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Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News

Posted by kdawson on from the eye-of-the-beholder dept.

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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  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 ;)

  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)

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  4. 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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  5. 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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