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Sacred cows and all that. The 4e backlash from traditionalists might have been even greater had they left it out completely. I really like that there's no mechanical aspect to it, and I also (very much) like that divine powered characters aren't effectively acting with the tacit approval of...

Second the avoidance of WoW. It kills brain cells more than anything. I did a free trial of WoW once to satisfy my curiosity, but found it too cartoony and childish seeming, and not very fulfilling in terms of exploration and discovery or tactics, which were the things I enjoyed about MMOs...

Well, when I was playing MMOs it wasn't for the 'massively multiplayer' part. It was for the game mechanics and game style, and the open-ended content, primarily. The multiplayer aspect of it for me was mostly good for unscripted events - whereas in a single player game most things are going...

You could also take this as the demeanor of the Warlord and the respect he engenders having an influence on the character: As your consciousness fades and you feel your life ebbing away, you think of <the Warlord>, that noble warrior and tactical genius that has seen you through so many...

Just add an extra power such as: Oozing Decayed Flesh * Immediate Reaction * +7 vs. Reflex Whenever a successful melee attack is made against the Decaying Black Dragon, make an attack roll against Reflex defense on the attacking character for 1d4 damage.

My whole position on Starlock is that I think they made a bad design decision of making a class feature they thought might be too good conditionally (Fate of the Void) and so they forced a straight Starlock build to split their point buy between two primary attack / damage stats as a balancing...

I've been enjoying the Dragon content, but no. I simply can't justify the expense. Even if I hadn't been left in a situation where I've been watching things break and wear down without the money to replace them, to the point where I'm replacing my cell phone with a disposable pay-as-you-go...

1st RPG exposure: AD&D 1st Edition 2nd RPG exposure: TSR Marvel Super Heroes Then, in no particular order: Red Box D&D Blue Box D&D AD&D 2nd Edition D&D 3rd Edition Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Paranoia Paranoia XP Shadowrun Twilight 2000 Cyberpunk 2020 The old DC Heroes rpg Vampire: the...

Thirded. Once your DM gets a handle on encounter design things are going to change big time. I'm going to go out on a limb here from your comments and guess that you're the only one with the Thievery skill? And you're also the only one who has figured out how to do strong, consistent damage...

Ok, then, to help you out, here's how I would use each skill in this situation if I was presented with the problem and that skill was the highest ranked one on my character sheet: Arcana: Use the detect magic aspect of the skill to determine what manifestations are merely distracting or scary...

Well, the most obvious penalty for failure would be that they don't get the benefits of an extended rest. The spooks move things around, make noises, and bang things together, or cause nightmares to the extent where the PCs don't get a rest. In terms of the actual challenge, I don't like the...

There are a few things that still bug me. Several of them have to do with not getting rid of certain sacred cows when there is no reason to keep them other than easing initial fan reaction to the game. First, the parts where I feel 4e did not go far enough, such as keeping alignment while...

When I was planning an adventure for level one characters before seeing any of the player characters, one of the things I did was write out a sort of schedule of rewards so that I'd at least have something ready and relatively fair to the average group to get them up to speed on the basics: I...

I'm sure they'll eventually put a feat that covers this. "The Expanded Expanded Spellbook" or the "Swiss Army Wizard" or something. It makes sense to do so, and I agree this would be nice to see. I'd probably take expanded utilities over expanded dailies any day.

XP Version: * Artificers can't choose Alchemist instead of Ritualist. * Selecting Alchemist in place of ritualist doesn't seem to do anything for Clerics and Wizards in terms of appearing on the character sheet. (It still says "Ritual Caster: You master and perform rituals.") * Artificers have...

There's a difference between using the PoP on real astral gems, and using them on magically created Astral Gems. They shouldn't be trading Dust-created gems at all. It wouldn't work by the definitions of the items, and in terms of normal trade, anyone trading something that valuable is going...

The PoPP converts normal coins and gems to platinum. Astral Diamonds created out of Dust of Creation wouldn't be normal, they would be temporary items that radiate magic. Residuum isn't mundane, it's the raw material of magic item properties. Dust of Creation can only create mundane items...

This is really interesting. 42 votes in, 69% of respondents saying they would accept a campaign with all of the above. I'd be willing to bet that many other features that have appeared in various popular settings would poll much lower (eg, magic trains or legendary NPCs more powerful and/or...

Core assumptions, basically, more along these definitions of the word:

I just got done expressing why I feel like the average - or the vast majority - of D&D worlds don't "do it" for me, in another thread. I have tried to remain loyal to the game and give various editions a shot. It's the first RPG I was ever introduced to, back in the red box days. I'm not sure...