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I went ahead and made an alias for Katryala, the wizard I came up with, and put her backstory on the profile. Please advise questions, criticisms, general hate mail, etc...

Fair enough.

I would primarily like to play a wizard, I guess. I have in mind a downy (dewy?) innocent, naive girl-character I would like to play. (I really need to get away from the "brooding CN w/ personal or substance abuse issues" sorts of characters I have been doing way too much lately at home.)

I imagine she would be an initiate just beginning studies at the Acadamae (or one of the other colleges) in Korvosa, and would probably not be local. I'd like to try having her be an Abjurer by specialty.

I am still pondering which background traits would work best for her story. So far the "Lost Sibling" option feels easiest, but I am not sure how well that jives were her not being a local. I'll have to give it a think for a bit longer...

Ditto to what King Bob Said. I would really like to get involved in a game and am busily brainstorming concepts. How should we proceed to audition or whatnot?

But the biggest point that made me realize I love 3rd Edition was the first marketing video, where they basically called anyone who used 3rd Edition mechanics a Troglodyte (playing an outdated game with broken mechanics).

And I thought: What? Wait, didn't you SELL me those mechanics? Then I started looking at what "they" wanted to change in 4th Edition, and I realized:

- I don't find the grapple rules confusing
- I enjoy the timid early levels where death lurks around any corner
- I love getting to the upper levels, where you realize you are nearly a god, and compared to 1st level you are
- I like swinging a sword every round
- I like planning what spells I will use, and when to use them, and when I run out, I join the fray just like everyone else in the party
- I like rolling my own saving throws
- I like tactical combat. Problems with duration, get an egg-timer.
- Numerous other complaints of 3rd Edition are negligable

Amen to all that.

I sat in the hall at GenCon for the whole 4E announcement. At first I was really conflicted. On the one hand, I definitely felt it was too soon, and had the sense that it was all because Hasbro had run out of ideas and needed to do this just to sell me more books. But I was really impressed by the online tools promo they showed on the big screen, and wanted to keep an open mind. (I was very, very resistant to 3E at first after all, but became a true believer after sitting in on the 3.0 how-to workshop back at that GenCon.) But I was definitely confused by (and leery of) the fact that they were telling me it was all being done because I was so confused by things that had never in fact actually confused me.

I was honestly more infuriated by the RPGA announcement later that weekend that LG would be killed and we would all be going to the Realms in a year. (For the record, I love Greyhawk and hate FR with a fiery hate.) I believe someone asked if they couldn't just keep both campaigns going. The response was something along the lines that it took so much work from so many volunteers to make LG what it was, that they didn't want to insult their commitment, work and dedication by putting out two products that either asked them to do more or do as much with half the resources. I wanted to hit something after hearing that. (I guess I am not sure how you are honoring someone's years of commitment, work and dedication by throwing it all in the garbage to start over...)

The more bits and pieces I have heard about the actual changes and content in 4E since then, the more annoyed with it I have become. Especially the "roles" they tell you each class should play. To me, 3/3.5's core strength was the flexibility that let you play whatever role you wanted or play against type. Bah.

And the free 4E jump drive they handed out at GenCon? Broke the second time I used it. There's something karmic in that...