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114 because of the return of the Witch class. Loved it, loved the cover, loved the b&w Elmore interior art. Also, a good remorhaz article. Runners-up: 100, 75 and 76 for the 9 Hells articles.

As Imaro said, I think 4e managed to lose players in both subsets. For me, it was both, but the biggest single thing was the way the mechanics dictated the flavor. The new interpretations of trip, grab, diagonal movement, square fireballs, etc. made me feel like the game world was entirely a...

1. Yes to the spirit of the question. 90% is a terribly high percentage, so no to that, but if the spirit of the question is, "Is it possible to create an edition of D&D where the D&D community doesn't feel fractured, and that has the same sort of rpg market penetration and share that 1e-3e...

I was/am hoping that they're selling the brand. I was/am hoping that they're selling the brand to Paizo, but Erik's post in the other thread sure didn't sound like he knew what was going on at WOTC (or, perhaps, Mr. Mona has a poker face worthy of Rary...).

WOTC's silence is, in my opinion, a bad sign for D&D at WOTC. We shall see.

I'm jumping in in the middle here - kind of a tl;dr, sorry - but I think what Tai'Chara is talking about is boards like hexrpg.com and hprpg.net. They're popular enough that more than half, I would say, of the kids in my classroom have heard of this sort of roleplaying, even if they haven't...

Chris Thomasson, now Chris Youngs, got the modern adventure path idea rolling with the Shackled City/Cauldron adventure path in Dungeon magazine, where he was editor. I think around issue 100 but I'm not looking it up. Chris deserves a lot of credit for that (also for the modern swarm/mob...

I actually originally conceived of the SK system as linkable move sets. But some playtesters didn't like the idea of having so many cards in addition to a character sheet and dice. Also, retaining the flavor of individual combat styles (mounted, two weapon, great weapon, etc.) was harder with...

No, I meant what I said. Of course the DM has the ability, without impacting his Sandbox Rating (TM), to decide what's in his world. His Sandbox Rating (TM) starts to decline when he ignores the rules that he has adopted in favor of a pre-ordained plot.

Egad. I was just going for color! That was my memory there; sorry that I used the phrase "by the book." My point, without the color, is: a) Let random powerful NPCs and monsters into your campaign b) Pick and choose which powerful NPCs and monsters come out c) Ignore the die result; no...

Especially interesting because I would have done D) also, and I consider myself one of the more sandboxy people around. Just because the PCs are playing in the sandbox over here doesn't mean I don't get to play in the sandbox over there, so to speak. Goes to show how interpretations differ, I...

The Escapist : Complete Mike Mearls D&D 4th Edition Essentials Interview I believe that's the interview. I'm not going to go searching through its pages right now, so apologies if it's not. I share your non-doubt over their good intentions and dedication to the game. Their execution was the...

This is a good point. The problem is that players have their full array of resources at the beginning of a fight. What swordsman doesn't need to set himself up with a feint before striking the vorpal blow? What mage doesn't need to conjure fire before hurling a ball of it at the ranks of...

You're playing old school and a PC casts Freedom (reverse Imprisonment), and, wouldn't you know it, he doesn't intone the name and background of the creature to be freed perfectly right. You roll the 10% chance to see if other creatures are freed as a result of the mispronunciation, and you roll...

Find a way to sneak in a bit more gaming while still doing an A+ job parenting (or, at least, shooting for that A+). Also, get the Spellbound Kingdoms revision out the door already.

So true! Of course, it would have to be a logarithmic scale.

I do too. Reminds me of the Random Damage table from Dragon 100. I used to threaten players with that all the time. Now if they do something stupid, I could threaten them with the Epic Fail table instead. Let's see. 1-2 - Roll every die you own for damage. Don't add them. Multiply them. 3-4 -...

3.x Pathfinder Savage Worlds Spellbound Kingdoms

I wouldn't worry about it much. At low levels, 3.5 casters, especially clerics and druids, are still quite powerful. To me, any imbalance that might arise is not so big that the DM cannot adjust for it by tweaking circumstance, challenge, story, and magic items (even a slight change to crafting...

Gotta quibble with you there. Back in the ol' roll 3d6 days, except for strength, 1 out of 216 was the rarest you could get. It always bothered me that 1 out of 216 is not even close to Einstein's rarity, or even Lisa Randall's rarity, not to mention Peyton Manning or Cristian Ronaldo or...