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Yeah, you can't really have one or the other. Then again, I don't want facing to return, too big of a hassle to deal with. Square areas work fine for a semi-abstract combat system like D&D. Not when you have something that is, say, 10 ft. by 60 ft.

Worst Rules? 1) Swallow Whole - I hate this mechanic. It makes absolutely no sense (you can cut your way out, but doing so doesn't hurt the creature? BS) at all. 2) Turn Undead - For one, it uses a nonstandard rule system and two, it seems nigh useless at certain levels. Sure, it's good for...

Minor Age of Worms spoilers below.... Heh. Let us know how the confrontation with Kyuss goes. That's, what, a 3 page statblock there? :)

How was it designed for FR first? :confused:

I voted Cityscape. :( Too bad, I wanted to like it.

The longer format IS nice, brings a lot of flavor to the monsters, something that was often criticized of the MM3.x, although now many are criticizing it as having too much flavor. No one is ever happy. The problem comes from the content of a somewhat quality (Spawn of Tiamat) and the content...

I voted Complete Psionic too :(

Thanks for all the kind words. I just found out that there's a World of Warcraft Monster Guide coming out at the end of January. So it might be a worthwhile purchase for anyone interested in this stuff (depending upon if it's good or not). I'll probably pick it up at least, mostly because I'm a...

Got Warhammer: Dark Crusade and Twilight Princess (GC version) for Christmas. Zelda is frikken great. I got one game of Dark Crusade in (tried out the Necrons, not liking them that much at all) and got smacked around by Chaos. I may have to try it on Easy mode :confused:

What 3rd party sourcebooks were released this year? I can't think of many... Oh, I bought PP's Five Finger's book. And there was Ptolus, but that's way too expensive and the megatome fetish going 'round is not one I care for personally... Anyways.... my favorites 1. Fiendish Codex I - For all...

Heh heh heh... Frolicon. :)

I'm sure it's more people not knowing exactly how to format them yet. The formating on the new stablock is a big pain, I've been using it for several months now and I still get hung up on some things. But yes, it is annoying.

Probably, but, IMO, there's a sweet spot between cutting out the chaff and cutting EVERYTHING down to 'is this usable in a sample 3 round combat?' That's one of the problems I had with the Mearls ogre mage (a creature that seriously needed an overhaul.... just not in that way). Some abilities...

I believe full exposure was reduced to a number of days, IIRC.

Haven't read through it all yet. First impressions: Not a big fan of the converted monsters. The amnizu, in particular, feels decidedly 'unfinished.' Its regeneration is not given a detailed description, its SLA's have been pared down A LOT. I'm all for streamlining and cutting out redundant...

Indeed. Not to get off topic, but Erikson has a fantastic flair for epic stuff, but his writing just isn't up to par. Sep rocks him out. Actually, of all the author's I've read, Sep reminds me of R. Scott Bakker the most... in terms of writing style. I think.

ooh that's weird, they were working yesterday. Edit: Should be fixed. Double Edit: Fixed what I could.

I need to stop mindlessly griping then.

Okay... for those who think the Binder is a little too weak, what kind of fixes would you suggest (honestly curious)?

I got no problem with the cant. The cant is cool, it helps make the setting unique (or at least 'more unique'). The overall idea that 'primes are clueless and only planars know what's really going on' struck me as kinda annoying. Easy to ignore though.