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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3324412" data-attributes="member: 28553">Aw, hell, here we go.Okay, echoing a bunch of folks in this thread, and probably contradicting a few others:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fewer, much more flexible classes.  When I say fewer, I mean about three or four.  Free multiclassing across the board.  Also, no more damned prestige classes. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lots more feats--containing many of the abilities that used to be bolted onto character classes--organized more helpfully instead of dumped into one big alphabetic list.  Lots of recommended character builds and progressions for a variety of character concepts, and help for the newbs on why they might want to take a given feat.  Lots of feat trees and feat prerequisites, but no more semi-worthless feats that are taken only as prerequisites.  Feats at every level, at least.  No one should ever gain a level without having a real choice to make, and getting something interesting out of it. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No more class skills.  Niche protection is dead.  Let the warrior take Perform (epic poetry) for a reasonable price, if he wants it.  For that matter, everyone should get more skill points. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As Ari said, consolidate levels, HD, LA, ECL, and CR.  Why can't everything just have be levels?  For that matter, monster classes and leveled templates would be great, modular, consistent things to include in such a system. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ability score modifiers instead of numbers.  They're all we actually use, anyway. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Define Wisdom and Charisma better, or replace them with better terms. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kill alignment dead.  Please. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why the hell are core rules gnomes still talking to burrowing mammals in 2007?  There is no excuse for this. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Where possible, move away from character abilities limited by uses per day.  A whole lot of people like the Warlock class model and Tome of Battle maneuver mechanics a lot better than Vancian magic, and who can blame them? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No more material components for spells, except where they're actually expensive or rare enough to be a balancing factor for the spell.  Has anybody ever thought that stuff was cool or interesting? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Less focus on traps and animal sidekicks.  It's strictly personal taste, but I ain't interested. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Armor reduces damage done by hits, while dodging and parrying prevent hits from happening. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weapon stats really need to be balanced.  No more of this longswords-as-special-gift-to-math-perverts business.  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=103168" target="_blank">Weapons as special effects</a> would be nice.  No more "exotic" weapons that are harder to qualify for simply due to non-European flavor. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No more assumption that every campaign is magic item Christmas.  Also, I'd rather see a more flexible system for magic item creation, something in the vein of Arcana Evolved.  And spending XP on magic item creation is just a horrible thing to expect.  Some kind of rare material would make more sense, flavor wise, and also be less punishing, and more controlable by the DM. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Actually, I'd like to see experience points go away completely. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some form of action points really need to make it into the core rules, as well as skill and combat stunts, and Feng Shui-esque bonuses for cool action descriptions.  Action points should be given out as roleplay rewards, and should either have a low cap or disappear at the end of each session (incentive that they should be spent, not hoarded). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't care if the artwork is "classic" fantasy or "dungeonpunk", just so long as it isn't the mix of tired fantasy cliches and misappropriated quasi-historical garb that first edition was plagued with. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For God's sake, give us a slick, user-friendly online character generator that can use all the official material.  That would lower the biggest barrier-to-entry for a lot of people by quite a bit.  Why are people other than WotC doing a better job of making the game playable for newbs?  Character creation and advancement in D&D 4E needs to be as simple, intuitive, and pleasant as in World of Warcraft.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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