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I smite thee, foul miscreant! Interesting. On one hand, I like the condensed, ultiltarian way the info is presented. On the other, it asks way more questions than it answers. But I'm happy with the crunchy goodness revealed this week!

If there ever was a time, it is NOW to rename the 'Barbarian' to 'Berserker.' That short little blurb about them makes me think the Barbarian will be even closer to a Warhammer Trollslayer (or the 2e Battle Rager kit)... and that's fine by me! But cripes, CHANGE THE NAME! :)

Please. Your analogy is wrong. D&D is not 'Stacy's mom.' It's the 'disgruntled D&D grognard' that is Stacy's Mom. D&D is the vehicle in this analogy. Some grognard's will never trade in their D&D half-orc minivan, no matter what sad, tired shape it's in. Others of us, even those that lived...

From the amazon blurb about H2: Thunderspire Labyrinth: 1) I love that it will be a folder product like The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde 2) new character options! 3) only one poster map? :( I love them and am stoked that H1 gets 3...too bad they aren't making as many with this one. 4) I...

I disagree, a lot. 1) Bland does not get people interested. 2) D&D needs its own clear identity. I like the direction they are taking it. Plenty of recognizable stuff, now homogeneously blended instead of being LotR with every other cool (or no so) idea that some gamer had in the last 30 years...

BSG:Razor comes on in 20 min! (PST) That' two hrs of BSG goodness that's been a long time coming (and it will hold me until the final season in a couple months!)

Interesting and acceptable. I think it goes a long way to making D&D fantasy stand alone. Now the races are 50/50 spilt between Tolkein-inspired and D&D unique: Humans are the baseline. Elves, Dwarves, Halflings are Tolkein-inspired, typical fantasy fare (although the halflings are reasonably...

I don't think it should be interpreted as strictly as you say. I think it like: by the time you reach 1/2 HP, you've taken at least one solid blow. That hit was hard enough to affect your abilities. Or, if you've been nickel-and-dimed, then you are tired and starting to feel the pain of a...

I think your disruption will come in the flavor of Defense (inc. AC) increasing with level.

Me three. I've hoped for goliaths since the polls started a few weeks ago. After considering the miniatures issue, I think goliaths are a stronger contender than minotaurs.

That's a great link, thanks!

I just acquired a Desert of Desolation minis poster and haven't seen this mentioned, so here goes: In the bottom right corner is the 'Coming Soon!' spot for Dungeons of Dread. It shows the three box covers. the boxes appear to be shorter yet wider. The art is gorgeous and depicts: 1) a Death...

More fire to the speculation: a Minotaur is on one of the three Dungeons of Dread booster covers. Edit: although considering the minis, I now doubt WotC will make a large creature into a PC race. Wouldn't be able to make us enough PC figures.

I would much prefer minotaurs to orcs (or about any other used-to-be-evil humanoid race.) I think the game would benefit from a larger-than-human PC race, like Half-giants, goliaths, or minotaurs. For more reason than I feel like listing, I think that the designers would choose minotaurs out of...

I understand Mearl's point. I have a love-hate relationship with D&D armor class and hit points, but in light of recent d20 design advances (esp SWSE) I do think that a better way of handling combat has yet to be devised. (Coming from the fun > simulation camp.) AC and HP make it easy to...

It cracks me up how we each individually lost interest (or got too busy) at the same time! Darwin...thanks for trying!

My sentiments exactly. I think the mystery race needs to be more of a shocker than Tieflings were. Fill that square, orcs will not.

but I hope I'm wrong. Here's the evidence as I see it: 1) WoW (as one of many sources) has made orcs popular. 2) The Orc King all but screams that orcs are trying to become civilzed in D&D 3) D&D is also making orcs more accessible (see Eberron) 4) D&D has been promoting...

How about a scaling power attack that's still a binary decision point? Power attack: add only 1/2 your BAB to your attack roll. If you hit, add 1/2 of your BAB to the damage roll. This way it scales as you level without requiring extra feat slots (improved and greater versions) but it's still...

I remember all the times I chose to power attack and was told "Oh, you miss by 1." Curse you, power attack! I like the idea of a binary use-it-or-not option that gives a flat -to hit/+ damage versus the sliding scale as well. Granted, I never used a spreadsheet to optimize it and always try...