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I see this as a good thing. Clearly the D&D Insider designers have never seen a woman, just like all true D&D geeks.

3e is Rules heavy, with so many suppliments and so many possibilities, Its impossible for the designers to avoid adding rules again and again. And I like it that way. However, the poll missed an important part of the 3e system. Almost all rules are DM optional. The core Mechanic: Roll d20, add...

When I run into a question of "Which Spell Trumps the other?". I fall back to opposed caster level checks. Whomever wins the check trumps the other's spell.

At which point the Kua-toas will be renamed "Fishborn" and they have breasts, tastefully covered by kelp and sea shells.

Oh, I mostly don't participate in threads that don't interest me (Hence my really low post count). But the number of threads debating why one should/should not switch has gotten out of hand. Every couple days we have a new one.

Really, Everyone should put in their Signatures why they will or wont upgrade, and then hopefully these treads can go away. I'll start...

Unless your Silence casting party member is much lower level than the Caster you wish to silence, you are trading the versatility of one of your spell casters for one of the opponents. Its a one for one trade, I usually avoid those situations if I can. So personally I would avoid the tactic...

Anyone who passes judgment on 4e (be it for or against) before they have seen the book is foolish. There is no other way to describe it. Or, to use the parlance of the times: Don't knock it until you try it. We have been given bits and pieces about 4e and nothing else. It is too soon to decide...

I've never been very impressed with the Races series either. Whenever I'm rolling a character, I usually stick to the Complete X book that matches the class I took. It always seems the feats/spells/etc added in the Complete series go nicely with any character, making the book more versatile.

Divine spell casters don't qualify specifically because there are so many existing classes that make decent warrior-spellcasters. The best the Arcane warrior in the core rules is the Bard. THE BARD. The bard is such a joke that it got completely written out of the new edition. While some...

I think having the 'tax man' show up is an interesting adventure hook. Perhaps the king cuts a deal with the PCs, sending them on an adventure. Or perhaps this motivates the PCs to forge their own kingdom? 200k gold would certainly levy a large mercenary army. I enjoy the idea that the simple...

A Hero with money, is like a mule with a spinning wheel, no one knows how he got it, and I'll be damned if he know how to use it... My names Langly, Lyle Langly and I've got a idea, nah, its not for you... Its more of an Eberron kind of idea... Airship, or other type of floating battle...

Swiftblade My all time Favorite Fighter/Mage. Hell, I don't even plan on playing 4e without writing my own version of it first. And, its totally free: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/prc/20070327

I'm pretty excited about this book, and it will be the first one of his post-WotC books I've purchased. Even if I love 4e, It will be a long while before everyone in the group is ready to switch over.

I like the idea of Class Die + Level + Con bonus, and the change for Toughness/Die hard. I'm going to adopt those changes. When I say "Hit Die" I meant their Level (or in the cast of monster, total Hit Dice). However, for class Dice, I am assuming you mean the full value of their Starting HP...

Subdual damage isn't removed really. Since a character is dropped to unconscious when his Hit Points reach 0, converting all subdual damage to hit-point damage generates the same effect. Another way to look at this system would be: All damage is subdual damage, unless it exceeds the "Damage...

I wrote this up a couple weeks ago (Before the latest 4e hoopla), and in a month or so I'll be using the following system in a new campaign. However it could use a little critique from experienced eyes to see holes in the system. Damage and HP Starting HP: Every Character starts with Max HP x3...

Whoo hoo! Another excuse to ignore 4e and play the D&D the way I like it.

Have you had a chance to use these rules in play yet? If so, what level was the party? My concern with dropping the iterative attacks is that many monsters seem to be neutralized without their iterative attacks. Do monsters keep them in your system, or do they get rewrites? Instead of the...

Whats wrong with the DM cheating a little to make an NPC stronger? Maybe he rolled his attributes really well, or uses a lot of 1 shot magic items?