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No, I did not. First: The sidebar is a suggestion, not the default condition, so the full damage dice still applies by default. Second: My commentary regarding threat ranges compares standard D&D (i.e. using the usual HP rules, not VP/WP) to Spycraft/Stargate SG-1/Star Wars (which use VP/WP)...

No, you got it wrong. If the rogue got a critical hit, then he would do 1d4(dagger)+10d6(Sneak Attack) directly to the target's WP. This is the established rule, as this is how it works in Spycraft, Stargate SG-1 and Star Wars; this is a feature, not a bug; additional damage sources (such as...

Spycraft, Stargate SG-1 & Star Wars, as they are the extant VP/WP users. And yes, you understand correctly. This is why critical threat ranges are smaller than standard D&D, and why other games that use this paradigm often alter or change entirely the proceedure regarding the confirmation of...

That's not necessarily true. AEG's Modern Arms Guide goes into loving and useful detail about the qualities that differentiate one model from another. The book does this by adding a few additional traits--Accuracy, Recoil--and putting traits to some models (e.g. Takedown: Target must make...

Note: It is established that Sneak Attack (and other attacks that work in a similiar manner) goes straight to Wounds on a critical hit under the VP/WP paradigm.

Scott made a move in the last month and his access is rather unreliable, at best.

He gets my money. It ain't worth having on DVD without the extras.

Orlando Bloom's Paris sounds just like his Legolas and his Will Turner. He needs to remember to vary his delivery.

A follow-up effort revealed that, on average, five gamers used two PHBs; usually the GM had one of his own and the players shared one copy. This confirmed a trend of many tabletop players not spending much on the hobby; the bulk of the money came from the GMs, who also tend to be the majority...

I'm not; most gamers aren't willing to try things that are totally new- or even appear that way, but aren't.

Throwing out everything but humans is a viable option; throwing out humans as well is not because one of the purported non-human races will end up morphing into the "human" race anyway- you might as well keep 'em.

Worlds that are all flash and no substance are lame; I'm tired of seeing settings featuring societies that lack the fundamental concepts required for such things to exist.

All that D&D needs to achieve that goal is a class-based AC bonus and a lowered Massive Damage Threshold.

So far, just the Shadowforce Archer and Exalted releases as well as Unearthed Arcana.

As former First Lady Nancy Reagan said: "Just Say 'No.'"

Arcane Strike is made for classes like the Hexblade. Got a useless spell for your situation? Burn it for some extra melee combat power!

Paragraph breaks and proper formatting ceased to be optional over a century ago.

I voted "No." I would prefer something akin to the Force rules in SW or the Psionics rules in SFA: a system driven by Feats and skills, powered by (in D&D terms) nonlethal damage.

Vancian Magic: This has got to go, regardless of how well it works from a game design standpoint- that is, to treat magic as just another resource for the player to manage, akin to Hit Points. A system that follows the lead of d20SW Force rules & Shadowforce Archer's Psionics rules would be...

Ideally, I'd like to see the basic classes of d20 Modern adapted to D&D. I will support the previously-made suggestion of cutting away all but the fundamental four basic classes--cleric, fighter, rogue & wizard--with the other classes either becoming Feat/Talent chains (Monk, Barbarian, Druid...