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<blockquote data-quote="Kanegrundar" data-source="post: 3322970" data-attributes="member: 3913">They may, but I don't think that it would be so different as to alienate anyone.&nbsp; There are some areas in the rules such as Bardic Music, Turn Undead, and some spell descriptors that are needlessly complex from the viewpoint of new gamers (and some older gamers) that can be cleaned up, easier to read, and overall be made to work better than they did before.&nbsp; All in all, everything that it currently in 3.5E right now would be in the new edition, but things would be tweaked and a new, more accessible feel would be given to the rules to make it recognizable to new players from MMORPG's, while still holding much of the feel that current players have come to enjoy.&nbsp; Let's face it as well, that most of us that play 3E are going to move on with the next edition.&nbsp; Some may not continue past the initial release, but most will.&nbsp; That's just the way things go.&nbsp; Prior history has proven that.&nbsp; As long as the system is still recognizable as a 3E off-shoot, and if it's easier to play while still being easy enough to convert material from 3E to, then I don't see how WotC would lose in that situation.&nbsp; D20 Modern was a failure because modern and sci-fi gaming are are niche in the RPG industry.&nbsp; Fantasy games rule the roost and are the ones that sell...especially with Dungeons and Dragons on the cover.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; D20 Modern was NEVER going to sell anywhere close to the numbers of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Never.&nbsp; Plus, factoring in daddy Hasbro looking over WotC's shoulder expecting every release to be a big seller (even if those expectations are, well, flawed) there was no way that it was going to realistically be a hit, although if D20M would have been a release for a smaller publisher, it would have been nothing short than a blockbuster hit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kanegrundar, post: 3322970, member: 3913"] They may, but I don't think that it would be so different as to alienate anyone. There are some areas in the rules such as Bardic Music, Turn Undead, and some spell descriptors that are needlessly complex from the viewpoint of new gamers (and some older gamers) that can be cleaned up, easier to read, and overall be made to work better than they did before. All in all, everything that it currently in 3.5E right now would be in the new edition, but things would be tweaked and a new, more accessible feel would be given to the rules to make it recognizable to new players from MMORPG's, while still holding much of the feel that current players have come to enjoy. Let's face it as well, that most of us that play 3E are going to move on with the next edition. Some may not continue past the initial release, but most will. That's just the way things go. Prior history has proven that. As long as the system is still recognizable as a 3E off-shoot, and if it's easier to play while still being easy enough to convert material from 3E to, then I don't see how WotC would lose in that situation. D20 Modern was a failure because modern and sci-fi gaming are are niche in the RPG industry. Fantasy games rule the roost and are the ones that sell...especially with Dungeons and Dragons on the cover. ;) D20 Modern was NEVER going to sell anywhere close to the numbers of D&D. Never. Plus, factoring in daddy Hasbro looking over WotC's shoulder expecting every release to be a big seller (even if those expectations are, well, flawed) there was no way that it was going to realistically be a hit, although if D20M would have been a release for a smaller publisher, it would have been nothing short than a blockbuster hit. [/QUOTE]

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