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I might steal some of the bloodied effects and second wind stuff for my current games. I also removed the CON minimum on Second Wind. For the same reason - D&D (as currently written) gives PCs fewer hp than SWSE.

I reward the characters in my games with a new level whenever the stars are right. Usually after one very long adventure, two long adventures, three medium adventures or four short adventures. I wouldn't even know how many xp they have without consulting a chart somewhere.

I introduced second wind in all of my D&D campaigns shortly after seeing the rule in SWSE. The only real difference I see is that the cleric is able to use her spells for more than healing party members. Even in this aspect, it doesn't have an extreme effect on the flow of the game.

I noticed the Hellraiser similarities myself. Horror is my favorite genre (and Barker one of my favorite authors), and I can use this new shadar-kai. They're cool. :p

I played a 3e halfling once. I got tired of it real fast. Luckily his head got crushed by a fire giant and I was able to replace him with a human. The fact that I was interested enough to build a non-human in the first place is significant. I was probably just excited by their non-hobbitness...

Although individual yugoloths were cool (almost all of them, in fact), as a separate type of creature they never did it for me. I've never used the Great Wheel cosmology, so I never needed a different kind of creature for each alignment. Since it appears that Law and Chaos will be downplayed in...

1) Flip through and look at the art 2) Read it Pretty much what I always do with RPG books

I doubt it. Demiplanes can still exist. Just as in the Expanded Psionics Handbook, they would be found in the astral sea.

I'm still not excited by the 4e halflings. That said, I will be allowing halflings for only the second time in a homebrew - so I don't hate them. At least they aren't hobbits.

I'm going to have to disagree with some of the posters here. I like Eberron's lightning rail and airships. They add a distinctive flavor to the world. I'm not advocating making them core, but I like them in the context of Eberron. This pretty much describes my take on it as well. Everyone has...

I will also be using much of the default cosmology. The differences between my game and the flavor/conceits of the new edition include: 1) Much weaker points of light concept. There are larger nation states than in the implied setting, although they are mostly separated by dangerous territory...

It would seem that you've been using a definition of HP at odds with the rules in every edition. Hit points have never been solely about physical damage. It's a bit much to expect a new edition to conform to your house rules.

The Blood War was (IMO, of course) one of the worst story elements ever to work its way into D&D. It always felt trite and uninteresting. I certainly won't miss it. I can't agree enough with the idea that 2e and 3e had too much evil fighting evil in it. I prefer my PCs to fight the evil, thank...

Let me put on my grumpy old man hat for a moment. Back in the day, modules (that's what we called adventures in those days) came with monsters to fight, cool locations and a hint of a storyline. Some GMs ran them just like they came. We called those GMs and the folks they played with...

An GM who is creative enough to homebrew in the first place should have no trouble tinkering with the system or changing the flavor. I have always ignored setting specific material in the rules, and it has always been there. Remember the racial animosity table in AD&D PHB? 3e monster manuals...

In Tucson, we had to call around to various bookstores to even find a copy of W&M. It flew off the shelves as soon as it came in. We finally found two copies at a Barnes & Noble in one out of the way mall. My friend had to take an hour to drive out there and back just so we could get a copy. I...

I understand the desire to see a party grow organically rather than being constructed, but I still think most parties would cover all the roles. This may result in a party with more than five members. My own gaming group has six players, plus a GM, so we typically break the mold (although less...

My source, which I've admitted is purley anecdotal, comes from talking to folks at the game days and conventions I organize. In my experience, the reaction has been mixed, with most folks taking a wait and see approach. I suspect that all of us who really like the changes or really hate them...

I'm rebooting/reimaging a D&D 3e campaign I ran before. I have updated it with 4e races and given it something of a mild PoL flavor. For anyone interested, my players and I are discussing it on my Gaming Blog (url in sig below).

Some of these look like good options for the D&D 3+ edition minicampaigns we will be using between the end of our regular campaigns and the publication of 4e. I may try them out as well.