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Like I said before--don't look too hard at D&D or expect it to make sense. It's not that kind of game.

Fought a guy with the coordination to recover quickly from dropping someone.

I want ALL of the illusion school available, not grabbing a couple of spells on the side. The images may be in, but the terrain illusions and shadow spells aren't, IIRC, and I love those. I must concur in confusion with this person. How has D&D not always been combat focused?

I feel pretty confident about the extreme lack of spellcasters, spells, and magic items in the Conan stories I've read being very different from D&D.

Beguilers embody, IMO, neither the Bard nor the Illusionist. They don't have the Bard spell list nor the Illusion school's interesting spells (the Images, Hallucinatory Terrain, Mislead, Mirage Arcana, Phantasmal Killer, the Shadow spells...). They are something in between. Spellcasting and...

I...don't understand. If those other stories are anything like the original Conan stories, I would disagree with his statement, but I know that Conan =!= D&D.

I was going to complain about dropping potions--but then potions are too expensive and not useful enough in combat to drink in combat, so...never mind. As for the whole Mother May I part of AoOs--I just remember that the game doesn't make a whole lot of sense if you look at it too hard, and try...

Which artery would that be? Also, this is an example of the player rewards and character rewards in CoC not matching up. Also, one of the many reasons I don't like CoC. GMs tend to like what's best for "the story", not what's best for the PCs survival. I just want you to know, you can go to...

FAIL. I've only read a few of Howard's original Conan stories, but I would best describe them as not D&D.

BRP CoC has changed very little over six-some editions. Unfortunately.

Apparently, until GURPS 3rd edition, the game had little material on settings outside of the fantasy genre.

Hmmmmm. I'm not quite sure, but you might be the first person I ever heard refer to this as a new edition rather than a series of supplements they disliked (often because of power issues). I, for about two years, have not allowed Elves or Half-Elves in my campaign world, and I haven't had any...

I've heard it said that in 2e there were more rules for everything--multiple, contradictory rules in some cases--and I've heard it said of 2e there was a total or near-total lack of usable information in the DMG, except for the treasure and combat tables. So it ended up there was a lot of DM...

Not in my campaigns. Heroes/Villains might be gladly put up for the night in someone's home or more untrustworthy types might get someone's barn, but there won't be an inn in a place surrounded by wilderness (if there is, it'll be an empty wreck) or with 20 people (they'll wonder why you don't...

You forgot buffs that last in hours.

Wow, that village must see a lot of travelers to have an inn.

I, uh, guess you failed to note the slight advantage of the Long range on Fireball, huh?

I, also, chortled heartily at our friend's ignorance of history. Ho ho! Copy that. Duergar are Dwarves positive aspects turned into negative aspects. Instead of creating identical tributes of great skill, they churn out identical copies with no creativity or love. Instead of being...

I think what you should do first, is tell is all about his character. Without knowing if there are errors or if it's accurately made, there's not a lot I can do to help you.

WHFRP, perhaps? Also, this is definitely a situation where D&D does not necessarily match the OP's tastes.