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And in 1E and 2E, how is it that a character with 1 hit point left out of 100 can spend entire days performing the most strenuous physical tasks with no impairment whatsoever to his ability to perform those tasks? The only answer that makes any sense is that he's not really injured. Hit points...

No, they're not. This is the point you keep missing. 4E is no different from any other edition of D&D in this regard. In every other edition of D&D ever made, the PCs were never injured until they were dead (barring rare exceptions like Swords of Sharpness and such). That is how it has always...

Which was rather silly in its own way, when you think about it. How is it that a PC could have his hand chopped off by a trap or a special magical weapon, but this could never happen in a deadly battle? But anyway, as you said, those rare instances were the exception and not the rule. And they...

Right. Obviously we don't need any of those things, either.

No, you weren't. I'm sorry, but if you can run, and jump, and swim, and climb, and tumble, and lift heavy weights, and perform a myriad of other physically demanding activities, and perform them at 100% of your usual ability all day long, you are not seriously injured. Period. No edition of...

Rest in peace, Gary, and thanks for everything.

That's assuming that elemental resistance works the same way that it did in 3E.

Did you ask the same question about all the 1HP kobolds, goblins, and orcs back in 1st edition and/or Basic D&D?

True. Everyone seems to forget that movement rates in 1st edition were given in inches, for crying out loud.

Again, any injury that does not impede your ability to fight or perform other extremely physically demanding tasks one bit is not a grievous injury. D&D doesn't do grievous injuries (or "significant" injuries or whatever you want to call them). It never has. If you want that, you need to either...

Well, your mileage obviously varies, but I thought most of the episode was a clunky, poorly-written lead up to a joke that wasn't even very good. Anything more would be getting into spoiler territory, so I'll stop there. Oh god, the music for Call to Arms was awful. The same composer did the...

Oh, I agree that "The Gathering" is best watched first. I'm just saying that I don't want people to watch it and decide that the rest of the show must suck and not watch any more. If someone has decided to give the show a serious chance, they should start with "The Gathering," but if not, or if...

Basically, word to what everyone else here has said. Watch the show. Watch it from the beginning. Do not skip Season One. There is a very important reason for this. Babylon 5, more than almost any other show ever made, is structured as a novel for television. You wouldn't pick up a novel and...

Ugh. For fantasy fiction, you can do a LOT better than Dragonlance. The only DL books worth reading are the first two trilogies, and they're only okay. Try George RR Martin or David Gemmell for something better.

Personally, I find it amusing that someone ranting about things being dumbed down can't even spell "ridiculous" and "modicum" correctly.

Actually, Risk always comes down to the cards. At least IME.

No. In 4E, Indiana Jones behaves just as he does in the movies, and things happen the same way. In 3E, Indiana Jones dies halfway through the first movie.

Not a bad suggestion. You can make a surprising amount of money doing this. One down side, though - depending on where you live, it can be very hard on your car. I knew a guy who put almost 50,000 miles on his car in less than a year delivering pizzas. But yeah, if your car can take it, it's...

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Harder than you'd think when you have a move of 70 feet and have to plot out multiple paths to find the best one to the destination you're trying to reach, and doing it while other people are moving minis around on the board so you'll be ready to go on your turn. And my IQ is well above 70...