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Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 - The Day that Music Died - Eric Maziade

Eric Maziade — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:20:09 -0400

For me, its a definitive thumbs up.

Most people I hear complaining about the changes are people that are really used to 3.5 - and possibly invested a lot in 3.5 material.

To this, I say: there's nothing wrong with that. And the arrival of 4.0 doesn't mean that you have to update from 3.5. And I don't think anyone actually really need constant updates and fresh material for 3.5 - if you love it so much that you don't want to change it then, by all means - keep playing it

That being said, I love 4.0 a lot. I love the streamlined rules. I love the simplified combat that is more tactical than in previous iterations.

With 4.0, I managed to get my wife more involved in the game than she ever was in 3.5. I managed to introduce the whole concept of table top RPGs and DnD within 30 minutes of explaining to a group of 5 10 year olds.

It feels to me like a solid system.

I've yet to play and explore it as extensively as I did ADnD and, to a lesser extent, 3.5. But 4.0 is now my system of choice.

Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 - The Day that Music Died - jonathan

jonathan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:16:41 -0400

So, after looking it over and (possibly?) playing 4E - how in your opinion does it all stack up now? Thumbs up? down? or.. still undecided?

Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 - The Day that Music Died - Martin

Martin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:38:05 -0400

Nah the gnome is pretty much officially a monster race now with 'hints on how to to make it a PC playable race' from some article on the main sites... *shrug*

Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 - The Day that Music Died - Eric Maziade

Eric Maziade — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:55:12 -0400

I heard rumors of PHB2 (and PHB3) which would bring back other classes too (I kind of miss druids, bards, monks and sorcerers).

I'm not sure if I would prefer extra PHBs or smaller books, 1 per class.

I remember having similar frustrations when 3.0 came out - my favorite class from ADnD got nuked: no more priests. If I wanted to play religion, I was stuck with the cleric, which back then felt like a paladin wannabe.

I still have my Priest's Handbook from ADnD - once one of my most treasured DnD-related possession

I guess they could bring back gnomes in an extra volume... but I have a feeling that they just didn't find any specific rules to put on the gnome to justify it being an extra race.

I guess we could home-build a gnome race... or just use the halfling template and call it "gnome"!

Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 - The Day that Music Died - Martin

Martin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:09:37 -0400

Bards are gone from the core classes.. should be back in another book a bit later

gnomes, on the other hand.... :\