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I did play the original EQ, I remember. I also remember my drunk bard running at full speed with the song of speed (whose name escapes me, percussion-based song) whipping back and forth at insane speeds (because being drunk meant your character actually physically staggered left and right...

Actually, I don't think this assertion is correct. The copyrights for the Forgotten Realms and the characters created for their novels, including Drizzt (for sure) and by all indications as far as I have been able to research, Elminster, are not owned by their authors at all, but by Wizards of...

Right, and the casters we do have that sacrifice the number of spells known ALREADY gain either raw mechanical power (sorcerers) or more usage (warlocks), as a mechanical precedent. Right now. With the existing classes. Everyone but a sorcerer that is casting that fireball is getting the same...

I don't even mind the Orders as a concept. It fits with psionic orders as presented in Dark Sun and other psi-heavy settings. I also think erudite is silly for a subclass name. The word, "erudite", is...absolutely PERFECT a name for a feat pertaining to a particularly adept scholarly type. But...

Yeah, this is the kind of project you actually take one of your NYT bestsellers, something already exposed to a larger audience than the pnp rpg, and get it done. As much as it might make many people cringe, if you really want to kick off a FR movie franchise, you go for the throat with your...

I still don't see why they can't just call it Psychic instead of Mystic. Psychic covers the entire suite of abilities, without the sci-fi connotations psionic seems to have in the minds of many people. Some Psychics will be telepathic, some telekinetic, some clairsentient, or a mixture thereof...

They have similar effects, yes, but the point of access, and the usage, differ. When a caster is gaining access to 3rd level spells, a paladin is only then gaining access to 2nd level spells. When a cleric is gaining access to 5th level spells, a paladin is merely gaining access to 3rd level...

Yep. Also, I was specifically talking about part of the power increase being a usage increase. See: Warlocks; They get upwards of 4th level spells usable at-will with invocations. Additionally, on a normal day, thanks to short rest recharges, warlocks can actually cast an awful lot of copies of...

I think, as others have pointed out, that arcane magic should be broad in scope. People expect wizardly types to have access to all sorts of abilities at once, masters of utility and choices. However, I think they should be less...focused in power, except for the big flashy stuff that wizards...

It is a related myth from Ireland, and it is only roughly related to the Leshy, apparently. They are totally androgynous, and look so much like foliage that you cannot tell they are anything but until they start moving around. I've only once seen them depicted as a troll-like critter. They...

Yeah, I should probably take it down, but it seemed sufficiently different to me to include it. I also listed Star Wars d20, which I will go remove right now, heh.

First of all, that critter is absolutely nothing like the lesidhe in lore, which are fey spirits who specifically look like foliage, i.e. they appear very plantlike, and are generally shy, non-violent pranksters. As opposed to immortal albino elves concerned greatly with etiquette and formality...

Working in a gaming store 13 yrs led to... Working in a gaming store for 13 years, and playing for a decade before that, led to me playing all of the following games: Alternity Amazing Engine Amber Diceless Roleplaying Ars Magica Big Eyes, Small Mouth Call of Cthulhu Champions/HERO System...

Lesidhe (lay-shee) could be another choice. They are spirits of the forest who always appear to be made of foliage, who protect the woods.

This is basic psychology at work. This is precisely like the people who go to a bookstore and read a book, even from cover to cover, then either buy it (they liked it), or don't (they didn't like it). It was not long ago, at all, that big chain bookstores and little stores alike dissuaded...

Wow, ok, so no epic destiny. This does indeed sound like neo-gestalt rules.

My guess is it will be an epic destiny. You paragon multiclass to dip into at-wills, encounters, dailies and utilities. Then, if you paragon multiclass, you can dual-class at epic to gain access to full-blown class features. I'm guessing it will add more encounters, dailies and utilities, and...

Add me to the "Yes, it is a problem." A big problem. An extremely big problem, and in groups of full-blown optimizers TRYING to ACTIVELY abuse every class as best they can. The Clerics/Druids/Wizards could do everything all the other classes could do, and then some, usually combined. I don't...

*snip all the stuff that has been rehashed repeatedly* 4E doesn't lack fluff. 4E divides fluff and crunch more than previous editions. That is a big difference from a lack of fluff. The crunchy books, such as the Core books, Player's Handbook 2, and so on, are light on fluff, and high on...

I didn't even bother to bring this up, since ANY character with Ritual Caster and a good Wisdom score who is willing to invest in the Heal skill can be a rock-solid out-of-combat healer. But, yes, you are very much right with this point. With considerably less investment, a Druid makes a...