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The only reason that I'm not a supporter of Fantasy Grounds is because there is no native OSX support for it. Otherwise id be all over it in heartbeat. As such I have a licsenced copy of d20Pro and have tinkered a bit with MapTools. I can't really say that I'm a fan of MapTools due to the...

Yankees Fans and Red Sox Fans are both fans of baseball. Just not fans of EACH other. Try bridging THAT gap then talk to me about everyone just being a gamer. I have NO common ground with someone who plays 4E. NONE. Unless they play SOMETHING ELSE that we both play and enjoy. Other than that...

Negative. We have just settled into a nice groove where people were playing what they liked. There are groups playing 4E. There are groups playing Pathfinder. There are some people even playing BOTH. Now not only will WOTC be releasing a new edition, they will also still be supporting 4E via...

I've been running a monthly Pathfinder game for the past two and half years (?). Starting with a modified version of Keep on the Borderlands and then easing into the Curse of the Crimson Throne AP with the same players but a different group of PC's. We're now at the end of the second chapter...

Yeeeeeeah.... I'm sorry and the problem is WHAT exactly? No excuses! Git 'er done Scott!!! I mean seriously, aside from the possible issues with 5E licensing, this should be doable. I may not like your points or how you make them but I've seen your 4E conversions and they're pretty darn...

Yup. Well Scott, looks like you've got a little more than a year to get your ducks in a row. Play test the hell out of 5E so you can figure out how those conversions are gonna work...;)

THIS EXACTLY. I walked away from WOTC because they were selling a product that I had no interest in. Paizo makes a product that I'm more than interested in and have been supporting since 2007-8. People who play 4E are still going to have support for their game. Who are they supposed to be...

Well to be fair they DID kill 3.x, at least support for it. Which at that point was to be expected since they were introducing 4E. It's also the reason that Pathfinder and other OSR games became havens for people who wanted nothing to do with WOTC's new and shiny. I find it incredible and also...

Even that isn't going to bring me back on the WOTC carousel. I'm staying where I'm at and not even signing up for the 5E play-test. When it's actually out I might take a look but right now D&D isn't even a factor in my RPG livelihood. Besides I dont know why some 4E people are wringing their...

Well for starters it's actually not an EXACT copy of 3.5. There's like, a 10 page thread over on Paizo detailing the differences between Pathfinder and 3.5. Even opening the Core Rulebook and reading the Classes chapter you'll see there are quite a few differences between the Core Pathfinder...

Agreed. I mean seriously? Pathfinder is my game of choice. And I've been DM'ing for over 20 years at this point so I'm gonna ignore Wyatt's advice anyway. I think it's fairly crappy advice because one of the reasons I play RPG's is beause youre not limited to THIS or THAT decisions. THIS is...

I suggest that you try not ascribing motive to people here in order to strengthen your argument. No I'm not a fan of 4E, but if you've read ANY of my posts at all when I've discussed 4E I've never railed against it in a way that I can be labled a 4E hater or whatever they're called. In fact...

I have one question then I think that maybe I should walk away from the thread because people here aren't even trying to reach a anything even remotely resembling a middle ground. Just people talking past each other and constructing straw men and moving the goal posts in order to win the thread...

That's the definition of Encounters from the 4E DM's guide. I'm hoping that provides enough context in terms of what I'm talking about. Now if someone can point me to the page number of Wyatt's initial comment so we can also discuss that in it's proper "context" as well. EDIT: Never mind...

I've addressed alot of this in my earlier post. And I did so without politely telling someone that the way that they play was stupid and a waste of time. Yes I know that you didn't say that but and I quote: So thanks for that. Let's feel free to ignore each other from here on in yes...

Then in a text that's meant for experienced and NEW players alike he should have been clear and concise in what he MEANT to say and not leave it up to interpretation. As the 'SPEAKER' in this case for a reference book, it's not our job as readers to extrapolate and try to figure out what he...

You can take issue with it all that you wish. Now did you take exception to everything else that I posted as well? Or are you just looking to nitpick instead of addressing the greater issue here? Which is basically James Wyatt clearly stating that "If you do X you should skip X and get right...

That may be a great way to run Burning Wheel, (another game admittedly I'm not a huge fan of) but for D&D? Is the implication now, with you bringing that quote in to bolster your argument) that ALL RPG's be run in this manner of skip EVERYTHING that isn't pertinent to kicking someone's teeth in...

See this I understand. I dont use the guard encounter over and over UNLESS I have a specific information that I need to pass to the PC's via the guards in question and depending on the relationship with them, if any. Otherwise then yeah, we can just breeze past that encounter if it's the...

Interesting. In my games sometimes PC's get information from skill checks but there needs to be some sort of actual interaction to get those skill checks rolling. If a PC says to me "I need to find out where the black market is and I'm trying to be discreet." I'm gonna ask that player if he...