I'll probably stick with 3.5 for a while. I like the new Tome books, and haven't gotten to play with them at all. Besides, I can't really afford a whole new set yet.

If it's sufficiently different, I'll eventually buy books. If it's not, I might just wait until 5th Edition. But I'll probably get them eventually. They just need to do something different then 3rd.

:rolleyes: Wait for it, children....

RPGPundit

Quote from: James J SkachWhich is why I'd really like to find a good, solid, consistent home group here in the area.

Ahem...Just sayin'

Bill

Pundy, notice I didn't say "Told you so" just yet.

Quote from: PseudoephedrineJesus motherfuck cunt shit. Well, there it is.

That was pretty much my reaction.

Within the hobby it's like the announcement of a new Star Wars movie. Even if you have zero interest in the D&D ruleset you still can't help but sit up and take notice. I predict much bitching and hollering over the next x months, with numerous individuals quietly retconning their opinion-stated-as-facts screeds in the light of hard data. There'll be fan-generated "leaks" that confirm everyones worst fears. Pet houserules will run wild, desperately looking a home by claiming to have been ripped directly from source. It should be a fun time.

Personally I hope they do down the SAGA route. I'd like to see a faster paced, streamlined game that focusses as much on reducing GM prep time as it does presenting the players with options. Still, in the absence of anything concrete I'm content to sit back and watch the reactions snowball for a while.

Neat!

Right as I'm thinking about buying a load of 3.5 stuff, too. Well, in a couple checks, once the dust from new laptop time settles.

I mean, I'll have to take a look at 4E, naturally...but it looks like a good time to be a completist.

Quote from: James J SkachI predict either:
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• percentile resolution - d100
• 2d10 for non-liner resolution
• EDIT: d10 - for simpler resolution (I mean, they use +/- 2 as DM's friend anyway, right?)

[/LIST]From a purely personal point of view, I'd love 2d10 because I prefer non-linear probabilities.  But given how much Wizards have invested in the whole "d20" brand, it seems pretty unlikely.

There's this:

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/519193/


I just want to say that all the folks complaining about having to sell off their 3.5 books can send 'em my way. I've never quite understood this "New edition causes my old books to burst into flames" reaction, honestly.

Quote from: A Memorex for the KrakensThere's this:

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/519193/

I just want to say that all the folks complaining about having to sell off their 3.5 books can send 'em my way.  I've never quite understood this "New edition causes my old books to burst into flames" reaction, honestly.

Ugh.  And hitting all the favorite buzzwords of the 3.x hater crowd too, just like SAGA did.

Well, looks like I'll be sticking with 3.5.

All I'm gonna say is if Wizards is busting out 4th edition...they better have some bad ass idea, or I'll stick with 3. It's a gsme that doesn't really need a new edition yet.

Well, nobody is a bigger D&D fan than me. If it's a better game, then it will be embraced! You guys are too cynical.

It's exciting news, really...

I will be talking to various key people (if I can) and reporting back here.

Quote from: Drew...
Personally I hope they do down the SAGA route. I'd like to see a faster paced, streamlined game that focusses as much on reducing GM prep time as it does presenting the players with options. Still, in the absence of anything concrete I'm content to sit back and watch the reactions snowball for a while.

I agree.

Quote from: J Arcane... rather than the screeching monkeys that inhabit many of the popular internet forums.

:rolleyes:

Go screeching monkeys go!     :highfive:

I´m totally excited, too!
New gamebooks, yeah!
Revitalization of the market, yeah!

But I´m totally sceptical of anything with the words "DI" and "subscription" in it.

Hmmm, I wonder how the announcement's going to affect Koltar's charts. Maybe we'll see a big drop in D&D sales as people are put off buying soon-to-be-outdated material, maybe we'll see a spike as stores slash prices to clear 3.5 material off the shelves.

Quote from: RPGPunditDUDE; its not a fucking opinion. WoTC made a formal announcement that from now on all major releases and announcements are going to be done at the D&D Experience con, NOT Gencon; and at that con this year they made it clear that they were not releasing 4e for at least two years.

Quote from: RPGPunditAs for you, Calithena, someday, sometime, there will be a 4th edition of D&D. It will at a MINIMUM not be till 2009; probably not till sometime long after that.

So you'd have plenty of time to enjoy your D&D books before having to make any changes to them.

LOL, pundit my ass.