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If people had good guidance on how to design such encounters, the encounters need not be fun-sapping. Dramatic consequence and threat to player goals simply need to be employed.

Oh, and inasmuch as language really can, in my opinion give life to a race, my inspiration for gnome language is welsh. It works really, really well! :D I hope that doesn't come across as racist!

Nope! But not all dwarves are axe-wielding warriors. There's just enough of them to give some sort of definition.! Gnomes live in shallow burrow communities under hills in isolated woodland or forested areas. They tend to have a racial genius for mineralogy (particularly precious gemstones)...

Perfect. I particularly like mysterious and elusive for my gnomes; maybe somewhat feytouched in the way elves can be. Where enchantment and high magic defines the spirit of elves, illusion defines the soul of the gnome. Dwarves are warlike and grim. Elves are high and terrible. Halflings are...

Well that's certainly not my argument. I take issue largely with the claim that the system is completely broken because of x,y,z. I don't find most of those reasons given as convincing that the system is broken, and that's a far cry for championing it as a flawless system that cannot be...

Now there's a bandwagon I can lay my hat of d02 on. I strongly agree.

If this post is anything to go by, I'd be in stitches for hours reading it

Yeah, I saw the reference as a complete abandonment of any pretence that this thread was addressing an issue independent of the Surprising the GM thread :D. There never was a chamberlain. It was a centipede in disguise!

How is it that every piece of evidence given so far for the brokenness of the game is debatable?

Awesome. Bonus points if Shrodinger can make a cameo!

My xp awarding powers are too capped...

Is this the strength of the evidence that the system is broken? These points are so easy to address that I find it hard to believe that they are being used as evidence for a broken system. With such a diverse system with so many components its not surprising that creative, intelligent and...

It depends on how compatible with 3.x and AD&D it is. I'm not really looking for a new system, but if its highly backwards compatible, it'd add to what I'm playing and I'd invest. Publishing great adventures and story would be awesome too. Not plot devices for marketing reasons, but stories...

for someone younger :p said you were getting too old. But it turned out younger couldn't push the buttons, now look whose come crawling back :D :D

Yeah I agree with this.

Its not a strawman cheese weasel (drooooool. ahem. sorry) tho. Can we take for granted that its not always the case? You might not trust everyone's integrity here, but the argument has been presented, and many of us have said that that's not a fair reflection of the way we game. And if the...

It says that character resources should be monitored for balance.

Hmmm. Shrodinger's sblock? I dunno about clicking that button...

I don't think its a sidestep; its my response to the caricature of rule 0 as this complex array when its actually the opposite. Carefully arbitrate means we don't need an overly-intricate model, and instead just decide on a case-by-case basis.

Not a whole slew of tricks. One trick; "Carefully arbitrate", unless we include ensuring that all the rules are followed, including inconvenient ones, as a trick. In fact, what follows (but I'm too lazy to type) is a discussion of ways a DM can reign in power as well as a discussion on trust...