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Why? ... People* don't want to know why when the solution deals with mathification. They just want an answer.

Killing more monsters than if you're dead because you rolled badly. D&D is a game of skill, not luck.

Based on the other information released at about the same time, I believe the information may have included a typo. It probably should have read, "Golden Wilbur Adept."

Huh. That's interesting. So the new Wilbur was given some sort of additional speed bonus, but also some sort of penalty/ability that attracts opponents' undivided attention. I wasn't expecting that. Can't say that it seems balanced, either. Sorta sets up Wilbur for a world of hurt in 4th...

Drowbane (and everyone else), I'm trying to keep this thread focused on legitimate science and training techniques, not superstitious nonsense. A little levity can be useful, but let's not stray too far afield.

As posted on ENWorld's front page, from the Prophecy of the Priestess, Part 5 via Greg Bilsland's Gleemax blog, we're given these juicy nuggets to consider: * "The bandits continued to abuse Wilbur..." * "The opportunistic bandits manage to keep Wilbur from taking full advantage of his fighter...

Might help explain why it's so hard for a commoner to kill a cat. :\ But I digress. Back to the training issue at hand, so to speak ... How many of you 'pop' your knuckles at the gaming table? Have you noticed whether it affects your dice rolls?

Excellent suggestion! It also brings to mind another aspect I had forgotten for my training: the warm-up and warm-down phases of practice sessions. You've been very helpful already. Thanks!

Ah! So you've heard that, too, eh? When I was a youngster, my mother used to warn me with the same euphamism. (That, and going blind.) ... But it's not true in any case.

How often do you practice your dice-rolling skills? An estimate would be fine -- a few minutes a day, three hours a week, etc. Every elite athlete knows that he or she can only count on reflexes that he (or she) has refined through focused repetition and training over a long period of time...

To steal an idea from a great writer, D&D races are based on the balloon animal syndrome: Snake? - weiner dog without legs. Giraffe? - weiner dog with a long neck. Lion? - weiner dog with a frilly collar ...

I'm familiar with the traditional myths surrounding the relic, but I'm looking for creative alternatives, modern or fantasy. Ever build any adventures around the Spare of Density?

It does if you bought a ton of lottery tickets with your first big payoff. :\ Just sayin...

... and were half-elves omitted in the book itself, or just in the overview notes?

Sounds like they dipped into M.C.'s Arcana Unearthed/Evolved concepts, especially if the dragon dudes can grow wings via racial prestige class levels.

Maybe it was a typo or mis-transcription. It was probably intended as "create an MMO role," or "create a concept around one of four combat purposes."

I hear ya. Heck, druids/rangers get to replace their animal companions right away if they die. Doesn't seem fair. As I said earlier in this thread, for all intents and purposes a familiar is very much like a permanent cantrip (not a combat machine). There's no reason that a death situation...

I've decided that I'm the only person who can play familiars correctly. I've asked WotC to not include familiar material in the next edition so that I can keep them all to myself. I'll have a special Driddle-only rules supplement. I may share with some of you if you ask nicely and confirm that...

Careful there. You'll be yelled at as an anti-anti-mathist, someone who picks on people who can't add and subtract. It happens every few months.

Playing with a familiar requires a level of subtlety of which many gamers are incapable or that they simply don't care about. And I refer to "subtle" because a familiar, by its concept and design, shouldn't be forced into a combat role. A small, unimpressive and nonpowered animal will fail...