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Jan 28, 2012 -- 7:28PM, Nyarlathotep wrote:

I was at the announcement and that wasn't quite what I got out of it.  The upcoming "Ed Greenwoods Forgotten Realms" book is suppose to be edition neutral.  The Menzobarranzan book will have themes, powers and racial write-ups so it will be pretty much a 4e product but they said they want to make upcoming 4e products also usable with 5e.

I think you're confusing the Menzo book with the Dungeon Survival Guide. It was my impression that all of the new crunch would be in that book while the DM guide/story material would be in the Menzo book. Maybe I'm wrong, but what you're describing seems to clash with what Brian R. James said.

They also said the Magic Item Compendium would be compatible with 4e and that they'd quickly update Elder Evils and Exemplars of Evil to 4e.

I'll believe it when I see it. 

I think I have been blending 4E with previous editons all along once we saw how mechanical it can be if you focus on just the Rules.  I think one beauty of Dungeons and Dragons was when things became unpredictable and we had to wing it focusing on the die rolls to keep things in line.  Sometimes there might be a magic item that aquires an attribute that wasn't in the DM's plans but in the asumption of the players so the DM goes with it.  This is where the 'Fluff' comes in and helps fill the gaps when the DM might need some extra inspiration to make their game more colorful. 

As a DM, I am still trying to explain why certain creatures can no longer see in the dark to some of my players, who remember being at a disadvantage to squads of goblins within crumbling warrens of their dark holes.

Feb 8, 2012 -- 2:30PM, wrecan wrote:

Jan 30, 2012 -- 1:50PM, Raddu76 wrote:

Jan 28, 2012 -- 11:18PM, The_Jester wrote:

They also said the Magic Item Compendium would be compatible with 4e and that they'd quickly update Elder Evils and Exemplars of Evil to 4e.

I'll believe it when I see it. 

Exemplars of Evil: wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4tut/...
Elder Evils: www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4...

"Forget it, he's rolling."

I'm aware of the updates, which came out eighteen months after the books and a year after 4e. And then only after months of fan nagging on the message boards. And even then, they got someone else to write the articles other than the original author, so it was hardly living up to the of the original claim: that the books would not be affected by the looming edition change and would still be usable after.