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I think one problem is that DnD has always been written and designed by nerds. Nerds want things to work in a logical manner. That someone was kidnapped to the land of the faeries is not enough. We want to know why it happened, how often it can happen, is there a saving throw etc. etc. while...

Yeah my first game was pretty incompetent rules wise, little role playing and my funny voices were bad. Still everyone had fun and wanted to do it again so who cares?

Flippin' awesome! WOTC should have you on the payroll.

None of my playtests have shown this. The pally, the fighter, the wizard, the warlock, the ranger all pretty much drop like a sack of hammers if you have several even low level mobs concentrating fire on them. I even found myself going easy on the players in some cases where the monsters could...

I think if anyone seriously thinks 4.0 CON will be useless they should put some money down that their 4 man 6 CON team will kick the butts of any non-crazyland designed 4 man team once the PHB is in our hands. Cash on the barrelhead son.

But then you get into 'healing surges are not always healing' thing, the cleric or pally with extra surges might be using them for other things, including healing the wizard who is SOL otherwise because he ran out.

I don't think so, limiting any setting to a tier will limit the number of people who buy the setting.

Yes all teh uber leet PCs will have a CON of 6 CRISWELL PREDICTS!

They might well feel that way.

I am having a vision of the future.... a blasted hellscape... the internet 2 years from now.. the first video game inspired by 4ed has been released and it's message board is full of posts along the lines of "i am thinking of getting this game, what is the level cap because I want to play a long...

Just so long as the art does not start reflecting what the players look like! That's a bit too much verisimilitude for my tastes. btw I thought the new pit fiend art on the other article was really quite good and I have not thought the same of some of the other 4ed monsters. He just looks...

Or that Apple is a Monopoly because they do not yet allow third party software to be loaded onto iPhones without violating the TOS. it might not be Nice of them or good for business etc. but the fact remains that there are a lot of other phones you can buy which can allow all sorts of 3rd party...

Nah if they care enough they can work it out themselves. Since 4th ed has 4 target values I did give some hints if they said they were specifically trying to figure out which to go after. Not numbers but things like 'The soldiers are wearing heavy armor so they move a bit slower'.

I have tried this a few different ways and my best result has been a hybrid, I separate the monsters into groups that get their own initiative. The easiest way was to go by monster type since they all have the same init modifier. So for Raiders I had Archers on one init, wizard on his own...

Well ignoring the utter lack of any evidence that NPC monsters are 'slapped together' with 'no rules' and your cranky tone what is the problem with that? A NPC exists in the game for some reason, to be beat up, to provide flavor, to give the DM an excuse to use a funny accent, whatever. They...

The fact that many of the 'buff' kind of utility spells we have seen seem to require a minor action to maintain leads me to believe that if you, say, wanted to fly a lot (and assuming the spell is an encounter power and not a daily) that you could be flying before the fight starts but outside of...

Personally I will not buy a lawnmower unless it is open source. Needless to say my lawn is getting kind of bushy.

1. Talk louder than your players 2. Make them hurry up. 3. Stand up. Doing a big combat can be like herding cats so you better be ready to herd the hell out of them. It's nice to be polite but everyone will appreciate it if you interrupt now and then when people take too long. My guys love...

This was exactly my response, I DMd 1st and 2nd ed games in FR mostly because I loved the SSI games but it has not held any appeal for a while. It just seemed too cluttered. Now I am looking forward to checking it out.

I likes it, cept for that chain with axe heads hanging off it like a charm bracelet. Beating someone with a chain I can see, beating them with a chain with huge unbalanced weights on it does not seem likely, even in fantasy land. ps. Will 4th have double swords and double axes in the core...