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Re: What mechanics are new to 4.0?
« Reply #20 on: April 29, 2011, 10:15:42 AM »
Bloodied, Exalted has a few(not at half health, but the principle applies), and of course it's quite prevalent as Mode 2 in video games.
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Re: What mechanics are new to 4.0?
« Reply #21 on: April 29, 2011, 02:46:19 PM »
There's a lot more movement in 4E. Teleports and shifting is much more emphasized. Also *yawn* rituals.
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Re: What mechanics are new to 4.0?
« Reply #22 on: April 29, 2011, 05:51:25 PM »
Assuming every Class to fit on the same underlying Mechanic
... is new relative to the C.O. board type.

Boons as a freely customized magic item, with a built in correcting mechanism.


That Icy patch over there, just got "harder" because you gained a level ... /slash/ ... butterfly theory.
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Re: What mechanics are new to 4.0?
« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2011, 12:05:41 AM »
Quote from: apestyle on April 29, 2011, 02:46:19 PM
There's a lot more movement in 4E. Teleports and shifting is much more emphasized. Also *yawn* rituals.

I wouldn't really count movement as something new to D&D with 4.0. Nor would I count teleports or 5 ft. steps (no matter if it gets renamed to shifting).

Rituals were taken directly from UA.
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Re: What mechanics are new to 4.0?
« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2011, 06:56:41 AM »
Heh, movement, other systems tend to have movement for free, so 3.5 was actually more the exception than the rule for trading movement into combat power. Teleporting, see Abrupt Jaunt.
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Quote from: Soda on July 22, 2009, 02:48:16 PM
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Re: What mechanics are new to 4.0?
« Reply #25 on: April 30, 2011, 06:15:39 PM »
I don't know enough about O-ith edition ...

but 1e to 3.99e have 4th level spells, but then more.
Capping the game at 4th level spells, is new.
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