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This is a very accurate observation. I think that the attitude is a big part of bringing people on-board ("we're trying to make a product that you want to buy") or in keeping them away from the new product ("we're fixing this boring, clunky, out-dated game that you've loved playing for years on...

On a personal level? I'd shrug and keep playing Pathfinder. I might grab a few 4E books from the local used bookstores with the idea of reselling them on eBay (I bet the prices would spike), but it otherwise wouldn't affect me much. When the classic World of Darkness games went out of print...

Overall, my favorite class has to be the wizard. There's just no comparison with the amount of fun you can have playing a wizard with the right spells for the job, and Pathfinder made the wizard even better. An arcane bond and the school features just sweetened the deal. I've given some...

SnowleopardVK, our situations certainly are a bit different. My problem is usually the reverse of yours--for Pathfinder/D&D, I typically have parties of six to eight players (sometimes more). In bigger parties, the GM's main challenge is in actually challenging the party with an encounter...

When I GM and a new player comes in, I usually have the new character come in at APL-1. Here's why. For starters, not everyone in the party is exactly at the APL--in a group where the APL is 5, for example, maybe one or two people that attend every session will be at 6th level, and one or two...

Besides the self-referential nature of the term, one thing that may have got missed: rationalization. It's a powerful force in human psychology, and I think it works to explain why they wouldn't be called "zombies." Witness season two of the Walking Dead. Herschel clearly rationalizes the...

Sorry to de-rail the thread a bit... Do you mean blackface? Did a state somewhere make appearing in blackface illegal? Last I heard, appearing in blackface was still considered protected under free speech laws--blackface performers have appeared in American-made movies within the last decade...

In D&D/Pathfinder, yes, I do. The big reason is that time is the thing that you can use to put the pressure on the group to actually get stuff done. The evil druid will enact his ritual to spread a new plague on the night of the dark moon, so you'd best find him before then. The last ship to...

I dig the soundtrack from Age of Conan, actually. I've played this one in many an epic battle with a boss. For what it's worth, most of the music in Age of Conan kicks all sorts of ass. Age Of Conan - Cimmeria - YouTube

Thanks Rechan, but don't get too impressed just yet. :) I actually used a similar story in a homebrew campaign before, but none of these people played it so I adapted the ideas. In that campaign, the main "villain" was working for a necromancer because he wanted to have his girlfriend raised...

In a word--yes. In my view, the DM has an obligation to "slap" dumb players, at least in a metaphorical sense. The "slap" for a dumb player? Those are called "consequences." Let 'em try whatever they want, but don't give them a free ride because they're PCs. Hero or not, physics and NPC...

I made several changes to Keep on the Shadowfell as presented--I actually didn't run it until last year, so many of the people in my group had already played it. I wanted to give the old hands a few surprises, and there's also a good bit of DM fiat in wanting to change up some things to suit my...

I can't think of any compelling reason why a dragon wouldn't revere a deity. Considering the psychology of a dragon, however... They probably don't see a deity as a universal, immutable, eternal, mystical force of the cosmos (especially in the core Golarion world, where mortals could ascend to...

I'm looking for older, out-of-print things. I'd love a new copy of the Temple of Elemental Evil, mine is getting long in the tooth. I'm always interested in various Monstrous Compendium things from the 2E era. At the moment, however, I'm mostly interested in getting my hands on as much...

Maybe my recent involvement with Pathfinder Society games has skewed my experience a bit, but I've seen many people play rogues specifically to get sneak attack. I also think that some people want to get sneak attacks with ranged weapons to meliorate the "squishiness" of the rogue. It's a case...

Just like the title says, how do the rogues in your game go about getting their sneak attack damage? I've seen a great deal of confusion about flanking at home games and Pathfinder Society games over the past year or so. For whatever reason, there is a perception that "flanking" is a condition...

I've played in a group that did slow advancement and it was pretty awesome. We'd play an average of five sessions or so before we gained a level, so it had a more 1E-2E vibe to us (when it was typical to gain a level every three to five sessions or so). It was a blast for us. But I don't think...

In my opinion, I think that speed in play is a compound of two separate issues. Some of them are exaggerated among newer players, so it might seem to bias in that direction, but I think the relationship isn't necessarily causal. The first one is how "invested" they player is. Are they paying...

Glitterdust and web are cool, but they're utility spells. I usually end up picking at least one of them for my casters, but neither one can really be considered a "blaster" spell. For 2nd level, people have already mentioned flaming sphere. On paper, that's 12d6 damage, but it's spread out over...

I'd suggest that you give cooking a serious look. Either you can make something awesome and have leftovers for the next day or two (tikka masala, beef bourguignon, fish and chips, and pretty much anything Thai are my favorites there), or you can cook for friends and make a fun night out of...