JadedDM
2008-01-07, 03:55 AM
I've been reading the various articles about 4E posted here as they come, and reading the responses and reactions the lot of you have had toward these articles.
In the foreword of my 2E PHB, it explains some of the changes from 1E and says at one point, "...I described some rule change, that one of the listeners smiled and said, "You know, we've been doing that for years." And that is what the 2nd Edition is all about--collecting and organizing all things that we, as players, have been doing for years."
When 3E came out, I didn't get into that, but one thing I remember hearing a lot of people who DID convert over, was that most of the changes (dropping level limits, removing racial restrictions, altering mechanics so that rolling high was ALWAYS good, etc.) were things they had all ready been doing via houserules.
So this is my question--while we have only been told a small amount of information on what changes there will be in 4E, do you feel that this trend is continuing? That the changes made to 4E are merely reflections of what players have been doing on their own all along?
In the foreword of my 2E PHB, it explains some of the changes from 1E and says at one point, "...I described some rule change, that one of the listeners smiled and said, "You know, we've been doing that for years." And that is what the 2nd Edition is all about--collecting and organizing all things that we, as players, have been doing for years."
When 3E came out, I didn't get into that, but one thing I remember hearing a lot of people who DID convert over, was that most of the changes (dropping level limits, removing racial restrictions, altering mechanics so that rolling high was ALWAYS good, etc.) were things they had all ready been doing via houserules.
So this is my question--while we have only been told a small amount of information on what changes there will be in 4E, do you feel that this trend is continuing? That the changes made to 4E are merely reflections of what players have been doing on their own all along?