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What I use Rule 0 for is much closer to what Prof. Phobos gave examples of, than to subvert the regular rules in place in a detrimental fashion (I may in fact subvert them from time to time in order to allow a player more freedom though*). * - I said above I think action points should be used...

I guess you're right. I seem to remember it definitely appearing in 2e at the least. In any case, most people I play with started in 2e and understand the reasoning and have no problem with it. I suppose some people might feel cheated if the DM were making judgements that they felt were...

One thing I think they should have is an official game meetup site, such as the (unofficial) one for Neverwinter Nights.

I did ask farther up the thread, but got no response. It's a relief to hear it.

Hah. I wondered (pretty big fan of Reynolds' stuff, so I notice his style and thought that was a little uncanny, but since it's a small image...eh), but it seemed like your post mentioned it as yours. My mistake. And yeah, artbyv :p Also, at work so I guess I didn't really read thoroughly...

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That is some phenomenal art, man. I went to look at your site, but couldn't view any images in your portfolio.

@Najo, yeah that bit about WoW doing certain things better wasn't aimed at you (my bad). I definitely agree that D&D needs to learn from WoW in terms of accessibility, but don't think it has really anything else to offer. I sincerely hope that DDI is done right and isn't created as a cheap...

I can see the appeal in this to some degree. This very thing was brought up in regards DDO* from my fiance, who is a WoW player (she disliked having to, you know, do things). * - I admit DDO is flawed in a lot of ways, but I find it fundamentally more fun than WoW, since it's not all about the...

@Najo, that's probably the only thing I agree with that WoW does better. If DDI is done properly maybe that will alleviate the issue. I absolutely disagree that WoW or any computer based game will ever be able to do "D&D" better than D&D does it, and there's nothing that D&D can't do that WoW...

Just out of curiousity what things can D&D not do that WoW can? Cookie cutter quests? Dull combat? Ohhhh I got it, complete and utter lack of roleplaying.

Speaking of DI does anyone know whether they've said any more about what sort of sales model the v-minis will use? If they're going to be distributed in boosters, and disallow you from using "copies" (in app) of minis without actually owning 5 duplicates that you bought, I think it will fall...

Never the less, it's in the rules, so claiming it's "cheating" is simply false. Also, I don't use the CR system, since it's largely crappy anyway, and thus have no problems using other advancement/treasure/etc. rules without issue. My players have fun in my games, and haven't complained, so I...

Mostly it was just a matter of not having read the entry, I think. They actually sound like a pretty nasty monster to run against players (some really mean powers for a CR 7 creature). Probably I never ran one simply because they're based in underwater rivers and lakes, and much of my...

That sounds like it could potentially be really cool. Only problem I see is that it seems like aboleth (I've never used them myself, and I like using the wackier monsters... (save the duckbunny))would be difficult to run well.

Well put Mercurius. The detail is definitely why I've mostly played Realms since I started (not too long compared to the grognards). I've built up a good system that allows me to DM the way I like (pretty much completely on the fly, except for certain locations of interest that might need...

Ah right right gotcha. On a side note, I don't seem to see the problem with the novels "stealing" plot threads, because of a few reasons. First, I find it pretty crazy to buy all those books. Second, it would take an inordinately huge amount of time to catalog all the changes in each book...

Exactly. I know at least personally, that D&D is primarily a story-driven type of play, with the combat/tactical rules primarily being relegated to resolving the most critical fights. I've never played it any other way (well, maybe at first it was more of a dungeon crawl, but I've not found...

Well, I definitely feel the whole "must buy it because it's so different". But I never found the Realms to be really fundamentally unfun. That being said, most people here wouldn't consider my games very strict interpretations of the Realms anyway. Main thing is that I won't be able to use...

True, true. Could do that. I've never had any of the problems most complain about running the Realms (too many high level NPCs, factions etc., since I just don't make them important, it's assumed they're all off doing their own thing and don't have time to be saving the necks of younger...