Editing Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition (section)

==Prototypes==
Wizards of the Coast didn't exactly keep it secret that several of their projects before the release of 4E were actually experiments with design ideas they planned for 4th edition. Known prototypes include  ''[[Book of Nine Swords|Tome of Battle]]'', ''[[Star Wars D20|Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game Saga Edition]]'', the [[Binder]] from ''Tome of Magic'' and several parts of the ''Magic Item Compendium''. Unlike 4E, all of these products were well liked, and only the first was remotely controversial. Even the [[Knight]] from Player's Handbook II and the other 2/3rds of ''Tome of Magic'', some less well received prototypes, were well liked ''concepts'' hampered by bad writing and balance. [[Truenamer]]'s problem of getting ''worse'' as they increase in level is suspiciously similar to the problem of [[Page 42]] however... Ritual magic as something any class can do is known to show up as early as [[D20 Modern]] [[Urban Arcana]].