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I find this an interesting take... because I personally have not had this issue with Exhaustion and death saves that you seem to think is in place? Which makes me wonder if perhaps my methodology of "combining" the Exhaustion chart and death saving throws is different than how you are...

This is a lot like how I do my death and dying rules for my normal games, as I also use the 6-level Exhaustion chart in place of the 3 Death Saves chart. Thus as you mentioned, when one reaches 0 HP they gain Level 1 Exhaustion. Every additional hit they take gives them another level, crit...

I would feel more bad about that if there hadn't already been dozens of things WotC has done to create "trust issues" in certain people that they have been complaining about for decades. I'm willing to bet that anyone who is truly upset that WotC has released a couple minor bits only on DDB...

Completely unrelated? I wouldn't say so. A person thinks they should be able to buy something they currently can't have, when they aren't buying something they currently can. Both sides are an inverse to each other. And thus in my opinion related.

I ain't arguing the game... I'm arguing the poorly-described narrative. ;)

A truly stupid idiot would not be able to beat a genius in one out of every 5 tests of intelligence. And "luck" would not be the answer to explain why they do.

Does everyone buy every single thing that someone (like WotC) offers to them? If the answer is 'No', then WotC is likewise under no obligation to make everything they offer available to everyone. (General) you aren't going to buy everything they offer... they don't have to offer everything for...

All this is to say that in relation to the original post... reducing an ability modifier by a point or 2 won't really accomplish anything of note because you'll still have those 20 potential points from the d20 to compensate for almost all the loss from the ability score reduction. You reduce...

I'm not denying the 18 INT person is smarter. But I'm saying the 6 INT person is not an "idiot" or "moron" or any of the other descriptors people keep using to describe characters with low stats. People keep insisting that ability scores define the level of which a character is at for that...

How often are extended competitions asked for though for most checks? I would submit rarely. A portcullis is blocking a path... the DM asks for a Strength check. The "buff superman" with the 20 STR rolls a 4 for a total of 9... and the STR 5 "weakling" rolls the 19 and gets a 16, thereby...

I'm just referring to actual strength (or any of the six scores.) Magic items or bonuses for class features or whatnot aren't a part of that. People keep saying things like having a bad score like a 6 INT means their character is a moron and that PC should be roleplayed like they are a moron...

I would submit that attack skill and raw Strength are not the same thing. When a -1 modifier Strength character can defeat a +4 modifier Strength character 1 out of every 4 rolls (give or take), I would not say one's a strongman and the other's a weakling. They both have strength. The modifier...

Reducing modifiers by a point or two doesn't really mean much when you are still adding upwards of 20 points to it via the die roll. That's the thing... A PC's Strength isn't "+3". Their Strength is actually "4-23". That is the complete range of what your Strength could be at any moment in...

Exactly. One would pay $6 to get that month's value for it. No more, no less. And nothing in the future. If one didn't want to pay the $6 for that month's usage of DDI... they could unsubscribe. Subscribing and paying $6 gave you exactly what they said it would. That month's usage of the tools.

If (general) you think they are selling you the same thing twice, just don't buy it. No one is required to buy every product.