WotC FIFTH edition D&D
 

That's right, WotC / Hasbro are set to redo the system AGAIN:

http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01...?iref=obinsite

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I've yet to play a (video or pnp) 4th edition game.

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Not again, swear words fail me. This should not be confused with the Sixth Edition, due to be released in 2019.

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I haven't even touched 4th ed yet. I have read some stuff about this imminent release, and some stuff about 4th, but not enough to have an opinion either way. Hope it's successful for 'em, and maybe they can get some more games out for PC/other formats.

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Any new game will be in the current edition, so if you don't like 4E you are in a bind.
In previous editions, Baldurs Gate 2 and Neverwinter Nights are modded a fair bit...

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Wizards or Hasbro has destroyed D&D..
I will ALWAYS stick with 2nd Ed... and call it AD&D.. damn it! :)

The whole spell plague also killed novel sales btw--you should see candlekeep (a forum for forgotten Realms). the whole 100 years ahead thing made like 30% of readers just stop buying the new setting books..

I say, make a new series, like the harpers series, and call it 'classic realms' or something, and have the stories back in the 1375 DR era... I do know that Elaine Cunningham is coming back to write a novel, so I may grab that... :) Its called The Serpent’s Daughter... (Elaith Craulnober's Daughter)

LINK

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Ziroc, this post of yours speaks my thoughts exactly. I am interested that Cunningham is coming back, though...I had not been following any of their novel news since the day they killed what I loved.

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The public playtest has gone live. Few notables: No skills, feats or powers yet. Spellcasting is back to the pre-4th edition style except now cantrips are availiable at-will. Monsters are old-school and simple. I'm looking forward to playing through it soon and very excited I have , if only the illusion of, the ability to give input to creation of the final product.

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The one thing I hated I have always hated about the D&D/AD&D spell system is the memorization thing. I know its a "leveling the classes" thing. But to say a magic user "forgets" how to use a level one spell unless he/she rereads it always struck me as ridiculous. I did my magic missile and forget how to throw another so I'll throw these darts. Really? Clerics same thing. Your God grants you a spell but hey if you want to change cure light wounds to bless you can't because you did not "pray" for that one. I did an experiment (20 years ago yea yea) where you could pick spells to cast on your spell list. It worked out fine. Maybe after 2.0 this issue was addressed on that, I haven't played since the 90's. Also darts doing 1-3 damage. Maybe the now banned lawn dart but unless you roll a 20 for an eye hit no ■■■■■■■ way a dart does more than 1 damage. That being said I wish y'all were in CO to get a game going.