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I thought the DMCA removed the lower limit for covered items. I could be very wrong, though. I just know the law goes well beyond what I'd consider reasonable (I'm pretty much in the camp of strong protection for 7-10 years, then it automatically goes into public domain, with some protections...

IANAL, but I believe it is. US IP laws are pretty draconian. Which really sucks, since the original intent of copyright and patent was to give a window of incentive to putting ideas into the common domain. But... that's probably an open door to politics, which would be bad. I'll just say that...

It's as much being flip about it as DEFCON 1's post was snarky. Really, though, this isn't worth much of a conversation. Your sense of entitlement amuses me, though.

This is why we can't have nice things! Also, having gone back and read DEFCON 1's original quote of you, I have to wonder whether you're actually ready for the internet. Even in a pretty darn welcoming place like EN World, you don't get to talk trash about pirating PDFs without being called...

This was my thought, exactly. Unless they're somehow speaking of the same app (which I don't think), this is very, very bizarre.

I voted "None: D&D is played at the table", but I could be swayed to an isometric, turn-based game, like the ToEE game. I think I'd play it, if it had an interesting story. Lately, I've been playing Fallout 4 -- a lot. I really like the engine. I also enjoyed Skyrim. I would be all over...

Since it seems the OP did a single, drive-by promo post, my guess is that he'll never see your question. I've been pondering doing Eberron in Fate, though, and expect there's enough shared ground that we could benefit from collaboration. Thoughts?

This. I get the idea-- heck, I like not paying for things as much as the next guy. Probably the post (on DDB forums) which killed any real sympathy I had for the argument was the guy who was virtually frothing at the mouth about having to may anything for the e-format of a book of which he'd...

I want (shrink) item. I built a whole character around that as his main spell, back in late 2E. It was fun.

By the RAW, there should be no limitations -- toolkit the thing. By campaign setting, knock yourself out. It might even be a good thing for the rules to encourage. Any proposed Greyhawk setting book would probably benefit from some sort of race/class matrix. It might even be interesting to add...

I'm still not entirely clear what concepts you're looking to cover that don't work with the options provided in this thread. You say: The "realistic" truth is that that Wizard is never going to be as athletic (jumping, for example) as the 18 strength Barbarian -- without a lot of practice (i.e...

I didn't say it was purely class-based. I'm not sure that pinning down exactly where it fits on the spectrum adds a ton of value. It's somewhere north of "most significant character mechanic". I in no way meant to imply you had an issue with class-based systems. I don't actually know what...

Not to be flip, but that's pretty much the point of a class-based system: group capabilities into large buckets and move on with life. It's not exactly a secret, but it is something most folks don't acknowledge explicitly. It's the trade-off made for the simplicity of the classes and you should...

Too fine grain with no benefit. In practice, you maxed out skills or they weren't relevant. Knowledge skills were a possible exception. I actually rather like the 5E skill system. It has the right level of granularity, thanks to bounded accuracy and the proficiency bonus mechanic. At the same...

I'm just homing in on this one line. I think I've caught all your goals. Sorry, if not. Here's my thought: Constraints: * Still needs to work with bounded accuracy * That means proficiency bonus + something on par with stats * Try not to keep this as a plug-and-play module instead of rewriting...

Blackmoor 18 Mystara 4 Only passingly familiar w/ Blackmoor, but Mystara never "did it" for me.

Oh... I like that idea. Maybe put it in Lamannia. If Acerak is trying to establish a Tomb on all sorts of worlds, that might be the migration between the Realms and Eberron, since Eberron has a different cosmology -- Lamannia might touch on the Realms' Feywild at certain points. Thelanis is more...

Funny enough, the flavor text for demilich calls out Acerak as the archetypal demilich. Of course, Chris Perkins also mentioned in an interview that Acerak hasn't exactly been depicted consistently over the years. I'd probably run with Acerak being some sort of special demilich who can produce...

Yup. This one actually doesn't bother me being set in the Realms other than just general Realms fatigue. There's a non-zero chance that I'll buy it and run it, as-is -- unless it really is easy to port to Xen'drik.

I'm cognizant of these concerns, but not really sympathetic. One of the design goals of D&D should be to promote diversity of settings. That doesn't mean we have to go back to the 2E money pit of a bazillion published settings. It does mean that, assuming WotC does have a goal of "a single...