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I agree, and if they directly addressed why it is a character can take more and more damage as they go up in levels, I wouldn't argue the point, even if I didn't particularly like their explanation. Can you point me to where they've done so? Without that, I don't see any justification for the...

That may be what they say now, but they got the concept of hit points from earlier editions, where it was quite explicit that they didn't all represent physical damage. If the arguments people are making here that are bunk, then so are hit points, since those arguments are paraphrases of the...

My condolences. :(

Our long time DM was the first to find out about the new edition, got excited from what he heard, and decided to convert our 17 year 1e campaign right after he saw the PHB. It's a 20 year 1e campaign now, but hopefully it will never get to drink. My wife did start a game a couple years ago...

The Elmore painting may well have been prompted by the Stargate stargates, however, I think similiar things had popped up in SF and fantasy art a number of times prior to Stargate (whether through diffusion or independent innovation). The designs in the painting are so basic and look like so...

I skimmed over the earlier article, and these new classes aren't really modeled on the old ones. In particular, none of these are terribly closely tied to a church (though neither is the 3e paladin). I'll try not to be too specific, but will give some of the less obvious features/differences...

But the editors can be a little more specific: "Specialist clerics provide new options for all 20 levels. This new take on the cleric class brings distinctive powers and imaginative flavor to the religions in your campaign world." That was (and still is) one of the articles I was looking...

Isn't Justin Bacon writing the Art of War book for Troll Lords? I think it was Matt Colville that did the initial work on Fields of Blood.

My condolences.

Some of the variant fighters also get special abilities or feats for free at early levels, and a few have other benefits or limitations. The "survivalist" isn't listed as having any special abilities at all. If this is correct, perhaps they should have included some note about it, so people...

I think I prefer static art for a DM's screen, or at least a bigger panorama less focused on a particular combat. Something nice to look at if I focus on it, but not pushing its way into my perceptions when I'm trying to focus on the game. I like Wayne Reynolds art a lot, and I like these...

I just got it a few minutes ago. The artwork on the screen is by Wayne Reynolds, the same art as in the three 3.5 ads in the last issue. Gimble, the druid[?] guy, and the elven archer [ranger?] gal on the left, the devil standing on bodies on the right, and the two-page spread of them fighting...

The breadth of the changes isn't so much an issue for us -- since we still haven't gotten around to converting our 1e game, and the 3e game just got to second level -- but the group as a whole really doesn't want to buy new books. Our games are nonstandard enough already that we're not concerned...

Palmdale Inc. (It's not actually anachronistic; though the society's now at a quasi-renaissance level, the world was colonized by refugees from 21st century Earth.) Early in the group's career, it came upon a small, declining town and offered to make it prosperous again if they could run the...

Though I checked the third answer, our complicated combats are usually either too complicated or at least a hassle to do with miniatures. If we need a visual representation, it's generally scribbled out on pieces of scrap paper. Occasionaly we'll use dice or knick-nacks. The closest to actual...

I really am sorry to hear this. Though I haven't had that many deallings with you, your posts have always stuck in my mind as a huge part of what I think of when I think of EN World. Good luck with this, and everything else in your life.

Our games also deviate vastly from the assumed norms of D&D, and go on for years and years. Also, we're not really that focused on playing D&D as...well, a game. D&D gives us a framework for the parts of the adventures we find entertaining, but at this point in our lives, very few people in the...

Happy Birthday! And thanks for all the hassles you've gone through to keep this site going.

I've always been able to get the free products by themselves without meeting the minimum $5.00 order. Have they changed things since Saturday?

You can find some nice 15th and 16th century images of elephants in warfare (and hunting) here: http://www.spongobongo.com/elephant.htm Oh, and if you liked the Bayeux Tapestry link, but are running a D20 Modern game, look here: http://www.virtue.to/articles/beowulf.html