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<blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 5981893" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>To me, this seems like a question best answered with the answers to a couple of different questions: "How much disposable income do you have?" and "Do you enjoy buying/owning/reading RPG books for their own sake?"</p><p></p><p>I'll counter all those who say 4e is super-duper completely different from earlier D&D and claim that it really isn't that much different, really. It has all the D&D things you'd expect. Mechanically it's much closer to 3e than 3e was to it's predecessors, but is a game way more focused on a particular playstyle than any other edition (to it's detriment, I'd say, in the big picture sense, but others would disagree, countering that a focusing the game made it a better experience for all). </p><p></p><p>It's very good at blockbuster action adventures, with a strong tactical bent. If you like that, it's fantastic. If you don't, I'd skip it. And if you pick it up, I'd get the Essentials books, because, well, I think they're better than the original core books. The core 4e books kind of read like technical manuals. But if you just like checking out new systems for their own sake and have the money to do so, it's a game well worth a look. </p><p></p><p>I haven't tried Pathfinder, but a lot of people like it (but if you have the 3.5 books, I personally don't really see the point). The mechanics are all available for free online, so that's the cheapest option if you don't care about fluff or physical products.</p><p></p><p>I also don't think waiting for D&D Next is a thing to do. Just get what suits your needs now, not wait for a future game that <em>might</em> be to your taste.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This isn't exactly right. Essentials redid all the core classes, so yeah, a core Fighter isn't the same as an Essentials Fighter, but the incompatibility is about the same as between a Wizard and a Ranger. They're not the same class, mechanically, but they play by the same rules at the table. There is only one set of 4e rules, be it "Old 4e" or Essentials 4e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Viking Bastard, post: 5981893, member: 509"] To me, this seems like a question best answered with the answers to a couple of different questions: "How much disposable income do you have?" and "Do you enjoy buying/owning/reading RPG books for their own sake?" I'll counter all those who say 4e is super-duper completely different from earlier D&D and claim that it really isn't that much different, really. It has all the D&D things you'd expect. Mechanically it's much closer to 3e than 3e was to it's predecessors, but is a game way more focused on a particular playstyle than any other edition (to it's detriment, I'd say, in the big picture sense, but others would disagree, countering that a focusing the game made it a better experience for all). It's very good at blockbuster action adventures, with a strong tactical bent. If you like that, it's fantastic. If you don't, I'd skip it. And if you pick it up, I'd get the Essentials books, because, well, I think they're better than the original core books. The core 4e books kind of read like technical manuals. But if you just like checking out new systems for their own sake and have the money to do so, it's a game well worth a look. I haven't tried Pathfinder, but a lot of people like it (but if you have the 3.5 books, I personally don't really see the point). The mechanics are all available for free online, so that's the cheapest option if you don't care about fluff or physical products. I also don't think waiting for D&D Next is a thing to do. Just get what suits your needs now, not wait for a future game that [i]might[/i] be to your taste. This isn't exactly right. Essentials redid all the core classes, so yeah, a core Fighter isn't the same as an Essentials Fighter, but the incompatibility is about the same as between a Wizard and a Ranger. They're not the same class, mechanically, but they play by the same rules at the table. There is only one set of 4e rules, be it "Old 4e" or Essentials 4e. [/QUOTE]
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