Recent content by Arkham Angel

Yes, I've got the answer for all of you. :D Just wait and wait a bit longer. Give it six months and then buy your books from some cheap reseller at Amazon.com. I never stay on the cutting edge of anything. It's cheaper that way.

Why? Is that a balance problem? It sounds pretty realistic to me.

Here's how I envisioned PA in the first place; I'm sure it's already been thought of but hey.. Give up an amount of AC and apply it to your damage. You must announce before the round begins. I see it is as you are opening yourself up for a perfect position to strike with the most damage...

I agree with AWizardInDallas, but your statement about deviation is true. It's all up to the DM to balance the game in order to match the way he/she and the players want their game world to be. I take all the treasure tables and entitlements and throw them out. I can decide what a monster has...

Create a concept. This is the first thing I've seen about 4E that I like. The characters and the story are by far more important than the "rules".

Good point and well taken. Certainly I know little about 4E, but from what I can tell is that the designers are trying to think for us and sell us on a product with rules that are rigid and constricting.. not to mention all this crazy stuff about doing damage when missing, at will powers and...

Why would we need another edition to accomplish that friend? We have our own house rules to make the game challenging and fun as it stands.

It's all about the money IMO friend... all about the money. The WOTC needs to give Hasbro a reason to justify their existence.

I've read a bit about the new 4th edition and watched the demo at Gen Con. It seems to me like the salesmen were saying that they're streamlining the rules (they're rules and not guidelines now?) by seemingly dumbing the system down. Stuff like grapple and power attack aren't hard to remember...