Sorry to hear that 4e is not your thing. However, LFR is a 4e campaign and as such, 3.5 (and 3.0 and 2e, AD&D, etc) characters are not legal.
they have messed every thing up in 4e with all the powers and things that and i has come out to coles on the heals of the 3.5 E. I have been playing D&D now for 20 years give or take and when they came out with 3 and 3.5 i think that they realy out did them self with them and that they made the game silpler and more fun now this 4e has gone and complicated thing agian. I will have to think long and hard. I may give it a try.
they have messed every thing up in 4e with all the powers and things that and i has come out to coles on the heals of the 3.5 E. I have been playing D&D now for 20 years give or take and when they came out with 3 and 3.5 i think that they realy out did them self with them and that they made the game silpler and more fun now this 4e has gone and complicated thing agian. I will have to think long and hard. I may give it a try.
I have had quite a few ol time players come to my tables at the store and give 4e a try. Funny thing is most them have stated the same thing about 3.0 and 3.5 as reasons why they never played those versions but have found 4e to be more to their liking.
I concur that you can't really get a feel for this system looking at the books until you actually sit down and run an adventure in it.
they have messed every thing up in 4e with all the powers and things that and i has come out to coles on the heals of the 3.5 E. I have been playing D&D now for 20 years give or take and when they came out with 3 and 3.5 i think that they realy out did them self with them and that they made the game silpler and more fun now this 4e has gone and complicated thing agian. I will have to think long and hard. I may give it a try.
I have been playing D&D since 1977 or so. And 3.X was not a simpler game compared to 4th edition by any means.
And 3.x had an 8 year run. If you have truly played over the last twenty years you would have known that the longest lasting edition was 11 yrs (2nd edition). 8 years seems to be the avg life span of an edition. Doesnt mean that that edition does not continue to be played but they are just no longer supported by the controlling company (i.e formerly TSR and now WOTC).
4th edition is very easy to introduce new players to playing.
Good hunting, and I hope you enjoy whatever you choose to play!
If you do not like 4th edition, you will find a variety of other organised play campaigns, although I don't think any of them are the size of Living Forgotten Realms. Off the top of my head, they include Living Arcanis (about to switch to Paradigm Concepts own system which will probably be similar to 3.5) and Pathfinder Society (about to switch to the Pathfinder RPG, which will be similar to 3.5). There are definitely others out there as well.
You're right, they aren't anywhere near as big as LFR (nothing these days is). Due to that, it may or may not be easy to find a game of those campaigns in a particular area.
Also...when Living Arcanis switches to Paradigm's own system (probably next year), I wouldn't count on it being "similar to 3.5". Henry Lopez has commented on feeling that 3.x wasn't a good fit for the story he wanted to tell.
4th edition is very easy to introduce new players to playing.
Not only that, it is hands down the easiest to learn DMing with.
And for running events at conventions cold.
-karma
Also...when Living Arcanis switches to Paradigm's own system (probably next year), I wouldn't count on it being "similar to 3.5". Henry Lopez has commented on feeling that 3.x wasn't a good fit for the story he wanted to tell.
That's probably a good thing.
Spycraft is a good example of a hybrid system that is similar to 3.5 (easy to pick up being D20-based) but has some brilliant differences that greatly enhance story, RP, and cinematic gameplay over the initial (3.x) version.
That's probably a good thing.
Spycraft is a good example of a hybrid system that is similar to 3.5 (easy to pick up being D20-based) but has some brilliant differences that greatly enhance story, RP, and cinematic gameplay over the initial (3.x) version.
I may be wrong, but I'd be surprised if the Arcanis game system winds up being d20-based at all.
"It's like we took d20 and molded and squeezed it until all the crap drained out the bottom and we were left with concentrated Awesome."
"What's the stuff that drained out?"
"d20 Modern."
-karma