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Good luck with that in, say, Temple of Elemental Evil. Or did you have a DM that would actually allow you a small army of hirelings that would would be willing to even go on a protracted delve and magically disappear when combat started so they'd be safely out of harms way? Or did you not bother...

I've been in groups where after a good long hard crawl an entire session could be spent working out the logistics of getting some valuable piece of not easily transportable treasure out of the dungeon. While I can see why some groups would decide to let the post bbeg portion play out off camera...

Right. Like I said, gold taken as xp was no longer gold which could be spent. It was gold ear marked for training. Either way, you're either using treasure as xp or as cash. If Next isn't allowing for the purchase of magic items, gold has a pretty limited value. Allowing treasure to count...

One of the big things people seem to overlook in their criticisms of earlier editions, is that once you start ignoring certain rules it has a cumulative effect that can quickly throw the entire game out of balance. People complain about casters being over powered for instance, yet very few...

As far as I can recall from AD&D, xp for gold was largely because you weren't supposed to level up while in the dungeon. You were expected to: a) get the loot OUT of the dungeon before it counted as xp b) the gold counted as xp because you were expected to find a higher level mentor and pay...

Then have the caster track it. There's no reason a player can't declare number of rounds remaining on his or her spell/potion/item effect. The value of that extra round or two depends on what's occuring in that extra round or two. Would you accept "But it's the last round of the fight -...

If tracking 10 rounds - either counting up from 1 to 10, or down from 10 to 1 - is too much for people I'd hate to see how badly they mangle the tracking of their hp.

While I'm well aware HP have always been an abstraction, not once in 30 years of D&D has my various groups not described hits as actual damaging hits. I'll always subscribe to the John McClane school of hp theory and not once has it ever bothered me or anyone I know to think of the fighter...

I actually miss items with alignment restrictions.

I allow players to use some attacks on themselves - situationaly, and depending on the added effect of the attack - simply because I do not find it to be a break in logic or narrative to imagine the bloodcrazed barbarian or frenzied warrior inflicting some sort of mutilation on themselves in...

Why not just ask the DM if you can treat Holy Water as a type of poison when used against undead? Seems Holy Water DOES have some poison-like effects, traditionally, and really what's the difference between a vial of snake venom and a vial of holy water? Doesn't require any refluffing, or...

How does the scale of Rackhams Confrontation Ragnarok minis compare to D&D minis? I know they're 28mm but is it an extreme difference?

I wasn't looking to give constructive criticism. I stated I did not find it entertaining. Post mostly removed for extreme offensiveness. Mod edit: It is okay to have a negative opinion of something. But we ask you to be at least civil and respectful in expressing it.

I did this exact same thing last year just to shut up the 4e critics in my group and it worked perfectly.

The only balance that matters is mechanical balance. Screw interparty balance.

I think I'll have to try that.

Postulating on the personal opinions of any public figure is futile, given that we're never privy to the behind the scenes goings ons. Dead ones are even more futile.

I didn't see it as a slam at all.

Sorry, did NOT find the game entertaining at all. And justin TV is one of the lamest spots on the web. Just my opinion