. That's partly because that despite many common names, it is a very different system and it took a while for an old D&D hand like me to appreciate it. Big thumbs up though on it. I think it was a great change. No longer do I dread playing a first level mage who, after firing off a couple spells, is reduced to using a crossbow or throwing darts.</blockquote>

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