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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaffis" data-source="post: 3706538" data-attributes="member: 10305">I'm hoping there's a fair amount of Saga influence.Talent trees, in particular. The flexibility and streamlining this lends to a smaller class list will be a serious boon.Bonus feat-heavy, I hope. Feats are limited enough that they do a lot to differentiate a character, IMO. Lots of characters with access to more than 7 is a good thing. Conversely, I would not be opposed to dropping several class features to feats (with, perhaps, pre-reqs) instead of talents.I like the defenses system over the saves system. Operating on the same mechanic for spellish stuff and physical attacks just makes sense, and it really streamlines PBP play to have the aggressor (or, I should say, the actor) doing all the rolling.I like streamlining skills, even if 4th Ed. doesn't convert to the trained/untrained + half level mechanic -- skill points are okay in D&D (it's a flavor difference -- Star Wars heroes are stand-out heroes amongst mooks, fantasy doesn't have to retain the heroes vs. mooks feel), but pare the list down severely and make corresponding cuts to some classes' skill points/level to compensate.I like level bonus to damage, and I like damage threshold and generic condition. I expect 4th Ed. to not get as much mileage out of generic condition from spell effects as Saga does from Force effects, but I want to stick with it to lend some additional variety and flavor to how we slide up and down the HP scale.I don't want to see stat-altering magic items eliminated. Nor do I want to see the weapon stats change significantly from 3.5.I'd be okay with a change to encounter-based magic -- neither point-based nor Vancian has ever really grabbed me. Obviously, power levels of encounter-based magic would have to see some adjustment, and seeing a lot more AP enhancement of spells could make up the difference. I'd also throw in some rules for ritual-based magic for the spells too inherently powerful to use encounter-based for (plane shift, for instance -- no reason the ability to cast it at all means it should always be at the ready).Overall, I'm curious and open to changes. I don't have a lot of sacred cows, but am a fan of simplicity (though depth is good, too, of course) and flow.</blockquote>

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