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People may have asked for shorter articles, doesn't mean they have to like what they got. Having said that, with the format of 4e, as it expands, more classes etc. it becomes harder to cover them all (especially as powers are class specific) unless the articles are shorter. Personally, I would...

Or your dm can use lower level monsters or tweak down their defences a little if the party is struggling. This equation does have another side.

If you don't believe you can be creative in 4e it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. As in many things in life, you can be your own worst enemy.

Its not just about creativity, I think a lot of this argument is really about individuality. There is a strong desire to be the one that solves the problem (and there is nothing wrong with this) and to be the standout player that everyone else relies on. Spell casting classes where just better...

I can tell the same tales and present the players with the same sorts of challenges using 4e as I've always been able too. If I hadn't, I probably wouldn't have liked 4e either. Now the solutions to those challenges have changed, you can't scry, teleport in, teleport out and rescue the princess...

Yes, please stop, there is an exact same thread just below this one you can use.

I wonder how many people using this forum use time that used to be for reading fiction?

This is one of the most depressing threads I have read, lots of people telling each other they are playing the wrong game. It's 2010, time to give editions wars a rest.

Or you can leave the dice in the box and just roleplay and still kick but when it comes to combat.

I think early in the rules cycle they needed to get the stats out there so people could play the game. Also, many monsters are now race + role and have a dozen + examples covering multiple levels. To keep the price point reasonable adding extra fluff would have dramatically cut the headcount...

4e monsters are designed to be tailored, customised and reflavoured as the player wants, fluff is less useful in this case. However, if you look around there is plenty of inspiration to create your own fluff (got the time now I don't spend hours on the stats), e.g. the monster themes in the...

I get some measure of satisfaction for defeating my opponents "by the rules". As soon as you start using strange stunts and manoeuvers, the outcome is determined by dm fiat (what he will let you get away with), rather than the known quantities of what a character and player can do for definite...

My thoughts: The game is much too complex for some of this simple analysis to stand up to scrutiny. One character hitting one monster in a vacuum is not how the game is played. What games are less off? In many rpgs it can be hard to tell how tough an opponent is. If the game gets too easy...

I've got this horrible feeling good encounter design is a lot harder than we've been lead to believe. Mind you a good 4e encounter blows anything else out of the water.

Remind me again why only spellcasters should get all the cool stuff?

Is this where, tough, ranged strikers like warlocks come in to their own?

I wonder if facilitating online play (with pick-up groups as well as with an ongoing group) was driver for many of the changes in 4e rather than trying to create something that can be directly ported as a crpg or MMO. This overcomes the issues with interrupts etc. that would cause problems...

Although I continued to buy some of the later 3.5 books, it was more for completest reasons and for something to read rather than any possibility I would ever get to play with any of it. As a once a week player in games where character death was rare there was never any chance of that. In the...

No, only that there needed to be more than one edition. No matter which way WotC went, a big chunk of their customers would not have liked it, a big enough number for a company like Paizo to move in and produce an alternative.

Add "Thread Necromancer" as a prestige class. You can bring a thread back from the dead so long as it's only one year old per class level...