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Oooooh, just imagining replacing the stand-in character of Abdel with my own BG character sends shivers down my spine. Whouldn't that be cool? :-D -YRUSirius

Or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep65rr-9qjQ -YRUSirius

-"Oh, that MC Killzalot seems like a funny character. Those designers seem to have fun. Hm, maybe I could have the same fun at the table. :-) " -"No! This is serious business! This is D&D! :-[ " -YRUSirius

The last playtest session with Mearls as the DM had an absurd character too. That fruitarian cleric of that plant god. Yes, it wasn't so far out there like the beer & pretzel character MC Killzalot, but hey, it's just a game. Nothing wrong with having some stupid fun now and then. Just watch or...

That's why that paladin Isteval from that sundering page bears resemblance to mr Salvatore. :-) -YRUSirius

I don't see any problem. I ignore the books, but I recognize the video games. I'm no canon whore. If the canon suits me, I use it. If not, I :):):):) on it. The space hamster and the Adrian dialogue are how long? Two sentences? Hardly a waste of the price of the module. The crazyness is still in...

Exactly. People are blowing this fan service out of proportions. Again. Just what happened to the DM who would modify pre-written adventures to their taste? Never mention the space hamster if your players never played BG. Done. Just don't do the Adrian dialogue. Done. This is all just...

Hellooo, reality check; you're playing make believe with dice with other grown ups. You're not some artsy fartsy avantgarde performance artist. It's a friggin game. :) -YRUSirius

I hope for a soft "reboot" to some edgreenwoodish realms from the old grey box era. And the hints are out there. AO is trying to "retcon" the age of upheal that began with the time of troubles by recreating the tablets of fate. So there might be a chance that the old deities will be back and...

The current changes are not indicative of the status quo of the final rules. The changes are kinda like a brainstorming experiment to see what exotic ideas might stick. Just because they removed skills from this packet doesnt mean that they have the intention of removing them completely from the...

Which WotC is trying now too with their Sundering AP. :-) -YRUSirius

I think they are planning to try something like fields of expertise for skills, equivalent to fields of lore. Let me explain. The first package had a broad skill list. When you made an ability check and you had a 'field of expertise' (in other word skill) that could apply, you would add a bonus...

Yeah, I'd like to have a common mechanic like the expertise dice for martial and skill dice. Call it skill expertise for rogues, monks and rangers and martial expertise or weapon expertise for gladiators and tactical fighter classes. Or just keep calling it expertise, but some classes just add...

I bet they will publish the basic product at GenCon. The Standard rules will come later, maybe at christmas (the big three with the full classes and all the subclasses). So the new "Red Box" from level 1 to level 20 with the 4 basic classes (so warrior and no gladiator or knight) and 4 basic...

Hm, I don't know... if Fields of Lore aren't too complex for the basic game, why are skills? The players will look at their character sheets for Fields of Lore and for skills too. The gameplay mechanics and table mechanics (looking at sheets for stats) for both kind of checks basically can be...

I always liked some kind of action point mechanic for humans, because it emulated their highly adaptable and opportunistic nature pretty well. 4E Essentials gave humans heroic surge, which they could use to add +4 to a missed attack, saving throw or attack. A feature where a human could add...

Isn't it fair to give up some features for the sake of fairness? I mean this playtest isn't WoW. You're not competing against the players of other classes. It's not a contest about your character class staying the most OP. -YRUSirius

Why do you need benefits? -YRUSirius

It was written as Faerûn too. -YRUSirius

Are there any rules hindrances that would prevent some 3E style multiclassing with the current playtest rules right now? I mean, do we really need any specific rules to multiclass that weren't in 3E? I think we could already already mix the classes if you gain a new level with the current rules...