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Rage I've talked about in post 33. You're right about Defensive Roll and Stunning Fist: they are much less plausible, but they weren't a core part of the game's mechanics. That implausibility has become widespread in 4e.

The quote couches in a pop culture reference the idea that attempting too much verisimilitude within the rules is silly. How much is too much? Evidently thinking that being able to hit someone hard more than once a day is too much. Your post also notes the irony of someone with a similar quote...

Oh, of course. As a gamer with a MA Econ (since we're flashing creds ;)) I'm a huge fan of economies of scale and bulk discounts. That's one of the reasons I dislike the pejorative tone gamersgambit took with the large retailers. And gamersgambit, DA is absolutely right: service is the arena...

"Pay no attention to the things about the game system you dislike; they're an abstraction, and if you don't think so you're being silly." Is that about what you're trying to say?

You want me to pay you a premium for goods I can get more cheaply and more conveniently? If you want that, you have to give me a reason. This thread has already provided suggestions. This is absolute arrogance. Neither you nor people like you cradled me in my gaming infancy. No gaming store...

Nifft, this is a poor and dismissive solution to a valid point.

Rage is a bit different than trying to hit someone as hard as you can; rage physically alters you. It's like you're on short-term high-impact anabolic steroids that make you unable to think straight (no actions or skills that require concentration). More levels in barbarian give you better...

They try to do them all the time. But they aren't restricted by metagame rules that say they don't even have them as an option to attempt.

I have never been in more pain, put as much physical exertion in, and be entirely as wiped out as when I pulled 2000m race pieces on a rowing ergometer in college. You are expected to use every last ounce of energy in the race so that you collapse, having reached muscle failure, immediately...

Hey there. I'm looking for a forum or thread for feedback on the new boards (Bonzer job, by the way). Do I post here in Meta, or is there a specific place for that?

More specifically, until next Tuesday when he cracks 2k.

The question has a faulty premise: There has never been a Ford truck better than a Chevy. ...Unless we're talking about being better at breaking down. ;)

With regard to Tolkien dwarves, check out Nibelungenlied. For his elves, there are the Sidhe. Goblins, Brownies, Gnomes... they all have their roots in folklore. In a lot of ways, Tolkien took what was out there and changed it slightly to suit his purpose. But the stereotypes of elves being...

It is not, however, unrealistic for a marketing department to realize that having prior edition's introductory merchandise compete with your shiny new edition is a bad stupid thing. This has nothing to do with the clerk, dude; the Basic Box shouldn't have been on the shelf to begin with.

Epic Fail by WotC marketing, I think; not by the Borders clerk.

*rolls d20* .......... Successful Open Thread Lock check. SNEAK BUMP ATTACK!

Quit turning Bumpthreads into Edition Bumpwars! !qmud

Heh. You've found the Thin Red Rule.

Eh? Fill me in on this, if you have the chance. Also, are stores not accepting returns on the 4e PHB?

I fell in love with Vancian magic when I read Rhialto the Marvellous. Then I found Mostin the Metagnostic in Sepulchrave's story hour and jumped in love with Vancian magic. Sepulchrave mentioned an electron valence theory of 3e spellcasting to validate the mechanics, and I thought it was so...