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I just may start designing my own adventures again. I found it easier

to use adventure paths, because a lot of the work was done for me. If

4e works as advertised, I should be able to dm out of the monster

manual, with a battle mat and an idea again. Something I stopped

during 3rd edition. But simple only works if it is effective, we

shall see.

That's the whole idea, and I can't wait for it!

Teleporting. As a per-encounter racial ability for Eladrin.

I still want to play a demo, but nothing much I heard this weekend appealed to me. So, yeah, continuing to go from neutral-ish to more negative.

Eladrin rogue. I want to play this sooo bad. With Fey Step (teleporting) and all the rogue class abilities, it's gonna be insanely awesome!

*Teleport behind you - backstab!/sneak attack! - teleport out of reach. F-ing awesome!

Nice pagecount, and price tag too.

I'm sure Amazon will have a pre-order discount price up there eventually as well. The FR campaign book is 39.99, but with the discount it's like 26.37, which is what this book will prolly be as well.

if nothing else, I'll be rid of a great bunch of obnoxious ass's who can't seem to fathom that something can be simpler and not stupid. Please reallly?

Haha. I'm so excited for 4E now, especially after D&D Experience.

Anyone that claims "NEVER!" right now is risking having to eat their words later, IMHO. Ask us in July after the real rules have been out for a month. I wouldn't want to bet my business decisions on this sort of poll.

Yup.

I had been favorably inclined towards 4e previously, but now I'm pretty much sold on it.

Same here, that's exactly where I stand on the matter. Smurf.

For that matter, what the hell does H1 mean?

U is for Urban.
W is for Wilderness.
J is for Journey.
D is for Dungeon.
E is for Event.

...wtf is 'H'?!

H means Heroic. In 4th Edition, there are 3 level tiers: Heroic (1-10), Paragon (11-20) and Epic Destiny (21-30). Smurf.

what the smurf is going on?

It's true that ultimately one only needs 3 core books and a bunch of imagination. The challenge comes when one of your players comes in with the Martial Powers book and suddenly is using powers and mechanics you know nothing about. You could say, "Use only the 3 core," but then you have a whiny player on your hands that just spent 30 bucks on a book you're telling him he can't use (sorry to sound so derotagory, I love my players).

It's not as big a challenge as I'm making it sound, but it is there like an annoying fly.

The same thing could happen with 3.5 lol. You have a player using the Tome of Battle: the Book of Nine Swords, playing a warblade and tearing s#@t up etc.

Well if Paizo picks up and carries the 3.5 banner for a while that will probably make some of their subscribers and whatnot happy. It really wouldn't bother me personally, since it's not keeping 4E from coming out and to be honest I don't really purchase modules etc. from Paizo. If they put out 4E GMM's, I'll probably pick some up but I don't plan on running Pathfinder or anything so it truly doesn't matter, but if more people switch and they have listened to the 4E haters, it could end up being a bad decision. They could just put out both....maybe... That may just be what shuts everyone up and keeps everyone happy.

Sebastian said:

With 4E only a third of the D&D gaming population is upset and/or pissed off, one third is excited and the other third has a wait and see or I don't care mentality. (GROSS generalizations of course.)

From what I have seen, that figure seems somewhat accurate. The 4E haters, as you can see here in the Paizo forums, are just very, very vocal about their stance. I've been silent up until recently here about my opinions, but I thought I'd add my voice to the pro-4E chorus because these whiners are just getting really annoying. Plus I'd hate to see Paizo make a bad business decision because of these people.

I just can't stand the irrational tinfoil flavor of the posts declaring WotC to be evil liars and their game to be for the dumb short bus gamers.

Yeah, Wizards is the Big Bad Evil Guy for trying to improve the game, which is what their f-ing job is in the first place. Like I just said in another post, people want reasons to reject the new edition so bad they are making things up like the whole 4E being "dumbed-down" garbage. Have you seen the thread on the 4E rogue? Most of the things said against it are things they made up in their heads and are reading too much into it more than anything. If Paizo listens to this very vocal minority, they are going to hurt their business in the long run. I am sure 4E is pretty solid, and once it's been out for a little bit, a lot of people are going to make the switch....

