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I don't think he is lying, because the situation is probably that there is no capital-T Truth, just a lot of stories that are true from everyone's perspective. Just that, before I can really comment on the situation beyond asking questions or picking at things that I want further explained, I...

To the question about a request for other sources, now that someone has broken it out line by line, here are the things that I want another source on: * He says that he made the decision; did he? If he did last week, that means he has less than 2 weeks turn around time. That seems a breach of...

Just read someone up above who said something similar, so editing to note that. ---- Er, what? There are plenty of two handed defenders. Fighters, Paladins, Berserkers, Swordmages... I think the only one that doesn't have a decent two handed option is the Warden. I don't know about the...

It seems to succeed, if you opt to play the defense aspects to the hilt. It fills that same "Naturey guy with sword, shield, and light armor" angle, for me.

Red Hand of Doom; I can't say it enough. The events of that adventure trickle down in to almost every game I play now.

I believe you have it. To better understand, look at Short Rests. It isn't that "Out of combat, PCs can spend however many surges they want." Instead, it is "When taking a Short Rest, a PC recovers encounter powers and can spend as many healing surges as they want."

Here are some general things to keep in mind, boiling down what I have experienced and what I have read from others. * Level appropriate encounters are supposed to be important to the general design - A more traditional dungeon crawl in 4e would actually have each floor as the encounter. - A...

Oh Neverwinter, Oh sweet Neverwinter, my Neverwinter? --- Good times but, It has been a long while Since last visit. --- The plague, the elf, The journeys beyond the city, are fond memories.

Well, that's pretty direct and a little inflammatory too, I think. But we will have to agree to disagree on this. To me I was seeing the prisoners and their blood as the "something" involved, and you are moving vitality from them to you. Granted, on a level of symbolism, beating them might...

Stepping back a second, if your post said, instead of "any GM worth their salt" to "some GMs" or even "Most GMs," my response would be: "Yeah, I can see that. Not everyone wants that in their game." It's only because you are bringing it up as a value statement against the worth of the GM that...

I don't think it is an exploit / using the rules in an unintended way to get unfair advantage. I think it is roleplaying a vampire feeding off of fallen foes kept alive just for that purpose. The best case scenario is that you are not draining healing surges off of your allies; this makes the...

You know, I was re-reading the vampire from a combination of this thread and watching Dyland Dog with my wife, and realized something I missed. I may also be misinterpreting the rules since I am not looking at them now, so if anyone corrects me I will edit my post to reflect it and give them...

I have only read the flavor of the themes, but I do want to comment on them. (my game isn't FR and it would be a while before I could use the non-DDI elements; it is on my to buy list just based on the theme flavor though) The themes, and the way they plug in to the setting, are great. I think...

If the true purpose of these articles is to explore and measure our response... I like it, even if I don't like the idea. It has, though, gotten me to truly think about what I want from a skills system. Generally, I look at the rules as being there just for conflict resolution, so I don't...

Yes, this. The act of being given blood by an ally, and the act of taking it, are different. It may also take more power to force it; you aren't just taking blood, you are taking life force. Also, -nothing- stops you from tying up a guy and then, during a double short rest (rest, take...

So the short line is, "We don't need rules for reproduction, whatever the form?" That... actually makes a ton of sense.

You're right; it is jarring. But you don't need specific class rules for it; that is the beauty of the "Hard Rules / Loose Fiction" thing that goes on in D&D. The rules are there to determine what is balanced in small encounter play; greater worldbuilding aspects, though, are something else...

It seems like there are two pools of rituals; ones with utility that can be measured on a per day basis, and those whose utility has more of a narrative focus during down time. Casting knock from sunrise to sunset on a non-adventuring day doesn't have any real impact on the story, any more than...

Here is what I do for war: 1) Get a hex map of the area, and try to break it in to .5 mile squares. 2) Stat up Legions for both sides. These should function as, essentially, individual creatures (they are a variant of swarms for mass battle purposes). Legions should have no ranged attacks...

My general method for things is to reward with attention. The better developed a character is presented in roleplaying, and the more hooks provided, the more attention I put on the character to explore those hooks. NPCs that knew a characters mentioned father, a long lost relative showing up...