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You think that (for example) the mechanical trade-off between a Fighter 20 and a Fighter 18/Cleric 2 (under your system) is worth it? Unless I'm misunderstanding how the system works (which is why I've asked) it seems to me like in that situation (granted, about as extreme as it gets) you trade...

I thought we were talking about rules here, and the fact that some people will always be willing to play certain classes because of personal preferences, or that it's possible to remove undesirable choices through flavor-based restrictions did NOT make up for rule deficiencies. I wasn't going...

Maybe I missed some nuances of this, Wulf, but looking over the system you posted earlier in the thread, the following question occurs to me: Do you think that under the system you propose, a player has ANY real incentive to play a single or multi-classed non-caster?

I think I'm in the 6-10 range. The number probably goes up to around 30-40 if I counted 3E as well, and 50-60 if I counted all d20 stuff I own. People having 100+ books counting 3.5 only is one of those rare occasions where I can't get my mind around the thought process required. ;) I mean, I...

I never said he did. In fact, I specifically said I didn't think it affected moderation. However, I think it's impossible NOT to favor a new edition when you run a website such as this, and paying for it all is an issue.

For the longest time, I really felt outnumbered (and somewhat harassed) as a 3E fan, to the point where I largely gave up on ENWorld - I think Edena's recent poll helped me (and, judging by the threads popping up, a lot of other 3E folks) realize that we're actually still a majority here...

While I'm not fond of paying for large fonts and empty space either (even if I think better organization is something every RPG book should strive for in the sections dealing specifically with the rules) I thought Darrin's point was not the nature of the layout but the fact that the 4E books...

I'm curious to see if anyone will actually reply "no", and if so, what their rationale will be. I haven't bought any 4E materials, so for me it's not even worth a moment's doubt... I suppose if I had, then gotten disillusioned and 5E came out very soon after I'd be seriously tempted to grab a...

Well, yeah. :] I have been thinking more about this, and a couple of other things have occurred to me as reasons why I enjoy "just spamming" attacks: 1. It takes almost no skill to play a well-designed fighter effectively, but any class takes thought and tactics to play really well. 2. If...

I never cared about avoiding "spamming" - then again, for me the reward is usually the results I get, not the tools I use to get them. (within the rules, and within reason, of course) My high-level 3.5 fighter type could - on a good round - drop a couple of credible enemies near his own level...

As far as the various alternatives to iterative attacks go, I think it's probably the best one I've read so far. I've never been a fan of the "one attack with an increasing damage bonus" way of solving the problem.

Now that you mention it... I've actually done something like that - our group nailed the BBEG and we were about to book, rather than fight an enormous ooze released by one of the traps guarding his den of evil (because IIRC the wizard figured out it had the at-will ability to try to transport...

I think you should have had a "Yes, it's acceptable even though I still like iterative attacks as they are now." option. That's how I feel, anyway - I'm pretty happy with how attacks work currently, but I'd be willing to consider an alternative provided it wasn't so simplified that you only...

I wouldn't disallow characters of gender opposite to that of the players but frankly, I'm not a huge fan. Generally speaking, I'm just not big on going "outside the comfort zone" or people deciding they have to "stretch their acting chops" - the results usually aren't pretty (and have more in...

I don't know what your experiences were like, exactly, but I'm actually one of those people who gets upset when I know the rules and I base my decision-making on them, but the DM does not and wings it badly, in effect arbitrarily deciding that my character is going to fail at something I thought...

No time like the present. I only started playing in my 3rd year of college (just 10 years ago) and frankly, those games sucked - yet somehow still managed to draw me into the hobby... So I don't have any nostalgic HS D&D game stories. ;) My current group has started its 4th year this fall -...

Yeah, I see what you're doing there and it was well done, really - but you're the one who started this. Again, good try at deflecting, though. :)

Whose comic book is it? That's all that matters, you never lose in your own comic. ;) As much as I hate to say it - logically speaking, Drizzt wins, and it's not even close. Drizzt is *gag* a fighter of legendary skill, whereas Angel is just a big tough vampire in the Buffy universe, where even...

Not in 4th Edition. IIRC in 4th, you don't pay the full pirce for an adept or magician, and as a result start out with 6 magic and go down from there if you implant stuff. Instead, you have to buy up magic from 0 when creating an awakened character, and cyberware just restricts your maximum...

Food Fight might be a classic, but plenty of people would argue that it's not good Shadowrun. The gangers in it are packing some extremely serious hardware, begging the question why anyone with hundreds of thousands of Nuyen of cyberware would be robbing a Stuffer Shack, and the scenario can be...