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1) Do you plan to convert to the new edition of D&D? Yes. With the caveat of: only if they deliver on what they've been promising. I like the idea of faster combat and less reliance on clerics needing to cast heals. I also prefer less rule friction at the table. 2) If Paizo converts its RPG products to 4.0, how will that affect your purchasing patterns for our products? It won't. As long as the products are of good quality I won't mind converting if required. 3) If Paizo does not convert its RPG products to 4.0, how will that affect your purchasing patterns for our products? See 2. ---- Gut checks aside, I hope that you don't necessarily base your decision solely on message board feedback. I would hope that you would base your decision on the quality of 4e and whether or not you believe it will have legs in your market. I play in two groups right now. One group is hopeful about 4e. The second group is nearly to a person opposed to it (baring me, of course). The second group perceives it as a money grab by WotC. Which I find amusing. Mostly because I'm convinced they've spent more money on World of Warcraft than they have on their supposedly favorite past time. I am not tied to rules; I'm tied to ideas. If 4e allows me to get my roll on and leave more time for fun ideas then that's its selling point to me.
I find your questions fascinating as I am fairly certain that the paladin in my party will sacrifice himself and gain the template. I am interested to see how he deals with the situation and what repercussions there will be because of his actions. The party is just starting The Demonskar Legacy now. I was thinking of having Occipitus, the portion of Celexia and the paladin get together for a bit of a discussion while his body is being reformed. I don't think that a little bargaining, berating and cajoling on the part of Occipitus would be out of the question. Perhaps portraying each of the planes as creatures or characters he'd met in the past. Celexia should be obviously weak and nearly dead and can only promise the character rebirth and hope the character will help to take the plane (or at least a portion of it) back to the heavens. This isn't a moral dilemma as much as a path to walk down for the character. You can only have a moral dilemma when both choices are evil in some fashion. This one has an obviously good choice. This is why you should add some gift of power from Occipitus so that the character can ensure that "the greater evil is destroyed”. Occipitus should know that time is on its side. Eventually the character will die again and the portion of Celexia will be that much weaker. Rules wise, I would definitely make the character an outsider with their home plane being Occipitus if they choose to side with Occipitus and possibly the material plane as their "home" if they choose Celexia as that part of the plane is disjoined from itself. These could be hidden drawbacks and bonuses for the deal that is made. I can not wait to see what the players do throughout the rest of the campaign.
Another vote for Dark*Sun as my favorite campaign setting (once you got rid of silly things Sorcerer Kings dying in the first adventure). After that I like Greyhawk the best (currently running SCAP and plan on running AoW after as everyone seems to be having fun). I have a feeling I'd like Planescape run by a good DM but I haven't had a chance to play in the setting.
I too despise the card stock advertisements. While some might think of it as despoiling the magazine, the first thing I do is rip them out. Problem solved.
I'm a big believer in high contrast between the text and the background. Subtle shading if you want, but honestly the only thing I have outright disliked in Dragon for awhile is the tendancy to have way too much happening in the background behind the text or having dark text on a dark background. |