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I could probably get behind something like this. I think it would be better just being in the hands of the DM though. The players get their input by playing their characters. If their character achieves something that was obviously important to it (even if it's only becoming the best...

My absolute fave image has simply got to be the 2nd Ed Invisible Stalker: Brilliant! Honestly though, simply too many to narrow down for me. Edit: My image seems to have disappeared?

A bit off topic, but in my home games we also gave clerics pretty clear codes of conduct and bits of dogma they had to follow. Sort of like a paladin's code. This also added to the flavor of clerics. I once played a cleric of life that could never refuse a request for healing. The DM played...

What is a rogue to me? http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsW/17876-3763.jpg Seriously though, to me the rogue is a bit like a field goal kicker in American Football. He has a specialized niche that is just as crucial as, but different from, what the rest of the team is doing. And like...

Great question! I'm not sure how to answer though, there is an element of "apples and oranges" to this. Each class-edition is judged in it's own context. Part of what made a 2e wizard what it is is how it compared with the other classes and monsters of that edition (also how it used the magic...

Riffing off of Radiating Gnomes point a bit, I find it is best to make it personal. In his example the villain is a problem for the party directly. Hit them where it hurts both story-wise and mechanically. Pay attention to what the players and characters actually care about and get excited...

I don't think they should be too generous in giving out extra attacks. The fewer the attacks the quicker the combat turn.

Great, now all I can picture are the characters and monsters punching-in at a dungeon a la Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog. "Mornin Tordek" "Mornin Slognar"

Hard to answer this question without knowing what a "level" will actually mean in 5th edition. How will they affect the character and how often will you get them? That said, I'll join the chorus for Level 10. Or perhaps what we consider 10th level power spread out over 20 levels. The vast...

I know I'm new on these boards but geez, we have to learn to grow a skin guys. It was a blog, it was his opinion. Obviously he feels 4e players have a sense of entitlement. Who cares? If we force everyone to tip-toe around every little thing we'll never get any decent discussion or analysis...

When 4th Edition came out I was ready for a change. I'd played 3.0/3.5 for it's entire run and there were elements of the game I wasn't entirely happy with. I soon learned that 4th ed was not the game I was hoping for it so was back to 3.5 and then Pathfinder. I love Pathfinder, but in the...

2012 is going to be a looooong year waiting for this!

I have the same issue as cjosephs1s. Love the site, but holy smokes is it slow. By far the slowest loading time of any site I regularly visit. And yeah, giving xp seems slow and/or twitchy.

If I recall correctly the old ad&d boxed set Dragon Mountain has a mountain full of pretty wily kobolds. Funny story: Again if I recall correctly, the module had a trap that was basically a bear trap that fell from the ceiling. The trigger was meant to fall on the character's head then snap...

They are immediately told of a dungeon just North of town by a mysterious old man. Despite being total strangers and having nothing in common the trio immediately become inseparable friends and go on to fame, fortune, and greatness.

I don't usually post but this thread has me intrigued. I've always considered Power Gamer and Min-Maxer to be two separate things. For me a Power Gamer is generally a player with rules mastery who builds their characters to be maximally effective and/or powerful (generally in combat). A...

I just wanted to say that I really like this idea. It is similar to what I was thinking about doing in E6. I might have to do a blend now. I don't think there is really a major flaw here at all. From what I understood you were talking about more subtle (though large in scale) manipulation of...