Recent content by Dayen

I disagree, Lord of the Rings -- I'm assuming we're talking about the Fellowship saga -- is about the ascension of Man to primacy in Middle Earth. Elves are retreating, Dwarves are dying, Hobbits are Hobbits and a select few are extraordinarily heroic. Sauron is basically the reason the old...

I think it depends on you. I'm already writing the setting for my PoL campaign, a formerly dwarven clanhold called Goldbarrow because, surprise, it sits on an enormous gold vein. It also has a relatively unique location, with a large weald to the south, a mountain range on the east separating...

This sort of attitude is exactly the reason why they rarely post anything on the forums any more. No matter how concerned you are, there's someone who's unconcerned and will buy the product, no questions asked. Sure, losing your business may seem like the beginning down a slippery slope, but...

It's not so much a question of "will magic items be balanced against class abilities at the level they become available?" We all know the answer to that: it depends entirely on the DM. The real question, that you all seem to be missing, is "will this be a rock-paper-scissors style game like 3e...

Do you know why so many people play WoW? Because it's fun. Does that particular business model offend you so greatly that you cannot overlook the cartoonish overtures of WoW to see that, at its root, it is essentially the same as D&D? Defenders, Strikers, Controllers and Leaders have always...

It's not the news I wanted (been hoping that +# mechanics had gone the way of the dodo, frankly), but it's not bad news necessarily. If I end up running 4E I imagine my particular outlook on magic items will be "sparing, and little of the "plus" variety and more of the "of goodness" variety."...

My dad plays video games and browses the internets for NFL highlight films. I'm not sure if D&D would appeal to him -- we did get him to play as Russia once for an Axis & Allies game -- because I'm not sure he's into the whole "sit and socialize over a game" thing. Most of the time for him it's...