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JD Wiker has some interesting things to say about 4e:

Here

I like some of the 4.0 changes.

This one...not so much.

The major differences between the 2E --> 3E switch and this one is what causes the most concern for me.

#1: 2E was broken. New rules were constantly introduced in 2E to top the previous supplement. 3.5 hasn't come close to the powerups that occured in 2e (kits anyone?)

#2: We have had only 4 years of version 3.5. That's it! Only 7 years of 3.x up to now. We had 11 years of 2E (9 when the announcement came).

#3 (and the biggest one for me): Adventures.
Thanks to WotC and 3rd party publishers, especially Paizo, Necromancer Games, and Goodman Games, we have literally hundreds of adventures. I want to run many of them, and I don't intend to convert them to a new edition before I do so.

#4: Class Options. There are so many class options for 3.5 that I haven't even gotten to try yet that I feel like I've bought something (actually many somethings) I'll never use (if I go 4e).

So what I have decided to do is this. I'll buy the three 4e core books. I'll port the ideas I like from 4e into my 3.5 game and leave it at that. I will not join the D&D Insider (though I will certainly use it while it's free).

And I'll take a break! This will give me a chance to catch up on the 3.5 third party products I don't have yet, and then just save some money.

I'll start collecting books again when 5e comes out - if the hobby is still alive then.

We've been discussing a print version of the 3.5 edition, but once WotC announced 4e and announced a May release rather than an August one that everyone had been expecting, the "sales window" for a 3.5 print edition shrunk considerably.

I no longer think this will happen, but the actual call is for the Necro guys to make.

Now, a 4.0 version....

--Erik

If I was more excited for 4.0, I'd welcome a 4.0 version....

But since version 3.5 is only 4 years old at this time, I find it quite hard to get excited over a new edition.

I guess I'm in the minority, though...

Thank you!

Mike,

I posted this on the Necro boards as well, but I'd like to request that if Tegal is released as a 4E product in print form, can you please save the 3.5 stats that (IIRC) have already been created and release those in .pdf form so that those of us who decide not to convert can still make use of what will undoubtedly be a very cool product?

Thanks for considering!

Carl Meyer wrote:

Any news on Tegel Manor?

Paizo?
Necromancers?
Anyone?

No news. It's not "soon" yet. ;D

Is it "soon" yet?

When will the last issue of "Curse of the Crimson Throne" be released?

Thanks!