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I posted this on the WotC forums, but I thought I'd put it here too and see what sort of reaction it gets from different communities. My biggest complaint about the playtest so far is the ability score bonuses. I can't speak for the earlier editions, but in 2nd Edition, ability score bonuses...

I was thinking something similar, mostly because HP is so abstract and represents so many things that I can't even say that the rest-to-replenish feature doesn't make sense. I didn't play 4E, but I think it has a status called "bloodied" that would be a starting point. Or maybe something like...

Joining the military pretty much destroyed my gaming hobby ( I just separated). It was impossible to hold a group together, as there was always people deploying, going on trips, or moving. It got even worse when I moved to Japan, as now there aren't even many civilians that I can get to play...

Ah, L5R.... haven't played it in a while, but that's mostly because my gaming group kinda dissolved(military people moving to different bases) and I haven't been able to get others interested... and possibly also because I'm in Japan. It is one of my favorite systems, though.

I don't see this as a weakness. Merely a difference. I'll grant you that it isn't nearly as portable as what you described before, but I'm not always looking for a shallow game that you can quickly explain away with no knowledge of the setting(please note that I'm not referring to your gaming...

My guess is that by the time 5th edition comes around, the Forgotten Realms setting will suffer the fate that Greyhawk did in 3rd. The setting didn't fit with the developers' ideas of what a D&D setting should be, and now they have lost many of the fans that kept it popular so long. Hell, I...

I think I'm going to try my hand at sculpting my own minis. Just got some old dental tools from my dentist for free and I grabbed some Studio Sculpey from my local craft store. I'll let you know how it turns out(though I expect to be making and remaking the same thing quite a few times before...

I kind of like the way that Legend of the Five Rings does it. Basically you have different stages of wounds: healthy, nicked, grazed, hurt, injured, crippled, down and out. To go from one stage to the next you multiply your Earth Ring(which is the lowest of your stamina and willpower traits)...

Looking at the links you gave me, it does look like the tactical concept is similar, even if the mechanical construction and flavor are likely to differ. As I work on my duelist build I will keep an eye out for that class for inspiration. Thanks for the link.

That is one way of looking at it. On the other hand, if you want to stick to WotC material(and I'm assuming you do if you are squeamish about writing a build into the existing framework) then you should realize that your solution to #1 is a short term solution. Eventually WotC is going to...

OK, I'm putting that bag on my shopping list.

And that would be fine if I was making a defensive light fighter designed around engaging multiple foes, but I'm not. There is nothing wrong with the way you are laying out your concept, but it isn't the same concept, as I've pointed out before. At best, my duelist concept would be a...

Heh, I was just thinking about the same thing on my way to work. The first thing that comes to mind is the warrior's trance that Ryld Argith used in the War of the Spider Queen novels. I think that it would be interesting to play around with giving some of these rituals penalties as well as...

Unless you bend or break that arbitrary rule, which I am content to do. The system is just too flexible for me to artificially shackle it.

I'll answer that by reposting what I said a couple of pages back. Keep in mind I was kind of zonked out on Percocet when I posted it. I bolded the part that answered your question. Just to clear things up, I don't think that the way some of you people are looking at the class/role...

Congratulations, you made a swashbuckler, which if you read one of my earlier posts, is a concept I identified with the rogue class earlier. Doesn't help my concept in the least.

You misunderstand me. There is(currently) no build in the books that covers my character concept, so I am going to have to create one, powers and all. So I have to choose whether to make a new class(which I am loath to do) or use an existing class. So yes, it is just the word defender in the...

Here are some more options at various prices.

Been using Crown Royal bags since I was 12. You could always go with something like this.

Because being a fighter doesn't have to mean being a slab. Remember that constitution is one of four possible prime stats. You could just as easily make a fighter that relies primarily on dexterity and wisdom, which would make him neither tough, nor strong(but no less effective). I think that...