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I don't really see how the rules could possibly FORCE you to use more monsters or FORCE you to be fighting on lava and ice all of the time. The PHB is not going to say something like: Roll d10: On a 1, you're fighting on lava! The designers aren't stupid. They know the game.

What is wrong with using gold plus time to create? If your realm has a superwalmart of magic, your players can go down and pick up some good potions and wands already using their gold. Surely there IS some gold price where magic item creation becomes underpowered (1 BILLION gold for a cure...

XP was terrible. It focused all of the cost on the one poor schmoe who tried to act in the party interest. GP is fine and probably is still included. I count see a once per day crafting skill that costs X gold to use and gives you a crafting "token" if successful. Each item costs some number...

One thing that seems to come up in virtually every other preview is that 4e will have more monsters per encounter. Now maybe this is just because combat is streamlined and significantly faster... Maybe combat groups are stated out in the MM. One aspect may be that there were various things...

I've never rolled. Not even for unique monsters. I don't even go for variation.

Okay, reduce their non-existant "CON" stat by 2, and they lose 1 hp per CR. Reduce their "DEX" by 2, and they lose 1 AC (or Ref Defense). Why do they need to have stats to show the effects of stat drain? Unless you intend to Con drain them to oblivion. But that'll happen when they lose all...

I haven't seen a mention of AC stays... I would be surprised if they didn't go with the Fort/Ref/Will Defense mechanic of SWSE...

As for stats.... I like the IDEA of having stats for monsters. I hate the execution of it. Having the 6 stats means that you have 6 bonuses which affect every damn aspect of creature creation. 16 Dex? Well that's gonna give +3 to Ref, certain skills, Init bonus, Armor... That alone makes...

Oh, and by the way... In your example: In what order does Harry go compared to groups 1-4? And what order do groups 1-4 go in themselves? That depends entirely on who has the larger Dex bonus. Tie goes to the Dex bonus in Initiative. IIRC.

I'm actually very okay with that. Just not sure what that method would be. Tables are out these days... :-) A simple, easy to remember formula would probably be best.

Well, first off you've already had to do something non-official to get it to work. You aren't rolling initiative for every monster? Why not? Isn't it easy? When your party gets to 6 people or so, it gets annoying to scan the list of 6 people plus NPCs plus 1 monster group (I only use 1...

The concept of HD should be taken out back and shot. It's unnecessary complication. A monster with a d12 HD should never get a 1 or a 12, it just throws the balance of the encounter off. Example a 5 HD undead creature with no Con bonus can either have 5 hp, or 60 hp due to totally arbitrary...

I'd personally be very interested in just how stat blocks are being reduced. I think it has to be more than just reduction of Special Abilities to get me interested. There's way too much number crunching in Monster creation. Frankly, I think it was a heck of a lot easier to DM when monsters...

Where's Squirrel Nutkin when you need him? The Wizards 404 page could benefit from some Disco Inferno...

Oooooh. Oooooh. I need an idiom! Wait... but I don't want that one. Got any others? Maybe I could just be the guy who remembers when all we had were BBSes and we couldn't play D&D on them, and that was for the best?

4e is the one true way. (Simplicity silently turns his back to you all.) ;)

I see the countdown go to zero... I click the "Now!" And Service Unavailable is the result. At least someone was smart enough to program a backoff. Hopefully, it's a random exponential backoff. :-)

Seriously. Long time no internet messageboardings.

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Now it's either bubbles of purple or blue with purple bits in it for rested mode. Oooooooooh. More XP if your players stay in a tavern. Player 1: "Awww.. Do we have to go back to the Inn?" DM: "Only if you want double XP. Besides. The Inn is where I keep all my mysterious strangers."