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Actually, 95 was good. 98 was horrible, and that's why we got 98 second edition. Then ME was bad, XP good, and so on

So bassically you pre-script the scene, and let the players think they have some influence in the result, while it's actually a fate thing? I mean: the PC roll and win Initiative, but you ignore that, because the bd guys have some thing they are going to do that is already scripted. They do it...

But that does not belong to the PLAYER handbook.

So you don't do things like rolling for initiative, saving throws, or hit point damage? Do you adjudicate that on the fly, as long as it fits in the narration?

Yes, but when I decide my fighter is going to be some kind of switch hitter, with feats for both improved ranged accuracy and cleaving with a two hander, nothing changes in the world. But when my PC decides that he is not going to follow Pelor, the God of sun and protection, but Peloooor, the...

My issue is not about rewarding those who dumped str on purpose. It's about rewarding those who really shouldn't be taking it. If a player took the fighter, and really want to be the party's powerhouse, and he spent his point buy or best roll to get 18 str, then when the gauntlet drops, it's...

Which cause? That cause might be embodied by one of the icons, gods, deities, paragons, or whatever name you want to call them. If your cause is to defend every single innocent, then you follow The Protector. Just like my Moradin Cleric Dwarf, that Pelor cleric, and the Bahamut templar over there.

It is much much worse. It favors dumping stats, and it means those items will go to secondary melee chars. If your fighter has18 str and your melee cleric has 16, a 19 (or even 20) str gauntlet or belt will go to tje cleric beceause it is a waste in the fighter It should give stuff valid for...

There are many of them with more than six. World of darkness have 9. Runequest has 7. Marvel super heroes has 7. Rolemaster has a lot of them.

That's why you roll to attack only once and save time.

I find it curious that 4e gets the blame of all things it did, and some things that were done in 3rd edition too. Like the homogeneous XP chart.

Well, if I look to Olympic games, I don't see any case where women excel at physical attributes more than men. Strength is obvious: weightlifting or hammer throwing. Dexterity: sports where coordination, aim or quickness are the main attribute. Men win in diving, sharpshooting, and table...

You mean it could be confusing to use the same word for different things?

I didn't say *Current* modifiers (in the playtest) are balanced or positive. that does not mean 4e/pathfinder bonus, or Birthright based modifiers are like the current bonus. I'm kind of intrigued about how you would balance gender bonus, though. Specially with the physical bonus not being a...

Against a DC 15, a 20 DEX elf has 100% more chances to dodge than the peasant. He has double the chance to dodge, which isn't too shabby.

That's true. Glorfindel, Finarfin and other high level elven warriors were able to defeat Balrogs just fine. Comparing Gandalf to Aragorn is not a good way to measure warriors vs wizards in LOTR, as Gandalf is a very high level wizard (being almost an angel), and Aragorn is just lvl 5-6 or so...

That's not true. In Birthright, different humans subgrooups had different stat bonus. So D&D has gone that route before. Gender is a different issue. Mental attributes would be the same for both genders, while physical attributes are a net possitive bonus for males. Nobody would play females if...

I disagree. Humans should have bonus, but based on culture (or "subrace" as the game names it for non-humans). The average Iceland guy lose a marathon to the average ethiopian guy, and the average ethiopian guy lose vs an icelander throwing the hammer.

If I were to redo the system, with no care of legacy or backwards compatibility, I'd split Wisdom into Intuition and Spirit/willpower, and I'd add "fighting" as a stat too (like the F in Marvel Super Heroes FASERIP) I'd like to point that D&D once had 12 abilities, in Skills and powers, were all...

But the HP of creatures also inflated. So it was not an advantage. I remember being able to kill a pit fiend in the charge with my half elf two weapon fighting myrmidon fighter at lvl 15 in AD&D2e. In 3e, I couldn't. I could, in a full round (not in the charge). Sure, in 3e I could do double the...