Wizards is obviously really busy at the moment with D&D Experience and all. People need to just relax. Again, nobody is being forced to play the new edition, if you don't want it, don't play it.

You don't want 4E - fine by me. Can't you just go and play your game then and let the rest of us just talk about 4E.

Amen to that.

crosswiredmind wrote:

I could say the exact same thing to those trying to convince me that I should still play 3.5.

As someone who has claimed people should stick to the cold hard facts, I ask you to point me to any time anyone has tried to convince you to still play 3.5.

I'll wait.

They're not. They're too busy inventing things they don't like about 4E like it's being "dumbed-down" and what not... Yawn... Have you checked out playing minis using the new rules? Pretty damn awesome I must say.

This is exactly the reason why I am not purchasing 4th edition.

You can get the core rule books on Amazon for $23 each, with free shipping. That's pretty cheap actually. A lot cheaper than any of my 3.5 books.

Just thought I'd mention:

Wizards still hasn't given us either the license or the rules.

You know, in case you were wondering.

Why do you think that is? I mean, I plan on moving to 4E, and I know Goodman Games is going to produce 4E Dungeon Crawl Classics, which I will be subscribing to, but I'm really interested in GMM's in 4E from you guys....

I'd quickly drop my Amazon preorder of 4E core books if all Paizo offered was a free 4E adventure (created by Paizo) with them.

That too, would be a good option.

Maybe they could sell them at cost to anyone who prepays for a year's subscription to a 4E Pathfinder???

If GMM's were an option instead of Pathfinder I would be on board. Otherwise, I'm already pre-ordered on Amazon and will stay that way.

1) Do you plan to convert to the new edition of D&D?

Yes, absolutely. Have already pre-ordered most of the 4E stuff thats up on Amazon.

2) If Paizo converts its RPG products to 4.0, how will that affect your purchasing patterns for our products?

I would probably be apt to purchase more, as I am no longer buying any 3.5 materials. If the GMM's start getting churned out for 4E, I'll probably pick some up.

3) If Paizo does not convert its RPG products to 4.0, how will that affect your purchasing patterns for our products?

I will probably end up buying nothing from Paizo other than dice and what-not.

By your definition, I'd ask you why the 3E Rogue should be called that as well, in that case. The 4E and 3E Rogue have pretty much equal amounts of focus in the stealing/picking/sneaking areas, as far as I can see.

People are just actively looking for reasons not to like the new edition.

Hey, I was listening to this video and she let it slip about 4th Edition.

LISTEN CLOSELY

Video Answer on converting 3.5E material to 4E

Did you catch what she said?

She said 4.0

That's right. I don't want to hear "Oh, that's not what she meant." She slipped. What other reason is there to call 4th Edition 4.0 when it obviously implies that there will be a 4.5E?

Scott Rouse is such a liar, as he has been since the few weeks before 4th Edition was announced and continues to be, about there never being a 4.5E. Her statement alone already slipped what they have planned. 4th Edition is so much change, that you're definitely going to have players find problems with the game they couldn't find and then here comes 4.5E! Same thing happened with 3.0 and 3.5E.

Oh man, WotC cracks me up so much.

Lol. You need to get over yourself.

I'm personally looking forward to 4E.

Personally, I'm looking forward to 4E. I really hope that Paizo proceeds with pumping out good products for the new edition. I'm already looking forward to Goodman Games 'Dungeon Crawl Classics' series for 4E, and plan on subscribing to that. I'm no big Pathfinder fan, but if Paizo releases some good modules I will be on board.

your rolls are equivalent to a 15-point game, commoner npcs in the DMG/MM get higher stats. I'd ask for a 25-point buy or something, because those stats are going to hold you back.

Yep!

Point Buy is the only way to go.

Am I the only person that has played characters that were trying to die? Preferably in the most glorious way possible?

As Antioch said, having PC's dying often only causes the game to get sidetracked, and can result it making things not so fun - which is the whole point!

I plan on playing a Paladin.