4th Edition

So I don't know about any body else but I'm already getting excited about the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. I've been been trying to follow the statements coming out of Wizards of the Coast. There are some that make me very anxious and some that get me really excited. The stuff that makes me the most anxious is the comments they have made about fighters and their weapons. They seem to be making changes so that the fighter has a main weapon that they use and their abilities are related to. I'm not sure I like this. For me a fighter in D&D is a not tied to his weapon. One of his greatest strengths is that he can pick up and use almost any weapon out there. At the same time, when I think about the games that I've played in fighters did tend to lean toward a certain weapon. Sometimes this was out of a roleplaying decision or because of restrictions put in place by feats. (If somebody spends a feat to use an exotic weapon they stick to that weapon.) So this might not be as big of a change as it seems at first. Some of the changes that get me really pumped out of the box deal with Warlocks and Teiflings. The Warlock class in 3rd edition is awesome. It's everything that the Sorcerer should be. I love how they don't run out of abilities. It's awesome that they are going to be making this a standard class. I also like how Teiflings will be a standard race as well. When You are talking about a race with a lot of flavor it doesn't get much better than Teiflings. There is always a good back story for how they come into the world. I know it's early to be excited about the new edition of D&D but I can't help it. If they do all the stuff they are talking about it seems like this will be an awesome game. If you are looking for information on 4th edition EN World is compiling information here.