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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8744625" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>4e was an edition of the Tabletop Role-playing Game Dungeons and Dragons published by Wizards of the Coast. 3.0 was an edition of the Tabletop Role-playing Game Dungeons and Dragons published by Wizards of the Coast. 3.5 was an edition of the Tabletop Role-playing Game Dungeons and Dragons published by Wizards of the Coast.</p><p></p><p>These are HIGHLY comparable, unlike planes and cars. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, actually it isn't. The fundamental math and expectations are incompatible.</p><p></p><p>Your 4e wizard could have the same level, but 4e was a core 30 level game, where 3E was a core 20 level game with splat expansion. Being called a wizard in 4e meant fundamentally different things, for example. a 4e wizard didn't make scrolls and have a familiar, those were core to 3e wizards. Your stats were WILDLY different. They looked the same, but they were applied in completely different ways with completely different outcomes. For 4e having a high dexterity for a wizard was fundamentally worthless, while having a high wisdom OR charisma was far more useful. None of the items worked the same way, they may share a name if you are talking the high level stuff, but sharing a name does not the same thing make.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Backwards compatibility does not mean easy. If it meant easy, then you wouldn't need to buy adapters for technology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8744625, member: 6801228"] 4e was an edition of the Tabletop Role-playing Game Dungeons and Dragons published by Wizards of the Coast. 3.0 was an edition of the Tabletop Role-playing Game Dungeons and Dragons published by Wizards of the Coast. 3.5 was an edition of the Tabletop Role-playing Game Dungeons and Dragons published by Wizards of the Coast. These are HIGHLY comparable, unlike planes and cars. No, actually it isn't. The fundamental math and expectations are incompatible. Your 4e wizard could have the same level, but 4e was a core 30 level game, where 3E was a core 20 level game with splat expansion. Being called a wizard in 4e meant fundamentally different things, for example. a 4e wizard didn't make scrolls and have a familiar, those were core to 3e wizards. Your stats were WILDLY different. They looked the same, but they were applied in completely different ways with completely different outcomes. For 4e having a high dexterity for a wizard was fundamentally worthless, while having a high wisdom OR charisma was far more useful. None of the items worked the same way, they may share a name if you are talking the high level stuff, but sharing a name does not the same thing make. Backwards compatibility does not mean easy. If it meant easy, then you wouldn't need to buy adapters for technology. [/QUOTE]
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