Recent content by Smerg

Ok, In this thread I have shown 1> The intellectual property and legal side to the choice of something like Golden Wyvern which is backed up by WotC developers like Mike Mearls. 2> The naming is comparable to real world naming of organizations. 3> The naming is comparable to gaming models...

Could I tell from the words Red Mages or Mages of Thay that I would want to put tattoos on my butt? Yet, if either of those terms replaced the Golden Wyverns would you be having this same concern? The arguement on the usage of the name relating to the actual rule mechanics has not been in...

Here is a list of real world secret societies (note can you spot the fake society?) Skull and Bones Freemasons Rosicrusions Ordo Templis Orientis Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn The Knights Templar The Illuminati The Bilerberg Group The Priory of Sion Opus Dei How much differance is there in...

Why should it only be wizards? Why should it not be fighters searching for special teachers of hidden manuvers? Why should it not be clerics seeking forgotten prayers or rituals? Why should it not be Paladins seeking to learn all but forgotten techniques of smiting? It should not be just...

Now, I voted for WotC should not change the name. I voted for that not because I thought that was the best response but because I thought that was closest to the correct response. There is something that many people have failed to do when they have a poll like this. They have failed to do...

Just a couple of points. 1> There was another playtest report with characters around level 2 to 3 at most (they had survived their first dungeon crawl). In WotC GregB campaign, he describes in his playtest 5 report where the Eladrin fighter traveled far enough in one jump to leave his...

So how long will it take a player in a campaign to name their Iron Sigil Dwarf mage 'Iron Orbs'? The opposite effect will though happen on the counter pick-up lines. 'Isn't your wand a bit small for a wizards?'

I would be fine with that. I also like the stumbling around part of JRR's post.

Spells like Shield, Mage Armour, Divine Favour, Entropic Shield, and Shield of Faith are all great examples of 1st level spells that exist. The problem in Vancian style of magic was that they took spots in your repetoir to use these spells. These spells should have been made automatic/at will...

I like the idea that there will still be a Primary Implement and this will be a 'meaningful' choice for the mage. It is nice to not look around a group of mages and see them as carbon copies of yourself to beg/borrow/spells from.

I think this is a sad way to go. Why? Ok, a mage or cleric has the ability to warp reality or request miracles and they 'need' to strap on some hunk of metal?? Please, they should be able to protect themselves with their magic or faith. To say that they must strap on a hunk of metal to be...

This is a mixture of two concepts. The first idea is the requirement for material items. Clerics had it easy as they could by one small wood icon at level 1 and still be using it at level 20. Mages were 'technically' supposed to be hunting down bits of bat guano, broken mirrors, and all sorts...

Remember to drop the 3e mindset. 3e and previous editions had magic using Vancian style casting. Psi was different to magic because it was a spell point/power point system. With the end of Vancian system and the movment to a unified slot system with riders; do you think that the Spell...

Kundum in his report on classes stated that healing works better in the presence of a Cleric. This could be either a multiplier or it could be the level or wisdom bonus of the cleric affects healing spells used within a certain range of them. They are thus living altars of their faith or...

WotC Johnathan Tweet posted a picture that may or may not <wink wink nudge nudge say no more> on his blog. The picture has possibly a warforged 4e model on what might be a 4e playtest with possibly rules lying in the background. link...