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<blockquote data-quote="Gargoyle" data-source="post: 3871757" data-attributes="member: 529"><p>Overhaul of spellcasting: When I look at 3e, the spells seem to be mostly copied and pasted from 2e, with new spells like <em>true strike</em> and relatively minor changes to spells like <em>fireball </em> being the most provocative changes. Things like metamagic feats just didn't turn out to have as much impact as I thought they would. 4e should be a lot different, and I think it will be for the better.</p><p></p><p>Powers for non-casters: Love Bot9S, and looking forward to seeing a more refined version of that stuff.</p><p></p><p>Per encounter abilities: It will be easier for DM's to create challenging encounters, and players won't feel like they need to either save their abilities all day or use them all then rest.</p><p></p><p>Low level characters with survivablity and high level characters that aren't too complex (bigger sweet spot)</p><p></p><p>edit: oh and multiclassing that works well for odd combinations, without encouraging dipping into a single level too much. </p><p>edit again: And monsters that don't take all afternoon to create and statblock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gargoyle, post: 3871757, member: 529"] Overhaul of spellcasting: When I look at 3e, the spells seem to be mostly copied and pasted from 2e, with new spells like [I]true strike[/I] and relatively minor changes to spells like [I]fireball [/I] being the most provocative changes. Things like metamagic feats just didn't turn out to have as much impact as I thought they would. 4e should be a lot different, and I think it will be for the better. Powers for non-casters: Love Bot9S, and looking forward to seeing a more refined version of that stuff. Per encounter abilities: It will be easier for DM's to create challenging encounters, and players won't feel like they need to either save their abilities all day or use them all then rest. Low level characters with survivablity and high level characters that aren't too complex (bigger sweet spot) edit: oh and multiclassing that works well for odd combinations, without encouraging dipping into a single level too much. edit again: And monsters that don't take all afternoon to create and statblock. [/QUOTE]
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