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    D&D 4E What do you think of the delve format used in 4E adventures?

    I voted "prefer it" because I have the exact opposite reaction. I've never found any RPG book particularly enjoyable to read. Especially when it comes to adventure modules, I buy them based on their utility and enjoyability at the table, during the actual act of playing the game. The delve...
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    Pathfinder 1E Clark Peterson supporting Pathfinder?

    i.e. Pathfinder.
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    Can Wizards turn around their D&D support?

    Actually, I think the numbers that were thrown out were specific to .pdf sales of PHB2. In other words, for every .pdf of PHB2 that was purchased, at least 10 copies were pirated.
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    Rant on Errata and what Wizards need to do to move forward.

    Year one: $300 worth of books released. $72 to access all $300 worth of content. Year two: $300 worth of books released. $72 to access all $600 worth of content. Year three: $300 worth of books released. $72 to access all $900 worth of content. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.
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    Can Wizards turn around their D&D support?

    1) Initial cost to program a new Character Builder that worked for 2e, including all the Skills & Powers options would be enormous; 2) If it was a "one and done" project we wouldn't have an online CB for 4e that still has bugs and problems several months after its release. 3) Given the...
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    Mike Mearls' Legends and Lore: First Impressions

    This. Listen, Mike, please for the love of god stop with the introspection and mulling over the history of D&D bit and WRITE SOMETHING I CAN USE IN MY 4e GAME!!!! :rant:
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    Wizards: Squishy or All Powerful?

    Yeah, it's capturing the flying, invisible, contigency-teleporting Wizard surrounded by summoned monsters and animated dead that is the problem. :p
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    Wizards: Squishy or All Powerful?

    Not really. A single wand of Lightning Bolt or Fireball makes the 5th level Wizard the damage dealing champ of the party. When I play a Wizard my spell slots tend to go for self-buffs, avoidance, defense and contingency-plan spells and I use disposable items and low-level spells for damage. Of...
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    Wizards: Squishy or All Powerful?

    A quick read through the d20 SRD will prove that the idea of a "squishy" Wizard goes away after about 5th level. There are so many options for defense, escape, avoidance and hiding behind proxy combatants that any Wizard character who actually gets hit (and therefore has to worry about low HPs...
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    Wizards: Squishy or All Powerful?

    Yeah, it's the players who pick the character theme "survive at all costs until you gather enough power to be full of unstoppable win" that you have to be careful about (<whistles innocently> :angel:). I don't know what the social agreement at your table is like, but as a player, I never tell...
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    The Problem with 21st century D&D (and a solution! Sort of)

    First, I'm not saying the boardgames are necessarily the best introduction to the hobby at large. I'm specifically saying the board games are a good introduction to 4e. Second, if we're talking about introducing children to RPGs, I think the one thing that an introductory game can most do...
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    The Problem with 21st century D&D (and a solution! Sort of)

    I strongly disagree. As someone up-thread mentioned, the hardest part of getting into RPGs is usually understanding how combat works. The boardgames are perfect for teaching the basics of roll to hit, roll for damage, use a power, etc. In fact, I would say the transition from Wrath or Ravenloft...
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    The Problem with 21st century D&D (and a solution! Sort of)

    I think you are underestimating how much playing a game without the RP aspects of RPGs actually leaves kids WANTING the full RPG experience. I know the thing that got me hooked immediately on D&D as a kid was realizing that I could make choices in D&D I wasn't allowed to make when playing...
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    The Problem with 21st century D&D (and a solution! Sort of)

    I'm not sure I see the distinction. I create changes in the basic structure of the game rules for my private home game, it's a houserule. I incorporate changes in the basic structure of the game rules created by someone else in my private home game, now it's not a house rule? Sure, you can be...
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    The Problem with 21st century D&D (and a solution! Sort of)

    No set of game rules has ever been MORE widely houseruled than the 3e D&D ones. There was a whole cottage industry of third party publishers doing exactly that after the OGL/SRD was released. We got versions of the base rules with huge, sweeping changes (Conan RPG, Mutants & Masterminds, Castles...
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    The Problem with 21st century D&D (and a solution! Sort of)

    I don't buy it. I houseruled the crud out of my 3e game and didn't spend hours (or even minutes) agonizing over how each rules tweak was going to affect the balance of the game. Our games never exploded or left a wake of dead bodies in the FLGS. :) Likewise, I've tried introducing various...
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    If you could play in a campaign of your choice, what would it be?

    <-------Screen name should provide a good clue? ;) A 4e Lankhmar/Nehwon game where the rules are tweaked to give XP for treasure rather than monsters would be at the top of my wish list. I would also be very interested in a 4e/GW Barsoom game where the rules were well-adapted to the setting...
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    Why is there no talk about the Castle Keepers Guide preview?

    And yet, products from TLG regularly stand head and shoulders above the rest of the industry when it comes to atrocious editing and layout mistakes.
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    Mike Mearls Ruined Everything

    Mike Mearls ruined seplilng!
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    Mike Mearls Ruined Everything

    Mike Mearls ruined Bill Slaviseck.
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