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Pathfinder cantrips aren't as powerful, for the most part. The Playtest cantrips could use some nerfing.

My rationalization: the goo is some sort of super-advanced mutagen (retro-viruses, nanobots, whatever) that gives the engineers complete control over organic life. It does whatever the engineers require it to do: destroy life, alter life, or create it out of whole cloth. In the hands of the...

the crew is pretty much in two camps, I noticed. Those hired by Weyland directly (the bad guys), and the "good guys" who are unaware of Weyland's agenda. If you've been paid (or created!) by a man with unlimited resources and an obsession with immortality, I can imagine ethics are not a high...

He gave us his thoughts right before he did it: "how far would you be willing to go just to find out more?"

What if you got your dex bonus to all armor, unless you didn't meet the str requirement? I think that's how Dragon Age does it.

I currently play both pathfinder and 4e. I'm not overly fond of either game, truthfully, but i give 4e some slack because i was so ready to move on from 3.5. Personally, I don't mind that Monte has moved on, since his blogs were not filling me with hope and the polls seemed flakey. I like his...

Milestones. Hate them. Gave up keeping track and just let everyone use an action point every encounter. Less fiddly, and didn't break anything.

hmm. Monopoly on Facebook, methinks?

The skill system, certainly. Dragon Age weighs heavily on its attribute scores, with a +2 to the roll if you have a "focus". Thing is, in DA, your attributes increase fairly regularly, whereas the seminar implies that attribute gains are going to slow down a bit. Wonder how that will shake out.

Indeed. The "rogue" NPC in our game fits on a single sheet of paper, yet he holds his own without outshining the PCs. Companion characters are a good example of how you can have various levels of complexity and still have the math add up. And Essentials isn't the only place WotC has...

I suppose we all have a different idea of what makes D&D feel like D&D. For me its classes, levels, some familiar races, and a 20 sided die. Everything else is negotiable. For me, vancian magic is not what defines D&D, it just happens to be the magic system that it uses, and even when I started...

This is the idea I like the best. I'm fine with bringing back the old alignments if we must, but having 10 (unaligned AND true neutral!?) would serve only to cause brand new alignment arguments. I'm actually shocked that the idea is gaining traction in this thread.

If 5e class design is similar to Essentials, I can see Warlord becoming a build rather than a dedicated class, which would be fine with me, and I really liked my Dark Sun Warlord. WoTC is getting a bit more bendy with the role concept, and if Warlord (or Knight or whathaveyou) ends up being...

Ok, fair enough. But the power cards are not an extra thing, they are a required thing. My 15th level rogue uses up 7 pages in CB, which is kind of a drag to print every time I level. If the CB had some other sheet formats that shrank it down more like the encounter pre-gens, I'd be happier. Not...

4e has become bit of a logistical mess, so yeah, I am ready for a new edition to give the game a fresh reboot. If they can steal all the best stuff from previous editions (subjective I know) and allow me to make a character that fits on a single sheet of notebook paper rather than 7 sheets...

This is my main issue. If what Mearls finally comes up with in 5e ends up being more fiddly and not less, I will be kinda disappointed. For a good example of how player tasks live in the ability scores rather than skills, I like the way Green Ronin's Dragon Age does it. One of your ability...

Yes, for medium creatures. Small creatures have smaller bases, and large critters have 1.5 or 2" bases. I've seen 7/8 inch poker chips at amazon; those might do the trick.

Just felt the need to chime in with a recommendation for the Dragon Age RPG by Green Ronin. Its fast-paced and rules-lite, but with more modern rules design like target numbers and an easy-as-pie skill system.

hmmm, interesting. It seems like the PCs are as stripped down as your typical 4e monster. I always thought it would be fun to play a fast and dirty 4e game where the PCs were built with the DMG2 companion rules rather than the full classes. GW almost sounds like a post-apocalyptic realization of...

Dunno. I'd say 4e can handle this style of play just fine. A more user-friendly system is always a plus and facilitates more enjoyable play. For me, anyway. Would a game with lots of weird rules work as well today? What would kids today think of 'THACO'? Or are you referring to some kind of...