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    Clerics can't heal (NPCs)?

    Almost forgot. What makes a level 1 PC somewhat better than a level one anything else? Because they are the type of person who has the unmitigated gall to set off on a live of violence and mayhem. It is who they are that makes them special, and makes it possible for them to be PCs in the first...
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    Clerics can't heal (NPCs)?

    What makes Player characters special in a way that is unmatched by any but classed NPCs? That's really the sell they're trying to make, isn't it? Why is a level 1 PC more capable than a level 1 guard or a level 1 bandit? Mechanically, it is obvious. If the characters aren't a bit more powerful...
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    New Information from the UK

    This is a picture of some really cool stuff from the UK!!! (sans picture)
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    Dragonborn Info

    Keep in mind that charisma is the key attribute in intimidation. Edit: Gargazon, I'd say approximately 100%.
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    D&D 4E 4e houserules

    We've been discussing this with the revelation of the new death rules. We've always house-ruled death to be permanent and irreversable. We considered adopting the new rules over the course of a few days and a flurry of impassioned emails. In the end, we decided that dead is still... well... dead.
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    D&D 4E Will Rule Zero be in 4E?

    I thought rule zero was "don't talk about fight club". Color me confused.
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    'Dungeons & Dragons' fights for its future

    As my contribution to this discussion, the approximate income of the Wizards of the Coast subsidiary of Hasbro is $124.3 million for 2007. That is about half what it grossed at the turn of the millenia when Hasbro bought it. What percentage of that is D&D is difficult to determine, but the only...
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    Official Character Sheets

    Is it the ears or is it the earring? No worries mate, you've got feydar!
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    Ranged Strikers - more "aggro" mechanics?

    I don't know about you, but if you're going to be crunching umbers, you might as well make peace with it taking time 'cause those bastages are tougher than a turtle-shell taco. You're better off just dropping a house on 'em. Something that hasn't been mentioned (unless I missed it) is that what...
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    Raise Dead: A nice big bone to the simulationists

    This rule change won't impact my game since we haven't allowed resurrection since first edition because (we believe) that it is the ultimate form of cheese. Of course there are ramifications to such a decision, such as having to deal with character replacement rules. Our concept has evolved to...
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    Conversion: Keep on the Borderlands

    Isn't H1, Keep on the Shadowfell something of a 4E update of Keep on the Borderlands? Please be gentle as I am just now really digging into 4E.
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    D&D 4E A player's perspective on 4e

    I might be less enthusiastic about a new edition of D&D if 3.5 wasn't so terribly broken. As it stands, we each have to take personal responsibility to not overpower our characters so that they make it impossible for the DM to offer a reasonable challenge or so that the other characters feel as...
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    Why do we have ability scores?

    I'd like to put my vote in for a) legacy - some of us have been playing for 30+ years and the 3d6 stats are beyond iconic... way beyond. It is as sacred a cow as the d20. There is also b) as mentioned by several, constitution score figures into starting hitpoints. I wouldn't be surprised if...
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