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It is very good, but I wouldn't call it low fantasy in the low-magic non-epic sense, because it has both in quite large doses. It is however pretty gritty, complex, well thought out and with characters who are shades of grey instead of all good or bad. I can recommend it a lot... My absolute...

Easily more than 20. I'd estimate it at around a book a week. Don't remember them all, but let's have a look: Reread a large part of Steven Erikson's books plus his new one and Return of the Crimson Guard by Ian Cameron Esslemont Reread a large part of the Sword of Truth series (pretty bad, but...

It varies per character of course, but currenty it's duty. She is a sergeant in the army and lost her squad in the tunnels and interplanar portals beneath Raven's Bluff and is now trying to get them back...

God I would love it if my DM did that. He's got a problem with first sending in really powerful monsters and then when we're on the edge of death backtracking really obviously to figure out some deus ex machina that can save us. If he would just let the monster roll a few misses or turn a...

Archer classes do turn into utter useless idiots in combat when they run out of arrows and if that is his fear, you could probably take that fear away by saying he can make a quiver of arrows during camping time or so as long as he has access to branches and such during the day. That way he...

I too often will give up my character's principles to advance the plot and sometimes get annoyed when other players don't do the same. I try to work on this, but sometimes the narrative is just mor eimportant to me than the acxtions of a single character... I have problems with people who don't...

I always make it clear beforehand that there are no resurrections in my campaigns. It might happen during the game because of special circumstances or the use of artefacts or some such, but neither characters nor players know beforehand if or how that will happen. I know this is very personal...

Having played with DM's who thought that having 1 character have a dream during a session was "really developing the story" that was otherwise a string of random encounters and also with DM's that had sessions without any combat rolls whatsoever, I must say that the first one was less ejoyable...

If the NPC is actually an ally and in the party so to speak, yes, I'll keep track, but if it's not an ally and the pc's don't influence it directly too much I just decide who wins based on factors like what is good for the story and what makes sense...

So do dragonborn druids turn into something with even more claws and teeth or would they perhaps have to call it "civilized shape" and it turns them into something that looks vaguely human??? :p Just kidding. I could see having some fun with them becoming even more draconic, sprouting wings and...

Generally I just need to know enough that I can make a character whose concept or abilities will not be invalidated rigth from the start... Of course that can be a bit ambiguous sometimes, but in general something like "you're all part of an army trying to liberate the humanoid races from a...

Yeah, this bothers me to a certain degree too. It makes multiclassing a problem if you don't get the right magic items from your DM or don't have the time to make them yourself. Maybe there will be some feats at some point that allows you to use 1 implement for 2 power sources or something...

It's a controller with based on your build a bit more leader or striker like abilities, but the paladin also has leader like abilities and the swordmage has controller like abilities, so it's not like we haven't seen some dipping into other roles before...

I also just noticed that most beast form at wills can be used as melee basic attacks, so that means you can also use them on a charge, right? And a slowing or sliding attack on an AO can also be pretty damn useful... :)

I've been toying with creating a serie sof characters and adventures related to the idea of the faerie courts of the seasons (with some nwod Changeling inspiration thrown in there) and the new druid fits that perfectly especially if I can use fey beasts for his beast form. I'm thinking maybe a...

Melee controller yes, but they have striker/leader hitpoints, so that makes them a little tougher... I'm very impressed with the new druid. It seems to work well bot stats wise and thematically and even has roomf or interpretation in the last sesne, what with the beast form being undefined. It...

If it tastes like ice cream, is cold like ice cream and gives you that nice nostalgic feeling like ice cream... what is it??? New York Super Fudge Chunk for the win :)

Yeah, 3e has a large share of flaws, but I still enjoye dplaying it a lot. 4e has it's share of flaws, but we still enjoy playing it a lot... Most of that is because as a group of friends just hanging out together is already 60% of the fun, the other 40% coming from the game itself...

Which is how a good heroic rpg should work if you ask me. Mass combat has never realy worked very well in D&D no matter what the rules. It should be all about the main characters doing stuff that makes the crucial difference in the battle...

Couches and comfy chairs surrounding a coffee table that is covered with a battlemat... Nice and laid back. One of our players actually hates sitting around an actual table to play, though I really don't know why...