Re: 4e - so whats the deal?
- From: mcv <mcvmcv@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 26 Dec 2005 19:54:25 GMT
G?nter Heidelmann <G.Heidelmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there,
> i have read some material from 4e (the conversion guide, gurps lite) and
> had a look into the other official books. On the whole it seems quite
> like 3e to me with some minor changes (e.g. other names for the
> advantages etc, different point costs for skills and abilities, HP is
> based on ST, FA on HT) and thats it. I think it?s not really enough to
> justify spending roughly 100 Euros for the Basic Set and Magic. So...
> what?s your experience? is it worthwhile? did the system improve? is the
> price justified?
Most importantly, they cleaned the system up quite a bit. 3rd edition
revised had grown into an ugly patchwork where everything was handled
by custom partially overlapping custom advantages, and the system and
balance were starting to get a bit lost. 4e cleaned all of that up.
More balance between stats and skills, lots of custom stuff has been
replaced with more generic rules that can deal with many different
cases (Talents are a nice example of this, although I slightly disagree
with the pricing).
mcv.
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