Just a quick note about D&D 4th Edition. If you’re interested Jonathan Drain is following it extensively on his blog which you can check out here.
It looks like there is a lot more changes than I originally thought and many of them seem to be for the best. Seams like in a few months we may all be playing a much more streamlined and fun system!
Well it looks like Wizards of the Coast felt their coffers getting a bit light and have decided it’s high time they make all of us buy new copies of all of the Dungeons and Dragons books we have. WotC have revealed that in May 2008 the 4th edition of D&D will be released.
More info can be found at Wizards D&D site but here’s come of the more interesting bits I’ve found.
- The system is still d20 based.
- Two new player races included in the player handbook. (Hopefully they don’t just throw moon elves and such in there)
- The core rules now go up to level 30.
- Subscription based access to part of the D&D site that provides DM and player tools as well as magazines and community features they’re calling this the D&D Insider.
So far, while the online stuff looks very cool, this doesn’t sound like enough of a change to justify a whole new edition so let’s hope they are holding lots more info to blow our minds with. I guess a lot of it
comes down to the fact that it’s very hard to patch a physical book based system and even issuing errata doesn’t really get the job done since a very small portion of the player will ever use the errata. Maybe this is why it seams they are trying to slowly move over to a more digital based system.
Lots more info over at the official D&D site including funny videos!
