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Um. No. Rule 10b-6 does not cover that eventuality. There is no law prohibiting the release of number of book sales. And we can see why: half the bestseller book jackets out there would be illegal. -Carpe

Why not? Often, publishers release numbers if their book is selling well.

Sure, it's possible. We can look at trends, and make predictions. We might look to see if further books, beyond core, are selling at the same rate. Has the Forgotten Realms 4E received the same adoption numbers as the 3.0 and 3.5 reworks? In short, do we think people are playing the game, or...

Does anyone have actual numbers? My predictions: 1. The 4E core books sold quite well. 2. 4E in general will not generate the revenue that 3.0 and 3.5 did. My reasons for those predictions can be found elsewhere in this thread. I am more interested in asking whether anyone has data...

I would love it if there were such a limitation. I don't see it, however, either in my books (under the Phasm statblock, or the Alternate Form definition) or in the d20SRD that's online. Thoughts on where that limitation in your SRD came from? -Carpe

Folks: I need real rules wonks on this one. Here's the question. Can a Psion with Metamorphosis turn into a Phasm, and then use Metamorphic Transfer to use that Phasm's ability to turn into, oh, say, a Pit Fiend? I know the resulting Pit Fiend won't have many of the abilities of the real...

I've had many good experiences with female gamers. But that is because I play a different social form of D&D. We get several couples together. We bring food and have supper together. No-one is under 18. There is some nice wine. We are all friends, as couples, in other areas of our lives...

Unless I've badly misread something (entirely possible), the paladin doesn't get an attack of opportunity when his challenge is ignored. Nor does his challenge go off on a mere shift. This is the prime difference between the fighter and the paladin. best, Carpe

This is not about D&D. This is about a person who is a jerk. I understand that we, as nerds, are conflicted about jerks. Many of us, many of our friends have problems with social skills. (And most, by the way, are high-functioning, high-earning movers and shakers in society--the stereotype...

After playing through and running a few games, I'm discovering that monsters still find it in their best interest to ignore the tanking paladin, and tear into the strikers. In our game (which I am not DMing, for the first time in 25 years) the paladin does his best: piercing smites every...

I wonder if one also should include a calculus of fight volatility. What I mean is: Invigorating Smite can turn a bad situation around, but Righteous Smite can keep a bad situation from developing. Here's why it matters. You have a 75% to hit Will with Invigorating, but there are more dire...

Raven Queen's Blessing is, indeed, awesome-sauce. Even better is combo-ing it with a Warlord. Need a quick heal? Commander's Strike --> Drop a minion --> Raven Queen's Blessing. Ver' nice.

Here are some observations. Pardon the use of game terms, but really, the Paladin is an MMORPG tank, and so tanking terminology ("peeling," etc.) is the most precise. 1. Paladin At-Wills are highly situational. Rather than rating them overall, I think it's useful to note the situations in...

The coup de grace rules. Perhaps I misread them, but if CdG is a standard action, then an opponent can go all the way across the battlefield and end someone. In my book, any intelligent creature will CdG opponents, for two reasons: (1) Each downed opponent has a 5% chance per round of getting...

The new coup de grace rules are, indeed, brutal. 4E has a much higher kill ratio than 3.5, for that reason. As for the "nice DMs don't coup de grace..." well, most of us are out of grade school. Let the bodies hit the floor.

I've played a 4E paladin, and the OP is entirely correct. 4E paladins are wonderful. They are easy to learn, complex to play. And, playing a non-good paladin (finally) is fantastic. My Odhinn-worshiping paladin with Raven Queen's Blessing is simply a ball. Mind you, I hate 4E generally...

I am a divine and arcane caster, who uses his mastery of both sets of spells to turn into all manner of creatures, harnessing their prowess to fight. (Wizard / Ur-Priest / Mystic Theurge) I use the power of my mind to turn into all manner of creatures, harnessing their prowess to fight...

Question: When a mage polymorphs, does his familiar do so as well? How about a psion? I've got a gentleman in my game who's a Psion egoist / Anarchic Initiate. He's been turning into not one, but *two* cryohydras, since his take is that "share spell" permits his pet rock (psicrystal, fine)...

I've struggled with this too. Mage Slayer of course is supposed to be this sort of thing, except that it is an entire feat defeated by the possibility of a 5' move. There are a few options. Reach weapons are a possible solution, but aren't the best, since, IIRC, you don't threaten the...

It's in Complete Psion, IIRC. I'll also add a question: The Psion is using Share Pain with his Psicrystal, to effectively halve all damage. And Vigor, to drive his HP through the roof. He's a full-progression caster with effectively over a hundred hitpoints (and a quite nice AC due to force...