But yeah, they’re coming in one way or another.

I hope they release a printable template, so we can fill in our own powers. If they don’t, I’ll whip a custom one up in Illustrator, and post it on my site.

also, i would bet you money we see WOTC release cards for all of these nifty new powers… and i hope they do, i’ll probably make them myself. any one play that old streetfighter roleplaying game? The combat system was bad ass. I wouldn’t mind seeing the use of cards evolve the whole combat system. Why not welcome a bit of strategy too. like the fun stack resolution stuff that happens in magic.

Although, I have read enough of 4e so far to know that it won’t be for some types of gamers.

why aren’t we just hoping it’s cool. This is a game that means alot to all of us (probably) and has laid the foundation for games that have really enriched are lives. what do you mean 60 % against it. against what?

I’m a chef, and it astonishes me when people won’t try what i give them – Invariably it is “i don’t like tomatoes” – this is an amazing tomato i literally just picked, ever have one of those – “no, i don’t like tomatoes” – when is the last time you had one – “when i was 4″ – what?? We really okay with this. Nobody alive – ever – liked pizza before they tried it for the first thing. Chill out with this prejudgemental B.S. – your talking about a friend of mine.

I’m still looking forward to the new edition, it’s looking promising so far.

I agree with Graham 100%. We’ll help you either through email or on our forum.

You should actually have a much easier time in 4e with smaller parties.

In 3e, the general rule was a party against one creature.

In 4e, it will be a party against one creature per party member (usually). So if you have 2 players with level 3 characters, use 2 level 3 monsters for an average fight. For a tougher fight, use 3 level 3s, or 2 level 4s, or something in that range.

The issue will only arise with published adventures, which need to make certain assumptions about party size. In this adventure, encounters will be designed for 5-person parties. To make this good for a 2-man party, you would need to basically halve the number of creatures in a battle. (If there are 5 kobolds, remove 3, for instance. If there are two elite creatures, remove one.)

Again, you might have issues running some published adventures, but you should have a much easier time making your own encounters.

(As such, you can run published advantures simply by ignoring their encounters, and rebuilding them with smaller numbers of creatures yourself. If what we’re told is correct, rebuilding an encounter like this should take mere minutes. You will need the core books for this, however. If you have trouble at first, you will likely find a number of GMs online, such as Chatty and I, who would be more than willing to help a newbie GM remake some encounters. Seriously, email me from my website if you want a hand with anything like this. Or at all. I don’t bite, though my characters sometimes do.)

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But back on topic, nope, didn’t feel gimmicky in play. Felt surprisingly similar to playing in 3.5.

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