Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Aehrlon" data-source="post: 5799628" data-attributes="member: 6688640">All of the following is IMHO.&nbsp; Was not a big fan of 4E.&nbsp; I&nbsp; applaud WotC's efforts to&nbsp; appease the fan-base of the various factions of the &quot;Edition Wars&quot;.&nbsp; Bringing back those who have left the game and&nbsp; being able to have fans of different editions playing at the same table&nbsp; are both admirable goals.&nbsp; And there are some very good ideas Mike and&nbsp; Monte outline in what I've&nbsp; read online so far.&nbsp; &nbsp; A way to&nbsp; deal with higher level characters is long overdue and would be great.&nbsp;&nbsp; If handled with care, it could be one of the best changes, so long as you don't ham-string them entirely.&nbsp; I have to say, a percentage&nbsp; of their proposed changes I've read about have normally been handled by DMs and players by House Rules.&nbsp; All 4.5&nbsp; editions of the game have&nbsp; had things that worked and things that didn't; House Rules were the&nbsp; answers to some or many of those problems.&nbsp; If various organized options&nbsp; for House Rules can be presented in some sort of comprehensive format&nbsp; by section, that would be fantastic.&nbsp; Something to note Re:&nbsp; appeasing the fan base: many have collections of books/modules/complete&nbsp; rogue, etc on their shelves.&nbsp; The one thing I have not seen thus far&nbsp; (much to my disappointment) is any mention of compatibility of modules/sourcebooks, 'core-rules' or characters from&nbsp; earlier&nbsp; editions.&nbsp; I suppose from a business standpoint it makes sense;&nbsp; why make it compatible with old stuff if you want customers to buy the&nbsp; new?&nbsp; But I digress:&nbsp; If you have a beloved character from the days of yore, will you be able to convert him/her to this new&nbsp; iteration of the game?&nbsp; IMHO it would behoove Hasbro/WotC to have some&nbsp; mechanics built into this new edition which would make it possible.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seriously, many of us have collections we'd love to have of use (not just with an old version of the game).&nbsp; What about someone (such as my great friend Jimmy D.) who has nearly the&nbsp; entire&nbsp; collection of 3.5 expansion books.... all those books should not just be&nbsp; dust&nbsp; collectors &amp; souvenirs.&nbsp; This new iteration of D&amp;D should be able to&nbsp; incorporate some of or at&nbsp; least partially utilize past materials for more than just&nbsp; &quot;for storyline&quot;.&nbsp; Jimmy still DMs a 3.5 Realms game I play in twice a&nbsp; month.&nbsp; &nbsp; If this can be done along with having character options&nbsp; for fans of whichever edition, WotC/Hasbro will bring players back to the game.&nbsp;&nbsp; And they will bring their friends.&nbsp; AND many of them will buy 5E&nbsp; products, myself among them.&nbsp; I only bought the 4th Ed PHB... then&nbsp; passed it on.&nbsp; IF they appease the factions of the Edition Wars sufficiently, the hatchet could be buried, LOL.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aehrlon, post: 5799628, member: 6688640"] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]All of the following is IMHO. Was not a big fan of 4E. I applaud WotC's efforts to appease the fan-base of the various factions of the "Edition Wars". Bringing back those who have left the game and being able to have fans of different editions playing at the same table are both admirable goals. And there are some very good ideas Mike and Monte outline in what I've read online so far. A way to deal with higher level characters is long overdue and would be great. If handled with care, it could be one of the best changes, so long as you don't ham-string them entirely. I have to say, a percentage of their proposed changes I've read about have normally been handled by DMs and players by House Rules. All 4.5 editions of the game have had things that worked and things that didn't; House Rules were the answers to some or many of those problems. If various organized options for House Rules can be presented in some sort of comprehensive format by section, that would be fantastic. Something to note Re: appeasing the fan base: many have collections of books/modules/complete rogue, etc on their shelves. The one thing I have not seen thus far (much to my disappointment) is any mention of compatibility of modules/sourcebooks, 'core-rules' or characters from earlier editions. I suppose from a business standpoint it makes sense; why make it compatible with old stuff if you want customers to buy the new? But I digress: If you have a beloved character from the days of yore, will you be able to convert him/her to this new iteration of the game? IMHO it would behoove Hasbro/WotC to have some mechanics built into this new edition which would make it possible. Seriously, many of us have collections we'd love to have of use (not just with an old version of the game). What about someone (such as my great friend Jimmy D.) who has nearly the entire collection of 3.5 expansion books.... all those books should not just be dust collectors & souvenirs. This new iteration of D&D should be able to incorporate some of or at least partially utilize past materials for more than just "for storyline". Jimmy still DMs a 3.5 Realms game I play in twice a month. If this can be done along with having character options for fans of whichever edition, WotC/Hasbro will bring players back to the game. And they will bring their friends. AND many of them will buy 5E products, myself among them. I only bought the 4th Ed PHB... then passed it on.[/SIZE][/FONT] IF they appease the factions of the Edition Wars sufficiently, the hatchet could be buried, LOL. [/QUOTE]

Verification