Recent content by Aezoc

I'm really trying to keep this from being a threadcrap, but this just seems like two pages of people trying to explain how 4e's abstract mechanics can mesh with various narrative interpretations, and PsyRobot arguing it. Statements like "it shouldn't have to be that way..." and "that's a failing...

I disagree. Remember that dealing the target's bloodied value in damage is an auto-kill with CDG. As a random example, take a level 10 fighter with a greataxe, vs. a helpless minotaur warrior (first level 10 soldier I saw in the MM). The minotaur's bloodied at 53 HP, and the fighter can use...

I like Illusory Wall and Maze of Mirrors. Conceptually I like Phantasmal Terrain and Enemies Abound, but I have mechanical nitpicks with both - if Phantasmal Terrain is illusory, why isn't there any ability to disbelieve it? And Enemies Abound gives flanking, but the target still attacks you and...

Yeah, from http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20080425a So that part won't work. I know you wanted to discuss the RAW, but I sort of doubt there's anything written one way or the other about how clearly one creature can visually indicate a particular square to another creature. :D I...

I don't have the books, but at least in 3e pointing and yelling "Get him!" would be a free action. So your warlock does his thing and hides. Depending on the enemies' initiative order, the dragonshields either blindly attack likely squares, or the wyrmpriest goes first and points out where you...

I think the fact that this even needs to be said about a level 15 power being used on a god kinda speaks volumes about the potential for abuse. I figure I've got some time to get more comfy with the system and ponder house rules before this comes up in my games, but a power with no real cap on...

300 is another good example of defenders (sword and board defenders, no less) being badasses. To be fair though, even those of my group that like to play defender archetypes are a little gun-shy now after how badly outclassed fighters and paladins were at high levels in 3e. As others have...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 4e multiclassing as simple as using feat slots to pick up class features from other classes? If that's true, then it seems to be a much more fluid thing than in previous editions, and I don't really see the problem. Rangers have an option to go down a TWF path...

So, uh... if the DM adjusts the world around the PCs' abilities, isn't that kind of... not a sandbox game at all? Which was, y'know, the topic of the thread? Sandbox gaming may not appeal to everyone, but one of the defining characteristics IMO is that there's a world out there that the PCs can...

From everything I've seen of 4e so far, I'm excited because it does seem much better suited to sandbox gaming than 3e was. The biggest difference in my mind is that 3e tried to use a unified ruleset for PCs and NPCs, and 4e doesn't try. Oftentimes in sandbox-style games, I had to do a lot of DM...

Obligatory IANAL disclaimer again. The definition of Open Gaming Content according to the OGL v1.0a is (emphasis mine) To me, this means that a book of all new feats, magic items, and classes could be entirely closed, i.e. not released under the OGL at all, if you want it to be. If anyone knows...

IANAL, but a lot of this strikes me as being very wrong. This is an incorrect analogy. Valve licenses its engines to other companies who then use the engine to produce games which directly compete with Valve's. Ubisoft's Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is the first one that comes to mind. Now...

I don't really see anything in that post to contradict Lizard's point. So far I don't think anything stated about the GSL really prevents you from making a separate game. Not technically standalone since you can't have creation/advancement rules, but otherwise distinct from D&D. I'm also very...

Would it really make that much of a difference if Str provided slightly more benefit to wizards, Int to rogues, etc? I don't see how it matters, honestly. Anyone who's picking their stats to flesh out a character concept they have will do so regardless, and anyone who wants to min/max still...

In my mind, yes. I don't pretend to have any insight into how WotC sees it, but from a consumer's PoV, the end state of 3/3.5e 3rd party publishing was much better than the state right after release. When 3e came out, the 3rd party market was basically flooded, because the barrier to entry was...