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that is all theory, taking it from the classroom to the field: The party I DM for is 7 strong, we have a Shardmind Psion - an Eladrin Avenger - a Human Alchemist - a wilden shaman - a genasi sorcerer - a goliath barbarian - a shifter warden in the last encounter the genasi led the group in...

I cannot get my head around a scenario in which d&D is not a game. One thing I found interesting about the eleventyfour million definitions posted, and opinions was the idea that a game has to have a winner or loser, then the arguments about video games. Interesting. Pac-Man ... not a game -...

im a little cloudy on the whole quest for balance in the first place. apparently previous versions of the game have had serious "balance issues" and I have enjoyed them for so long. I can't really foresee a scenario in which I wouldn't enjoy 4e. I am already seeing the monsters deal some...

Dannager well, you win. Myself and every other 4e player are ridiculous, ignorant and clearly in the minority, and suffer the shame of playing the inferior game, both in substance and popularity. Are we done with this yet?

see, I differ with you here I think the purpose of your analogy was really to insult the intelligence of some of the posters here. Also - and this is way more to your point, I enjoy playing d&D4e, and my friends do too. I assure you we are not "ignorant" (your word) just because we ignore the...

ah, but my point was simply to question the validity of unaccredited studies and raise the point that perhaps not everyone shops at amazon.com I am sorry you feel I am casting aspersions on anyone, my curiosity lies in those involved with the ...i believe they are called edition wars in several...

the title of this thread: Pathfinder outselling d&D leads to two big questions for me. 1 - how would one go about finding reliable sales figures for "d&d" 2 - and this is my real question: SO? I promise that the knowledge some other game system is outselling d&D will in NO way detract from the...

In the age of specator sports???? you mean since 2000 bc ??? Also - the prime purpose in sports is winning, in "pick up games" I bet you would find it more common that roles are blurred, even non-exsistant. In pick up games the stakes arent nearly as high. Winning is still the objective...

The Human Target mentioned the easel-board pads of 1" grid paper, and it is huge (27" by 34") I use these, some pre drawn for "set-peice" style encounters. However, lucky me, my wife the school administrator has access to a laminator and plastic laminated 27X34 sheet of grid paper is just as...

here in missouri/central U.S. 4e is the game of choice as far as I can see. I also don't subscribe to the idea that narrow appeal is any indication of a poor system, either. However, if 100 people like game A and 10 people like game B - I am more apt to consider game A first, but that is my...

i think this has been said, but I am captain of the redundancy team if Hasbro was sure that a 5e product would generate profit, it would be on its way to the shelves. As far playing right away and not spending hours learning the rules and character generation, I would suggest you check out the...

here is a terrible idea- lol - the way I roll... I usually come up with an idea for a player backstory while coming up with an adventure. I get an idea like "hey, what if we say Joe's character comes from metropolis, and knows about the sewer system under a certain part of town." I run it by...

first, that's a huge factor I think. My party is 7 strong (with 0 npcs) so they do tend to "buddy up" a lot in battle. I agree that I too would like to see some more thoughts, input, advice on handling marking in general. For the record, I was using giant centipedes and they "bought the...

AS i have said, there have been times I was dead set against something, but the table basically stages a coup and overrules me, it sucks "being wrong" but you have to know when to pull the chute and give in, especially to an entire table. Now, I know my table, and have for such a long time I...

well, here I go putting on the chum suit and diving in the ocean again, none of you will like this answer i suspect player C would get the crap kicked out of him - it's the old spider-man philosophy, "with great power, comes the lion's share of the attacks" I have been the offending player...

shouldn't rule #4 be rule #1 - and wouldn't that cover most if not all issues?

You are never going to please everyone all of the time. Even in my game where the bulk of us have known each other all of our lives disagreements and style clashes occur. If I am the dm and a player is having a bad night because of me, it drastically affects my "fun level". Not because of...

an out of town friend of mine asked me the question, and it got me thinking if "Bob" marks the bear but does 8 HP of damage, and Tom the striker mauls the bear for 40 hp of damage, does the bear blindly obey the mark and attack Bob, or does self preservation kick in and the bear attacks Tom...

here is my question do you know if you are marked? is this a question of intelligence? do animals or natural beasts instinctively know if they are marked, or suffer penalties if they are already engaged with someone else, or, do they have the choice of who to attack replaced with who has last...

I don't think I understand this at all...if you are using your fist as the weapon, and your power knocks something prone, that means your punch knocks the thing prone, right? This is EXACTLY what I am arguing FOR! When a player tries something unusual, he had better have more than "it says...