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<blockquote data-quote="scruffygrognard" data-source="post: 4056890" data-attributes="member: 8313">First off, my reason for not switching:1] I've invested way too much money in 3rd edition to just walk away from it.2] There's plenty of life left in 3rd edition and plenty I'm still interested in running (i.e. Ptolus, The City of Brass, Pathfinder adventures, Wilderlands of High Fantasy, Rappan Athuk Reloaded).3] 4th edition is too different from previous incarnations for my tastes and throws out too many iconic elements of D&amp;D.4] The digital initiative and split of core materials into more and more books seems to be designed to unnecessarily fleece customers of their $$$$... more so than ever before.5] The GSL is far too limited and, if I stick with 3.X, I'm hoping more OGL materials will still be published.6] Greyhawk is dead.7] Dungeon and Dragon magazines are no longer available in print.&nbsp; I liked being able to pick up an odd issues every now and then.As for SKR's rants against 2nd edition, I guess the reason why I wasn't annoyed was that I agreed with his assertions.&nbsp; The infravision/ultravision split always had me scratching my head and the self-destructing drow equipment just seemed like a screw-bot to me... you fought drow who were equipped to the gills and, when you managed to defeat them, the loot that helped them to beat the crap out of your party went &quot;poof&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scruffygrognard, post: 4056890, member: 8313"] First off, my reason for not switching: 1] I've invested way too much money in 3rd edition to just walk away from it. 2] There's plenty of life left in 3rd edition and plenty I'm still interested in running (i.e. Ptolus, The City of Brass, Pathfinder adventures, Wilderlands of High Fantasy, Rappan Athuk Reloaded). 3] 4th edition is too different from previous incarnations for my tastes and throws out too many iconic elements of D&D. 4] The digital initiative and split of core materials into more and more books seems to be designed to unnecessarily fleece customers of their $$$$... more so than ever before. 5] The GSL is far too limited and, if I stick with 3.X, I'm hoping more OGL materials will still be published. 6] Greyhawk is dead. 7] Dungeon and Dragon magazines are no longer available in print. I liked being able to pick up an odd issues every now and then. As for SKR's rants against 2nd edition, I guess the reason why I wasn't annoyed was that I agreed with his assertions. The infravision/ultravision split always had me scratching my head and the self-destructing drow equipment just seemed like a screw-bot to me... you fought drow who were equipped to the gills and, when you managed to defeat them, the loot that helped them to beat the crap out of your party went "poof". [/QUOTE]

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