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This is my position. I don't care very much for FR and Eberron, so the news that WotC will be providing some support to other settings is great.

It's not just auto damage effects: so many classes and paragon paths offer area effect attacks that can wipe them off the map. As a DM I've found that melee minions aren't usually worth the effort of assembling on the battlemat once the party exceeded 6-7th level. As a player of a wizard, I'm...

So, have any of the items struck you as particularly cool, stylish, powerful or broken yet?

Thank God. I was dreading new double weapons. Double fullblade? Double nunchucks? Double bow?

Human, Eladrin and Dwarf. Where "Eladrin" means the "fighter/magic user" elf which we saw in BD&D. The wood elf is a later optional race. For me, the halfling isn't needed. I don't see Hobbits as an adventurer race, and the later attempts to give halflings a different personality just don't...

Having just run a particular fight in The Temple Between module in the Scales of War AP, I'll add: Avoid three-way battles with 16 monsters, none of whom are minions. Running a battle with yourself just slows things down while turning the players into an audience for more of each turn. Avoid...

That's a great idea! I think it might be best to split the powers into, say, a "Light" precog build and a "Dark" TK one...

The obvious way to do souldknife would be to make it an implement power. And to make the class implement a wand. Soul Knives would be projected from the end of the wand, which would then be like the hilt of a sword. And they'd also make a sort of buzzing-whooshing sound when swung around.

The Lord of Fate ED in Arcane power has a level 21 power called Turnabout that I think might cause a lot of problems: when you roll initiative, designate one creature you can see as the target of turnabout. Until the end of the encounter, any condition it imposes as a result of an attack power...

I am WotC? If the Most Revolutionary & Awesome Game Design is not a pen-and-paper RPG but some other product that does not compete with mine, then I wish its developers good fortune. If the MR&AGD is a pen and paper RPG, then what I do depends on the situation the MR&AGD is in. i) If the...

I chose "None of them in general." Sure, an encounter can be used more often than a daily, but an awesome daily is better than a weak encounter. Awesomeness wins!

Not with RPGs. I did with some boardgames my friends liked, but I eventually got so annoyed I basically stopped playing boardgames with them (we still play RPGs together.) There's a saying on rpgnet I've come to agree with "No gaming is better than bad gaming."

Is playing 3.5/Pathfinder so bad? One advantage these games do have is the different mechanics for classes means you should be able to find one you enjoy. Of course, if the others are saying "You get to DM a game you don't like" that's another matter. Invite one of them to DM.

I was actually replying directly to Rechan's post, who I thought would - and who did - understand these acronyms. I should have put in a quote, since Shroomy swooped in before I finished my post. However, I take your point. In future, I will not employ initialisms like AC or HP when I can write...

They all attack NADS rather than AC, which will hurt the heavy armour types a lot. The other thing is that they're the first monster I've seen(*) that is actually rewarded for CdGing a PC. (*) Though I certainly could have missed others, and I haven't got MM2 yet..

Yeah, but did you just keep trying with the same girl forever? To continue the metaphor, it's like the OP has gone on four dates with 4e, where he discovered he didn't like her personality, her opinions, her appearance and her tastes. Now he's going to try again. I'm suggesting he should go on a...

I do play, and like, 4e. But Samuel Leming didn't enjoy it the four times he tried, and a fifth attempt seems quixotic. Why not play the C&C and Pathfinder Samuel mentions in his signature, or the many other old school games that fit his playstyle.?

Why? You've tried to play it three times and to DM it once and you obviously still have big problems with its basic rules philosophy. Why waste your time?

I think the all Shaman party would make for interesting fights. Over here, we have a vicious melee of monsters and spirit companions; over there, a group of shamans remote controlling their companions while staying out of range.

I've been thinking the same about the monster and setting articles in Dragon for a while now; but if they move them to Dungeon, there wouldn't be much in some Dragon issues we've seen to date.