Recent content by Durlok

No typo as far as we know. That's why you get two attacks.

DM fiat means more work for me, both in terms of figuring out an appropriate call and making sure my calls on it thereafter are consistent. I dislike having more work to do, because as is both play, prep, and sleep time are very limited for me. :P Some of us - including some DMs - want the...

Unless I misunderstand, you're just saying that the DM and players can fill in fluff. While true, that takes a lot of work - honestly, I'm not sure it's any less work than tweaking iffy mechanics. For those who don't *have* a lot of time to write/rewrite functional fluff, this can be a problem.

Why do you want to try 4e? I'm assuming you like parts of the system you've heard about - well, tell your group about them. Presumably they'll either like the ideas enough to want to try the new system, or they'll be turned off by them and won't. If it's the latter then, well... you're...

There some powers in the PHB that let you knock an opponent prone - so, essentially, trip. I don't believe there're any disarm powers. Stunts... There's a brief section about what to do if your players want to do something in combat that's not covered by the rules. It seems to amount to...

I doubt the extra cost will be that crippling, honestly. Of course, when the Swordmage is published, I figure there's at least a 50-50 chance it'll come along with either a feat, weapon ability, or something else that allows you to use a weapon in place of an implement. Or we'll get it shortly...

It's not the best I've ever seen, but I'd say that the quality of what I've seen is consistently higher than most of what 3.x had. I like it.

Regarding Eladrin vs. Elves... It's just the name. From what I can tell, Eladrin are mostly just the old "High Elves" - the less tree-hugging sort of elf. They haven't changed that much except in name. As for tieflings and dragonborn, though, I think they stem from how many people wanted to...