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Message: <blockquote data-quote="navriin" data-source="post: 1066732" data-attributes="member: 1045">I think that a new edition will come out in three years.  More than likely it will be called 4th Edition, because calling it 3.75 would be silly.  The new edition will still be d20 and use the same general rules, but with different tweaks.  As I imagine it:BAB and saves will be set up as skills.There will be less classes, but with specific trees to take contained within like the current ranger.  For example you would play a fighter and select the 'rage' tree, the 'holy warrior tree', etc.Class Defense bonus and armor as damage reduction. (I'm not a big fan of armor as damage reduction, but I see it coming-adamantium armor is 3.5's test of it).Magic will stay essentially the same, but spontaneous casting will become the norm.Focus will go more towards feat and skills as opposed to magic items.  This swinging back of the pendelum is already making small steps in 3.5.A toning down of all the new ability damage spells.  Ability damage spells tend to be too powerful because attacking attributes ignores the whole level and hp concept.Now do I think they should put out a new book in three years?  No.I really think 3.5 could have just been a revised Monster Manual and a small expansion book that contained all the DMG and PH info, but obviously having three books instead of two is more profitable.  In three years when they 'reprint' all the 3.0 stuff for 3.5 they are going to release a new edition to have an excuse to start the cycle again.  I do not bregrudge the company for making money, but I think 3.5 started a cycle where the release dates of new editions will be closer and closer together.  3 years...2.5 years...2 years...(I doubt it will get closer than 2).  While I did purchase and get a lot of use out of 3.5, I think myself and a lot of others will start to question buying products if another edition comes out so soon.Preferably I think the should release 4th edition in five years.  An ideal strategy to me would be to playtest 4th edition material by presenting it in Dragon magazine, and as time goes by have polls to see which changes are well recieved and which are bad.  This would open up the game to a much larger playtest base, allow a lot of interesting ideas to be thrown out, and I bet it would bolster the magazine's sales as well.  Heck, from a business viewpoint that is a good idea, I wonder why they don't use Dragon like that anymore instead of its current form, which is largely just as an advertising platform?</blockquote>

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