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<blockquote data-quote="Tortoise" data-source="post: 4027564" data-attributes="member: 146"><p>A couple of points, both on Chris Perkins as a DM and on a concern about 4e timing.</p><p></p><p>I had the privilege to play in a 4 hour session at Gencon 2000 for the launch of 3e with Chris as the DM. Great fun. If there's one thing I'll never forget it is how he ran the dragon encounters during the session. </p><p></p><p>At one point the party bard had been frustrating the dragon with his musical abilities so as the dragon rounds the corner Chris pipes up in a sinister voice "where's the one that sings?". Sent chills along everyone's spines and put smiles on our faces. That man knows how to give dragons personality.</p><p></p><p>Now to my concern about 4e, which I hope is unfounded ... Quote from the blog </p><p></p><p>"It brought up some interesting issues with some recent changes to the fighter class, especially in regards to how well it played with the ranger and the rogue. <u>It actually led to a long...discussion.. .today in the development pit about the way the way those mechanics work</u>, and it was pretty amusing seeing the way things shook out." </p><p></p><p>I underline the thing that worries me. I've felt for some time that the launch was being rushed. If they're still hammering out mechanics (heroic, low level tier) at this point, 4 to 5 months from release while the PHB is going to typesetting, will they be able to get us a solid product in June or will we end up being the real beta test? I hope this is something so minor as to not even be a real concern.</p><p></p><p>Even though I'm still sitting on the fence about 4e I sincerely do not want this to portend anything bad. </p><p></p><p>What's holding me back from serious enthusiasm about 4e is that I'm running long-term Ptolus campaigns (plural) and converting that much material would defeat my purpose for buying it to begin with. I want to spend time playing, less time preparing and the Ptolus stuff gives me tons of material to use without much work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tortoise, post: 4027564, member: 146"] A couple of points, both on Chris Perkins as a DM and on a concern about 4e timing. I had the privilege to play in a 4 hour session at Gencon 2000 for the launch of 3e with Chris as the DM. Great fun. If there's one thing I'll never forget it is how he ran the dragon encounters during the session. At one point the party bard had been frustrating the dragon with his musical abilities so as the dragon rounds the corner Chris pipes up in a sinister voice "where's the one that sings?". Sent chills along everyone's spines and put smiles on our faces. That man knows how to give dragons personality. Now to my concern about 4e, which I hope is unfounded ... Quote from the blog "It brought up some interesting issues with some recent changes to the fighter class, especially in regards to how well it played with the ranger and the rogue. [U]It actually led to a long...discussion.. .today in the development pit about the way the way those mechanics work[/U], and it was pretty amusing seeing the way things shook out." I underline the thing that worries me. I've felt for some time that the launch was being rushed. If they're still hammering out mechanics (heroic, low level tier) at this point, 4 to 5 months from release while the PHB is going to typesetting, will they be able to get us a solid product in June or will we end up being the real beta test? I hope this is something so minor as to not even be a real concern. Even though I'm still sitting on the fence about 4e I sincerely do not want this to portend anything bad. What's holding me back from serious enthusiasm about 4e is that I'm running long-term Ptolus campaigns (plural) and converting that much material would defeat my purpose for buying it to begin with. I want to spend time playing, less time preparing and the Ptolus stuff gives me tons of material to use without much work. [/QUOTE]
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