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For me it's the Vancian Magic system. More specifically it's so flavorful and specific that I think it's applied too broadly in D&D (well past editions anyway). If it were limited to one class, or a subset of one class I would appreciate it more, because after all it has flavor, but wizards...

In my personal experience a player created group usually ends up more closely resembling the crew of the Moya rather than the Fellowship of the Ring. May as well embrace the dysfunctional weirdness.

Hollowfaust: City of Necromancers, very evocative setting book and my favorite part of the Scarred Lands.

Can we start panicking on day three? :P If you come back a little late and find nothing but smoldering rubble and charred dice where L4W used to be, you'll know what happened.

Lily looked down at the dagger that landed at her feet with wide eyes, momentarily forgetting the battle she shot Carolina an annoyed look. EEE...Hey! Watch where your throwing that thing. What are you trying to do, kill me?! Only the shuffling counter attack of the undead brought her back...

We already have things that are not interacting as well as they should because of the house rule put into place. Draconic Spellcaster Feyborn Charm Brawler Fighter These are all post expertise additions, I see no reason why we shouldn't expect more such things. So why not alter the rule in...

I would also like to point out for those that want to keep the flat bonus that applies to everything, that WotC is releasing new options such as the Brawling Fighter that make use of things like grabs, and they are balanced by according to WotC's version of the rules. While it doesn't affect...

Sorry... :(

The Escapist : The Truth About 4th Edition: Part One of Our Exclusive Interview with Wizards of the Coast Interview over at the Escapist with Andy Collins and Liz Schuh. Nothing earthshattering, but it might interest some of you all.

Eh, it takes all sorts. Rather than ostracize a particular subgroup, why not try to appeal to them? If someone isn't into that sort of thing it's no skin of their teeth. I don't really see anything to get worked up about. :yawn:

I have often thought that Monty Python has been responsible for ruining more D&D games than Mothers Against Dungeons & Dragons and Jack Chick combined.

True, but WotC is making efforts to introduce more flavorful alternatives and if we don't change our house rule in the right way we're taking away from that.

Didn't Kruk go... standard: passing attack move: move to AF12 (or there abouts since that enemy was dead) AP standard: charge wight That would let him cover the 10 squares.

Two things here, the fact that L4W offers 25 point buy is already a huge boon, that means either extra accuracy or extra defense above core, not to mention way more lax restriction on feat selection, and then you have the flat bonus across all abilities even racials and grabs (which WotC hasn't...

Lily held up the skull, its eyes flashed and a sickle shape, like the claw of a mantis, coalesced out of the ever shifting form of the shadow she commanded. Swinging in a deadly arc it cleaved into the walking corpse. Lily looked down at the woman next to her, beckoning her to follow, lady...

Changing the existing bonus to a feat bonus would be functional, but I'm not a fan. I would prefer to stick closer to the actual rules rather and I don't like that it changes the relative utility of other feats like Draconic Spellcaster. I feel we're going to see more of these in the future as...

I believe that versatile expertise in the PHB3 takes care of this.

Personally I would just give it at first and just the natural feat progression take over from there just because it seems a little simpler and more elegant, but 5th would work too if people are worried about giving the extra feat early. Whichever one the judges are more comfortable with, as it...

In light of the recent errata to the Expertise feats and other feats that grant a bonus in accuracy I feel that L4W needs to adapt slightly to prevent future headaches. I propose that we remove the +1/+2/+3 bonus to hit that was instituted in place of the Expertise feats and instead adopt an...

Personally, I think our resources are stretched a bit thin if we run up against another hard encounter, seriously if we had another fight like the one we just went through without resting I wouldn't be surprised to see people die. Taking a moment and seeing if we can find out any usable...