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Oh, absolutely. My group has used milestone advancement for 2-3 years, now. I never said I couldn't overcome the problem. I was really just answering in regards to RAW, which seems eminently reasonable. And, contrary to popular belief, one can express an opinion about something on the internet...

"Something else". For level-based advancement, I think 5E is pretty good. It's not the super-busy overload of 3.5, but there are no "dead levels", like AD&D (which I, personally, never minded, but totally understand the issue). If I have any complaint, it's that the levels go by too quickly to...

I think there's plenty to explore in the current timeline. That said, in the spirit of the poll, I'd go in this order: 1) War of the Mark 2) Galifarian Unification 3) The Last War It's pretty tight between those three, though.

Yup. Otherwise, I'd be fine with the UA article and move on. Kinda like a Dragon magazine, back in the day. I just want my tool to work, and my "outrage" is proportional to that.

Really, I don't give a rip about the beastmaster -- the pet should go with the druid, not the ranger, IMO. I like the Natural Explorer and Favored Enemy abilities better. The only reason I want something official (or, at least, another UA) is because the revised ranger hunter is the only PC...

I've used point buy since 3E. Why? I hate the swing factor. Not for PCs, in general -- I can adapt to any group power curve. It's because it almost always results in one player having super high stats, with another having super low stats. Sure, you can set lower bounds and eyeball rerolls, but...

Well, that's excellent news. I'm not really plugged into AL, but support in AL probably means something non-AL groups can use, even if it's just some side quests.

What I voted: Nothing. It'll remain the default. 90%+ of adventures will be set there and most setting references in "non-setting" books will continue to be to the Realms. What I wanted to vote: After the latest path, WotC will delete all backups from their servers and burn the building to the...

Actually, I'm not paying for early access. I'm paying an incentive for Keith Baker (and WotC) to do work on a campaign setting I love. The early access is nice, but -- coincidentally enough -- I was just poking at Kristian Serrano over at DDB about whether there was any way that I could throw...

I don't think I've had an all male table in 27-ish years. Most of the time, at least my wife played. At one point, it was three couples, which meant half the table was female, but 3/5 of the players were women. Currently, it's my wife and daughter with three other male players. One of my college...

A bit more than neutral. A bit less than excited.

What's more, Keith has actually said that there are several things about the 4E iteration of Eberron that he prefers over the original (Dragonmarks, for example). Eberron was absolutely updated for 4E.

Source? If there's enough material in the book for me to mine, I'll probably check it out. I suspect that there's very little I actually care about, though. If this is true, I might end up just cherry-picking the artificer on DDB.

You may be speaking directly to Jester David based on specific knowledge, but this sounds like general assumption. As another grognard, I do not already buy everything. I have plenty of disposable income to throw at D&D, but I don't buy stuff that seems tightly coupled to the Realms (or other...

As I've been reading this thread, this is the thought that started creeping in, and I'm not happy about it. I don't really care if they produce a cross-over setting. Actually, I'm probably more positive on the idea, even if I really have no interest in any sort of "everything is a city" setting...

So torn. It's not the Realms, which is awesome. But, it's Mtg, which is something I've actively avoided for about 20 years, after a brief flirtation. I'd say I'm mostly disappointed, but I think some of that is my interest in Eberron, some is disinterest in Magic, and some is that the hype was...

Agreed. I still reference mine, even when running games that aren't D&D, or even fantasy. Sometime in the early 1990s, it started falling apart (too many trips in a backpack in the first 7 years), so I removed the spine, punched holes in each and every page, which I reinforced with little round...

Ditto, but for different reasons. What I miss is actually the simplicity of AD&D. I could use a note card for a Fighter or Thief character, if I wanted to. As a GM, I could generalize what critters were in each room and wing the details because the stats were simple enough. PCs didn't have to...

I would swear a first edition/AD&D resource listed the "official" pronunciation as "boo LAY". I could be wrong. Nevertheless, that's how I've said it for over 30 years. I'm not changing. Get of my lawn.

I'm torn. On the one hand, those books are bloody gorgeous. These are pretty much the only "special edition" covers I've liked. And I really like 'em. On the other hand, that's pretty pricey. I'm at a point in my life where I don't mind treating myself, but that's still pretty high. At least...