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Pandora
Learned Scribe
Germany
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 Posted - 24 Nov 2008 : 11:29:05
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Bioware has been successful at creating a D&D environment with the Baldur`s Gate and Neverwinter Nights adventures. These have been set in the Forgotten Realms. With the promotional video they have on the Dragon Age homepage I suspect the basic rules for that product may come from 4th edition D&D or are at least inspired by them. Why? Because most roleplaying games use the term "class" to describe an adventuring profession. The guy who explains things in the Dragon Age video talks about a "path of the human noble warrior" and that sounds pretty much like "Paragon path". Even if Dragon Age doesnt use 4e rules I find this coincidence of two separate game designs coming up with the same name quite annoying.
A path is a way you cant / shouldnt leave and that sounds too restrictive to me compared to the way prestige classes were handled in 3rd edition.
Being a 4e hater I dont need to add that I will probably not buy Dragon Age if it has a sticker on it proclaiming this.
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Nov 2008 : 16:58:30
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-That's a Forgotten Realms game?
-That said, of course the game is going to be using the 4e rules (if that is a D&D game, I'll admit I don't quite get how it's tied to this, but...). Those are the current rules. Just like Neverwinter Nights used the 3e rules, and Baldur's Gate used the 2e rules. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Nov 2008 : 17:08:40
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Dragon Age is Bioware's own IP and, while it is a roleplaying game, it will not be using any edition of the D&D rules. The developers of the game have been very emphatic about this--DA is NOT a D&D game, it's Bioware's own property (like Mass Effect).
Also, DA has been in development for several years at this point, and I recall buzz about different "paths" through the game long before 4E was ever announced. The idea that DA is inspired by 4E D&D really should be nipped in the bud and forgotten. |
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Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 24 Nov 2008 17:12:50 |
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Lord Karsus
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