Recent content by GoodKingJayIII

Haven't posted here in a long time. Just wanted to say this is a great thread, and I'm really enjoying the story and the demonstration of your 4e experience! Both are excellent.

Damn. This sounds like a great article. I should probably subscribe to the insider. I am doing a lot of stuff with Bane, Ioun, and hobgoblins in my campaign so this stuff sounds pretty relevant.

Wow. Haven't posted here in a while. I'm very sorry to hear about this round of layoffs, but I'm particularly sad to see Dave Noonan and Jonathan Tweet go. Those guys do great work, and Wizards needs more designers like them.

I am perplexed that we have so constrained our imaginations that the only way we can picture an ally hauling his friend out of the muck and blood is with magical juju. Plenty of examples of real life where these things happen without incantations and holy mumbo-jumbo. I have my own criticisms...

Considering that the DDI was supposed to come out in June, I'd say they had about a 4 month problem. And it still doesn't have all the services promised.

I've only just started my 4e campaign, so it's difficult for me to really address your problems with concrete experience. I will say that others have not had the same experience as you, and have found combat quite challenging and deadly (reporting one or more PCs down per combat). Hopefully...

I won't make a judgment before seeing the book, but I am deeply uncomfortable with stacking hit points. There's a reason they're not meant to combine. I know that "rules of exception trump general rules," but have we already begun moving down a road that ends with an exception to every general...

Chalk me up as a "reference" guy. I've always read the books to do research for my games and to keep myself fresh on the rules. Cover-to-cover doesn't work for me.

So a move away from the "super hero high fantasy" and more towards "sword-n-sorcery dungeon crawling"? I think a lot of those elements are already in place in 4e. Perhaps the art isn't as much to your liking, but the mechanics lend themselves to it more than 3rd edition. Though I confess I...

I think Stephen King is given less credit than he deserves sometimes. He's written some junk, but he spins a damn good yarn. Whether they'll look back and call him one of the greatest writers of our time, no one can say. I have no idea how to answer this question. But I do think we'll be...

I think what many crave from D&D is a shared story. The common experience that has bound the game across editions. This could be Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Darksun, Birthright, or some other setting applied to the D&D game, but it has to be meaningful and reach people. A lot of people don't...

I like 4e a lot. I think it's a solid foundation, lacking in some content. I confess I don't know exactly what "1e feel" is, and some posters' definitions don't line up with one another. It sounds like something that's not easy to nail down. But if it improves the game, then I'm all for it.

Aha, you're right. Go go, reading comprehension. :erm:

Huh. That's not how I read it. I see the damage one would "normally roll to calculate damage" as the [W] damage only. Everything else is extra. To be fair though, this response is ridiculously vague.

Well... certainly not the outcome I expected! Your heroes did some very non-heroic things this time around: deserting the military, attacking soldiers, leaving the noble behind. It's very Darwinian. Not the impression I got of them in the first post, but it sounds like self-preservation is...