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I think you are absolutely right. Again, I would agree. This resonates with me. I would never argue that the mechanics of D&D were currently or ever had been the best any game could be but they inform what the definition of the D&D game is, to me. If someone convinces me that this set of...

A DM who kills your PC because he tripped up sounds a bit tough. As DM, I am not out to kill the PCs. I am out to create viable threats to the PCs when and where appropriate. What happens after that is partly down to player tactics and partly down to luck. And it is only fair to make players...

Why can't we all just use Penrose tiles and get along?

See the answers above? That.

Have been for some time. Absolutely. And you make good points about 4e in general. It's just fun and interesting to imagine what WotC will do with a 5th edition. Personally, I'm intrigued by speculation about how it might relate to DDI. There's a couple of things that concern me about any...

So kind of you to enlighten us. And so politely, too. I can see why you play games that require social contracting skills. Perhaps you should learn to apply those skills elsewhere? Of course! Numbers will tell you which NPC to question and which question to ask, for instance. You've little...

I believe he was comparing the throwing axe to the short bow.

I bet that somewhere out there, two gamers meet up for the first time in a while and the conversation goes: "Still play D&D?" "Sure." "Which edition?" "Pathfinder..." Millions of players have house-ruled or re-written D&D rules extensively over the years and they are as entitled to claim...

Really? I don't think I got the memo. I do remember and miss the days when looking into the DMG was considered bad form. And a player who had his own monster manual was just a cheat. Lumin, I honestly think you should buy all of grodog's books. But I also want to point out that 1e PHBs in good...

First of all, Mr Yesway of 17 posts fame, well done on an excellent idea for a thread. When I started to read it, my opinion was already formed; my answer just needed typing out. Fortunately, I gave it more thought and now it's really difficult for me to form an opinion. I'll try to explain why...

I'd love to watch or participate in one of your games but yet again I cannot make it to Gen Con. Maybe next year... Have a good one.

[Beavis] Hehe. You said, "4e." Hehehe. [/Butthead] I've never taken fun damage. Actually, no, it doesn't. It is not a binary argument. Well done. You win today's straw man award. I'm sure no one wants to act like 'a stagnant backwater'. I'm not even sure that anyone can. I do...

Ye gods, I'm glad my experience tells me otherwise. Rarely have I come across such a ludicrous assertion. I always make it clear to new players, just as most of the other DMs I have ever known, that non-core sources may be allowed by me if (a) I own the source and no I'm not interested in...

I'll see your plague victim and raise you the last words of Joseph of Arimathea.

It sounds like your by-the-book DM might have bitten off a little more than he can chew. If the next session turns out like the previous ones, maybe it's worth politely asking him afterward if he's as happy with the game in practice is he thought he would be beforehand. If he admits to any...

But can be launched, as you will see when Angry Celestial Badgers is eventually released.

If I've got an ambush set up, for example, I give the PCs a chance to spot or hear something that might tip them off, because there absolutely should be such a chance. But I don't want to tip the players off. In other words, in these circumstances, I make the rolls for the PCs. My players know...

A natural 1 always misses.

I don't hate anything. Too much emotional investment for too little return.

Okay. I buy it now. Thanks for the explanation. I love this place.