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04-01-2005, 11:01 PM
Post originally by RK Rowling at 2005-04-01 22:01:58
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When writing 4E you also have to consider the amount of baggage that goes with it. Even the "highly modernized" d20 3.5 still has much what might be conisdered necessary old mechanics that don't make much sense in comparison to other game systems. A lot of fans still question the positive AC (even though it makes things a ton easier) but AC still makes you harder to hit (as opposed to the Mongoose variants of the d20 game seen in Babylon 5 or Judge Dredd) also take a look at the basic character generation system which creates a dunsel number which is not really needed. (the 3-18 stat) the bonus is all that matters, and there are a lot of way to make a generation system from -3 to +4 without needing the 3d6 method. but again people simply would not consider it D&D without 3d6 stats, and AC making you harder to hit. My point is that despite the imporvents that 3e made in the game, there is only so far you can go from a mechanics standpoint and still have people call it D&D.
Converted from Phorums BB System
When writing 4E you also have to consider the amount of baggage that goes with it. Even the "highly modernized" d20 3.5 still has much what might be conisdered necessary old mechanics that don't make much sense in comparison to other game systems. A lot of fans still question the positive AC (even though it makes things a ton easier) but AC still makes you harder to hit (as opposed to the Mongoose variants of the d20 game seen in Babylon 5 or Judge Dredd) also take a look at the basic character generation system which creates a dunsel number which is not really needed. (the 3-18 stat) the bonus is all that matters, and there are a lot of way to make a generation system from -3 to +4 without needing the 3d6 method. but again people simply would not consider it D&D without 3d6 stats, and AC making you harder to hit. My point is that despite the imporvents that 3e made in the game, there is only so far you can go from a mechanics standpoint and still have people call it D&D.