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My apologies. I didn't want to insinuate that you (or Ryan) had never read a book or didn't know about the difference between the respective attractions of the and outer eye (to use your terms). What I said was: as long as people feel the attraction of the former, and they will as long as they...

Mystery files: Amazon.com should have gone out of business in 1994. Why didn't it? No offense, but unlike you I had a hard time to not burst out laughing at that part in Ryan's blog post. Take a step back and try to discern a single difference of the bit I quoted to: The brilliance of...

Here's something to consider. Belongs to 3.5, but its d20 after all. Hex Grid :: d20srd.org

This is just my own private theory, but in actuality Paizo has made some great effort to provide 4E content in their modules. Not 4E stat blocks, of course (these are pretty easy to pick up if you got the 4E MM1 and MM2), but modules that contain more than the occasional nod to 4E. Just to...

I could be reading this wrong, but this comes off as a veiled insult. And whence the preoccupation to detect/impugn "motifs" to the asking of questions instead of wishing to see them answered? I'm sure you (and, more specifically, PirateCat) remember the other recent thread where Scott did...

That's John and Carol of Games Keeper. Wonderful people who put great effort to bring the D&D Games Days to Oxford (Weekend in the Realms etc). And, basically any time a new 4E hardcover reaches their shop, they email us to let us know it's here. Home

I found Joe Goodman's posting extremely valuable. While I don't know why Goodman felt it necessary to dedicate the latter part of his post to the fate of 4E in general, I think the first bit, about Goodman Games' fate within 4E, is undoubtedly valuable. It shows that Goodman picked a really...

My FLGS in Britain sent an email which specifies which goodies people can pick up at stores which participate at Platinum level. The numbers will surely vary from store to store, but may help you decide how quickly you ought to make it to your FLGS on Saturday. Happy hunting, everyone! Chessex...

Yes, that's how I rationalize the whole Greg Leeds interview, and his wise decision to (so far) not make good on his promise to EnWorld readers to return with a clear statement of his vision for D&D's future.

What Mr Rouse said on this thread gives me insight into what the current game at this point is about, as much as the rule books, designer blogs, and the two preview books WotC released itself do that. I'm intensely interested in 4E's design goals because I am convinced, by long time experience...

This post had me burst out laughing. Thank you Obryn, that's a very valid and at the same time light hearted response to my attempts to extrapolate evidence for digital impact in 4E's design. Scott, thanks too for taking the trouble to spell out the quotes we brought up. I'm extremely grateful...

@Mustrum Ridcully There are two issues here, really. 1. Which distances got nerfed by a couple of squares? 2. Which in-game elements got nerfed to DDM-scale-distances from non-DDM-scale-distances? (Or, more abstractly, which in-game possibilities for PCs and monsters were formerly outside...

The OP asked a simple question. Why were 3D-distances nerfed in 4E? I haven't seen that question answered. Until then, I'm personally not willing to dismiss the hypothesis that one goal of doing that was to accomodate virtual gaming tables. Speaking of quotes, here's another one. Pretty...

This. I've still only experienced a fraction of the adventures out there, and I'd like to experience them with as many different PCs as possible - using one of the bazillion options in 4E. Right now, I've prepped a handful of PCs I want to run in a friend of mine's 4E Al-Qadim campaign (based...

I loved the way your final question points to a possible divergence, depending on who your ask or in what function (as DM or player) you ask them this question. I fully concur as a GM with your comment on Grognardia, but wanted to say how options presented to the GM need not be options...

For what it's worth, you could run with the basic idea easily enough in 3E. Simply set the PC's Balance/Jump/Tumble check DC at the monster's defense "score" (simply assume the monster is taking 10 for its Save roll). Then gather the necessary "average damage per level" numbers from the...

That's the most useful thing I've "learnt" about setting stunt DCs on the fly...ever! Meaning, the numbers are sitting on the table looking straight at me (monster stat blocks). Thanks! Now, I realize what you say actually appears on page 42 of the DMG (s.v. "If the action is essentially an...

Could you present your proposal in a table format? I can see a couple of good ideas in there, but my head spins from comprehending your proposal in its entirety... Btw what does "resist" mean, and what's the number next to it? The DC number? Anyway, I'd hope that giving us a table would...

I can't comment on wizards, but I found it odd that you mentioned fighters and rogues. Martial Power doubled the number of at-wills for fighter (to 8 in total) but only added a single at-will for rogues. So I guess we have to factor in: 1) the new range of utility powers, where rogues get...

That's beautiful and I try to to that as much as I can in my own games too. But one thing I constantly stumble over is to allocate proper DCs. To be sure, page 42 in the DMG correlates specific outputs of damages to skill use DCs - but what about the other conditions - knocking prone, dazing a...