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Scythe. :)

Part 1 (Island at the Axis of the World) contains only a jpeg of the cover. The rest of the links do contain pdfs of the relevant...

Another note: It's in the PHB2 that things start to get messy; the Invoker is a Chain-wearing Controller that uses the...

I think you're on the right track with the class balance angle. Looking at the base PHB, the controller's in cloth, the strikers are in...

It's not about what was introduced later, it's what was included at the start. Hammers vs axes vs heavy blades very much stood out in...

That seems to be more of a flavor thing, then, precisely because the feats for weapon groups already do the job of differentiating the...

I'm not seeing a mechanical reason for why, say, an enchantment that gives a weapon bonus damage when you have combat advantage should...

It wasn't. But continuing on: They don't, but thanks for this statement. Even the red dragon hits the good on a 7, and only with...

I'm not going to dispute this information at all. I agree with it. What I disagree with is the idea that the '50/50' hit rate creates...

Alright. So I took a step back and tried to look at these issues with a fresh mind. What is complicating this discussion is that you...

IMO this boils down to the point that the game may well be designed to make high level monsters hit much more often than low level...

While I get what you're saying, the math doesn't include damage outlay from the monsters vs player's non-numerical defenses (hp...

To make my point a little better: You have people using math (but not actual play) to suggest that the game is hard at high levels, and...

Oh, I think also if a power is particularly accurate (weapon vs NADs or flat bonus), it's worth one weapon die for every +2, but I...

One thing that you can absolutely be sure of is that people who play or played 1e AD&D don't know the rules.