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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JVisgaitis" data-source="post: 3731431" data-attributes="member: 4177">I could literally write tons of these. My major points:• Fighters were totally lame in previous editions. They finally get something interesting to do.• Combat becomes more then I swing and swing again.• Simplification of all of the rules makes my job as a DM and a publisher easier.• Changing the balance of resource management to per encounter fixes all of the "I'm out of spells/rage so let's rest garbage."• No dead levels means your character is always getting something cool to do.• Talent trees for different classes means that no two characters will be the same.• Re-jiggering the way magic items works means that my character is no longer carrying around 30 magic items.• Assigning a monster a level that is equal to my character just makes sense.• Making the math the same across all levels means I don't need to reboot my campaign once we hit high level.• If I'm a 20th-level Wizard I get 20th level spells? Its stuff like this that makes as much sense as having to roll an opponent's Armor Class to hit them.• The party is defined into 4 distinct roles and there are 2 class types that fill each role equally. Huzzah! There's an alternative healer to the Cleric.• Rules like Grapple, Magic Item Creation, and Polymorph are just plain broken.• Creating a character at 1st-level becomes an exercise in deciding my full concept and every Feat I plan to take all the way to level 20.• Making a character for a game and realizing I didn't do the above because I wasn't sure and having to re-roll another character just to fit with the concept I decided to go with.• Being able to play a Fighter/Wizard that isn't subpar in both.• The thought of having a electronic edition of every book I buy that I can have with me wherever I go and is easily searchable brings tears to my eyes.• Software support out of the box for a game that is numbers heavy just makes sense.• Playing an Elf now gives me more then a +2 Dex and a -2 Con at 1st-level.• Playing D&D with friends that are spread across the country anytime I want is awesome (now get going with the Mac support!).• I'm bored with 3.5 and new products just don't excite me anymore.• WotC product release schedule is brilliant. New PHB, MM, and DMG every year? Brilliant. Ditto a new Campaign Setting every year. Now I have something to look forward to.• Anything that fosters conversations about D&D is a good thing.</blockquote>

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