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I'm not sure where you got that information. Wikipedia says this: The name "tiefling" was coined by Wolfgang Baur, when original Planescape designer David "Zeb" Cook asked for a Germanic-sounding word for humans with fiendish blood. Baur derived the name from teufel, or "Devil" in German. The...

I've always liked the concept of tieflings, but something has always bugged me. I've just realized that its the actual name that I don't like. Tiefling. Blah. Nothing in the name demonstrates a demonic background. It sounds like a guy who lives in a tree and makes cookies. I think I...

*gag*! But I hope you enjoy it. I generally enjoy Turtledove, but he should never have touched Conan!

My 14 year old daughter has turned into a vampire fanatic thanks to those books. I've heard about nothing else since she read them (going on 4 times each now).

I'm still trying to get through Sanderson's Mistborn. I've also started the latest Wildcards shortstory collection. Can't get me enough of those Wildcards! I was reading Runes of the Earth by Donaldson, but I just could not get through it. Either I've changed a lot since I last read...

Has anyone PDF'd these things up for ease of print? Thanks.

I'd like to see Gary immortalized as a diety in the new 4E cosmology. I think that would be very poetic. Not that I'm saying he's a god, per se, but he is the "creator".

Thank you Scott and WOTC. It means a lot to many, many people.

I would not go so far as to say that the game is too difficult for 12 year olds. I would say, however, that the learning curve for inexperienced 12 year olds is steeper than I had anticipated. Given that my kids are as inexperienced as they are, and as disinterested as a few of them were, I...

Teaching 4e to non-gamers Tonight I attempted to teach my kids to play 4e. For the most part, they are not familiar with D&D or roleplaying in general. My 14 year old, however, is an avid player and participant in the RPGA. She is well versed in 3.5. My boys, 11 and 12, and my other...

You have a point. It does seem a bit overpowered and open to abuse. Your rule makes sense. However, I'm willing to wait to see how it plays out in game a bit before jumping on the houserule bandwagon. Nevertheless, your solution is an elegant one.

East Rift? We got East Rift? What the heck is that?

It sounds to me as if your complaints against 4E are, for the most part, mostly semantic. Though you have played the game and I have not, I would still encourage you to approach the game with an open mind. From your review, which I thank you for, it sounds as if you brought a lot of 3E baggage...

Perhaps, and we can hope, these are placeholder images used during testing. I can live with the graphics as they are, but I agree that even lower end computers these days can deliver much higher quality. With the cluster that was WOTC's character generation software for 3E, I'm not holding my...

I was merely responding to the post lamenting the new emphasis on miniature use in 4E by stating that the prior edition did, in fact, emphasize the use of miniature moreso than any previous edition. Sorry to confuse you.

Doesn't 3.0/3.5 have that same problem though? What's so different about miniature focus in 4E?

I would just like to point out the irony of someone complaining about the proliferation of 4e fanatics on this board, squeezing out the poor 3E'ers, while lamenting the lack of love he receives from prior edition grognards on Dragonsfoot. I hate to break it to you, but you are now a prior...

Wow, I haven't seen that much vitriol since the last Republican debate. My only response is to keep an open mind and don't be too judgemental of preview material and rumors. Let's wait until the game comes out before we apply the nuclear option. Thanks.

I guess from playtest descriptions I was under the impression that 4e has a bit of a swashbuckling, Indy Jones kind of a feel. That atmosphere didn't seem to lend itself well to such gritty settings as Conan and Midnight. If, however, the tone of the new edition can be modified to reflect...

No, but Paizo is not the only 3rd party developer. I wasn't restricting this discussion purely to Paizo. I was not aware that the DMG was going to include a "tool kit" for adjusting the tone of a particular campaign, but I guess it makes sense when you think about it. I was basing my...