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That, or they'll keep the first round confined to the core mechanic (zero modules) to get solid and concise feedback on that.

I voted "other" because I'd acutally like to see fewer spell levels, like 5. This could work well with the flattened power curve and makes balancing spell lists against another easier. Finally, I think the nine-tier-system has too many redundant spells that can be cut by reducing the number of...

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Poll choices: Human Dwarf Half-Elf Githzerai Other races specification: Air Genasi

The usual stuff here, everyone CN except the token paladins and monks, here's the rundown: LG LN CG CN CN CN

I'm glad OCD will never be a problem for us roleplayers. We all agree on it, just *how we go about it* might incite minor flame wars from time to time.

I'd like to see modifier deflation as much as the next guy, but let's not forget that using a d20, this can get really swingy fast, especially if the system is built on opposed checks. Then a +4 difference between a novice and an expert amounts to almost nothing. I'm sure the check system will...

Just goes to show that Icelandic chicks are cooler than the rest. Get it? Cooler.

That's not a cap. That's having to raise your prime stat(s) every way you can, leaving all others by the wayside. The OP is hinting at the opportunity to take of these other stats, lessening the huge disconnect between "needed" and "unneded" stats in 3/4e.

Disagree. 3D6 in order, crumble up character sheet, rinse, repeat IS D&D ;-)

On board. In the end, I even favour the 3d6 roll over 4d6, drop lowest. The only reason to have a 3-18 range and let PCs play in the top division almost everywhere is to give them a sense of superiority vis-a-vis the world's NSCs. Since I don't buy into the PCs-are-heroes-from-level-1-creed, I...

This is the single best thing I could possibly hear about the basic rules.

What a pickle, this one. Whatever they do in the end, they are going to call the Thousandfold Nerdrage unto their heads. Myself, I want to say a million things, but simply don't know where to start...

I wonder how these 100% relate to what they said about the game's three pillars. Does it mean that all fighter abilities will be (at least partially) combat related? As to the rest: Sorry, folks, but I can't help finding these damage-based calculations rather silly. I have never seen Charm...

Level 13, in fact. But the status effects piled up after a round's worth of PC attacks on an elite monster. However, I didn't say that it was the only beef we had with the system, it just happened to be 4e's last straw. I stand corrected, wasn't sure about that. Nooooo, you got it all wrong...

Not entirely, no. It was 3.5 because that was what we had played before and also the only other system some of the players knew.

Incidentally the point where we stopped playing 4e literally mid-session and made new 3.5 characters was when the DM was told something like "you're stunned (save ends), then you're blinded for 3 rounds".

My thoughts exactly. I think the designers are havin a laugh right now reading our reactions. Went over the top there, didn't you? I doubt many old-timey players will disagree that there needs to be some consistency. Damage is the real red rag here.

I don't think that the point of DR is to make a monster extremely tough to kill, but rather, as you point out, to reflect some lore aspect (like werewolves and silver). You could reflect that by giving them a buttload of HP and have silver weapons deal double damage, but I don't find that a...

Actually, that second point was originally about full spell recovery after each rest. Now, instead of going on a limb as a DM to create situations where the PCs simply can't rest because of the danger of assault (a situation which they will still defeat most of the time using the aforementioned...