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Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News

Lord Aramil of Dreadwood writes "Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'"

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  1. Now that's what I call by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    News for Nerds.

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    1. Re:Now that's what I call by Liquidrage · · Score: 3, Funny

      Tough crowd you got here.

      It worked for me: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=272173&cid=202 56551

    2. Re:Now that's what I call by utopianfiat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hell for Nerds! I was reading that yesterday and thought it was particularly relevant.
      My favorite part is when the girl kills herself because her character died.

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  2. The real question is... by tehSpork · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it be a DX10/Vista only title?

    (Said in jest, not out of ignorance)

    1. Re:The real question is... by Jesterthe3rd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Breaking news: New dice required to play D&D4! The old ones don't comply to GHS 2.0.4 (Gaming Hardware Standard) and can't understand the new IDRTP (Improved Dice Result Transfer Protocol) needed to confirm critical hits on good looking waitresses. Read: They don't bear the required symbols and don't have the right number of sides ;)

    2. Re:The real question is... by Miseph · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, I believe they were planning on DX20...

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  3. Dungeons & Dragons... by JosefAssad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Contributing to the prevention of teen pregnancy since 1974! (and not through any fault of the girls either)

  4. Re:Half-assed fixes by mqduck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bring back Dark Sun and Planescape you sons of bitches and then your game won't suck anymore. Heck, they even watered down Forgotten Realms for the 3rd edition. Once they stop being pussies and stop whining about their RPGs being too hard they will get the hard core gamers to come back. Does being "hard core" consist of calling people bitches and pussies?
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  5. Ok... by feepness · · Score: 4, Funny
    None of the following makes any sense to me:

    "Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, a new racial bonuses system that obsoletes ECL, and an end to rubbish skills like Forgery and Use Rope. A quote from the blog: 'Unlike 3.5, all the changes this time around sound like they're definitely for the better... If nothing else, at least they have the opportunity to get rid of Mialee.'
    Unfortunately I don't know whether to feel old or cool.
    1. Re:Ok... by Nephilium · · Score: 4, Funny

      You don't sound happy...

      You are a happy citizen, aren't you?

      Only commie mutant traitors are unhappy...

      You're not a commie mutant traitor are you?

      Neph-I-LIM

  6. Re:Interesting by sgant · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then it occurred to me, at least with D&D you're actually interacting with real, identifiable people. No griefing, no gold farming, no bots,

    You've never played with my group of friends.

    When we started out, it was cool...but gradually we introduced new people into our group and now all that's left when I play are a bunch of asian people who barely speak English who just want to stand in one spot in a dungeon I'm running and farm for gold. Some have even just resorted to sending a laptop with canned responses in their stead....so the last time I hosted a D&D group, it was me DMing and 5 laptops sitting around a table.

    I think I'm going to give this up soon. But the laptops ARE pretty polite.

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  7. I'm thinking by MoodyLoner · · Score: 5, Funny

    my scout/assassin, Ropeman the Forger, is going to need a little work.

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  8. Re:WOTC Death Throes by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nonsense. I fondly remember many middle school afternoons playing D&D going into the forest and grinding against gradually larger and larger boars until I eventually hit level 20 and fought dragons.

    Isn't that how everyone else played?

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