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I have to disagree with many of the above posts: based on my experiences with the barbarian, this hardly appears to be a case of over-design. The barbarian is a boring, one-trick pony. Even the drab paladin class gets a few points of lay on hands and a smattering of spells, and the fighter is...

Awesome! Though, technically, I think the D&D version of Shroedinger's Cat is just an ordinary undead cat. (Note to self: create necromancer named Shroedinger for next campaign.)

Thanks, Michael. In a way, the invented Col_Pladoh was Gary's "player character" here at ENWorld, so I think it only appropriate that Col_Pladoh was there to send him off.

That's probably a fair assessment. (Unless you're playing a non-psionic, non-spellcaster in AD&D; then character drama's all you got, because having cool stuff to do certainly isn't an option.) Of course, action adventure vs. character drama is ultimately a spectrum, and 4e is continuing to...

Then again, some people love the new Battlestar Galactica and, for the same reasons, have reservations about 4e. IMHO, 4e looks like the original BSG: a cinematic action adventure where characters get to do kewl stuff. Older editions of D&D, particularly pre-3e, look more like the new BSG: a...

Fare thee well, Mister Gygax. Though it may not mean as much as a classy dedication, I shall hold a vigil in Gary's honor, to be attended by 40-400 goblins, one leader and 4 assistants per 40 goblins encountered, plus females and young equal to 60% and 100% respectively of the number of male...

I second the motion that WotC grant you guys an exemption.

So? Fire and Brimstone: Fourth Edition, then? Awesome! Oh, but don't forget that the lava has to make an attack roll.

Curved spacetime? Quantum fields? And here I thought the calculus for optimizing Power Attack was bad; now power gamers are going to need a complete theory of quantum gravity to get the most bang for their buck. :D Well, screw this. I'm replacing my battlemat with a lattice of microscopic...

Very good advice. To separate Basic20 from other alternate systems, I'll start by clarifying that it isn't really an alternate system at all; it is really just a template that can be added to the normal third edition rules. And I'll clarify that it isn't intended to simply the entire system...

Sorry, I got carried away. But now everything's all white. :)

Inspired by the E6 rules posted on this forum by Ryan Stoughton. Playtesting is currently underway; expect ongoing improvements and clarifications. The goal of Basic20 is to simplify high-level play by limiting access to complicated high-level abilities. In particular, Basic20 targets large...

Well, looks like I'm showing up late to the e6 party, what with the creator being on hiatus, but I'd still like to take a stab at that question: Since the next-to-highest spell level is always 2nd and caster level is always 6th, I can't see a ton of extra spell slots being much more unbalancing...

In the past, I've created new divination spells that do something like this. You cast the spell at the beginning of the day and the first combat of the day is a vision of the possible future; you can either keep it if you like the result or replay it one time. It's not an arbitrary, automatic...

Hey, that would mean a n00b like me can't even vote once for his own entry!

D&D uses granularity all the time: +1 to an ability score per 4 levels, not wait until 8th level to see any change; +1 inherent bonus to an ability score per wish spell, not wait until you can cast two concurrent wish spells to gain any benefit; +1 Strength from the Strength domain granted power...

Okay, be honest. Who else snickered when they read this in one post... ...followed by this in the very next post...

A Navajo digging stick. Sweet! And incidentally, "gish" is (AFAIK) unrelated to actual 4e game rules. As irrelevant to 4e game rules as "AFAIK" is to a dictionary of the King's English.

Only some tieflings have large horns and tails. The rest compensate by driving expensive sports cars.

Player 1 - I'm a Reformed Demon struggling to be human again. At 1st level, I'm as powerful as I will ever be - EVER! - and I get less powerful every level as I shed my demonic abilities, one by one. Player 2 - I'm an Atlantean. At 1st level, I'm the weakest I'll ever be. I only deal X...