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Or, in other words, don't try to picture the scene in your mind as you're playing it out, because it won't make sense. Just concentrate on it as a boardgame, since the rule is contrary to what you'd be imagining -- get rid of your imagination for the duration of the combat, for the sake of the...

Actually, yes, even though I'm one of the rare people who enjoyed the prequels more than the original 3 Star Wars movies (although, admitted, I prefer Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith by far to Phantom Menace). Darth Maul's two-bladed lightsaber makes me wince as much as Jar-Jar...

On the other hand, stating that the Pathfinder Beta is a failure of compatibility because its classes are more powerful than the original PHB classes is an objectively specious argument. PF is the PHB -- it's a replacement, not an add-on. You should not be using the PHB classes and the PF...

Sounds like the economy has given a drubbing to GenCon as well. :(

Where are these female dwarves everyone is talking about? :confused: The only picture I saw on that page was one of a dragonborn ....

It does occur to me to wonder, though, if every ruleset is doomed to disappoint the majority of those who play it ;) .... it seems like every one is unsatisfactory in many major ways in the opinion of many, many gamers, and the efforts to fix it are likewise detestable in every conceivable way...

In the first place, he's not claiming that 4th edition is not D&D. Don't try to change the focus of the argument by claiming that he's saying something that he isn't. He's saying that 4th edition is more strongly branded than other editions, which, although probably debatable on several grounds...

Hm, the idea of restricting the animal companions, etc. to core would indeed solve the MM problem. So, you think that the gains from the ToB outweigh the increase in complexity? I'm inclined to agree, but a little more input on the subject would be welcome, too.

You make a good point about the monster manuals. What do you think about the Tomes of Horrors from Necromancer as a resource for monsters beyond MM1 and MM2?

I was thinking of starting a new 3rd edition campaign after seeing the color of 4th edition (which I was originally excited about) and deciding that it's just too bland and one-dimensional for me. So, I'm thinking about this campaign -- none of my players are real power gamers, so 'build...

Well, the current one can be changed or revoked at any time. Furthermore, whatever you have published under the current GSL cannot be published under any other system, ever. Basically, you're signing over the right to your intellectual property (IP). So in other words, if you make up your own...

It is remotely possible that some of us aren't on a "crusade" and are trying to figure out why WotC is possibly changing the GSL to be more open. Logically, even if you don't care about editions, or even D&D, they're going to change it for a reason. With a business, the reason is always money...

Yes. Those are very pretty words.

At this point, it's too early to say. If WotC decides to axe them, then yes, they made objectively bad decisions. If they survive and prosper, then no, their decision -- which was, basically, a calculated gamble -- paid off. Note that I didn't say that WotC would do anything detrimental to 3rd...

I don't see why it's necessarily considered an attack on WotC by the WotC fans when people say that they're trying to make their IP less generic .... .... especially since that seems to be true. I've only got the PHB of 4th edition so far, but a very strong impression that I've gotten is that...

While I agree that simply using the GSL to vilify WotC is pointless, on the other hand, it's objectively true that it would be unwise for a third party to sign a contract which can be changed or voided at any time, but which is still binding on all parties, and requires the destruction of all...

All this and I still can't decide which edition to play. :)

It seems to me that without being good, bad, or whatever, WotC chooses its actions as a company, and that therefore, every major decision is made with one goal in mind: to make more money. Scott Rouse may be a champion for the 'gamer community' -- or he may be the 'good cop' who is the...

Wow -- someone else who dislikes Moorcock and Martin! :) Nice to know I'm not totally alone. Martin, IMO, is a writer who takes the 'gritty' approach so far that it becomes a ludicrous caricature of itself. And if grim and gritty D&D would be along those lines, I'll reiterate my desire to...

Well, speaking as a 34-year-old who's watched several people who I was very attached to die, and whom I still miss years later, and who's been kicked in the teeth by life in various other ways a few dozen times, I can say that I don't particularly relish depictions of misery or excessive gore...