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It is possible to just be very selective what monsters get these sort of reactions. We are always making the distinction that players are meant to be "heroic", so why cant this rule of thumb extend to this? For instance, run of the mill Orcs dont have any reactive capability, but that Orc...

I voted for something else. Something really outside the box. 2e wasnt bad. Workable. 3e and 4e though...just didnt like. The thing in particular is that that initiative can have a profound effect on the outcome of the battle, and when players can (and do) stack against init making the...

We dont have to edition war at all. It would have to standa as the most exceptionally different version of D&D ever create, but whilst 4e did some things well , it did sorta miss the point on other things. (Please, no "What?" responses. The threads are out there. The debates have been made. If...

I think the warlord is a fair extension of the fighter to help give him some identity. I cant get past the broad definition of the fighter being the core problem. Both the ranger and paladin have combat potency and utility, but as long as the fighter is the fighter...that what he does...he...

I just love the fact that you used Angel summoner and BMX guy. In response to my own point, Im going to lay this out person by person in my group Me : I would like a simple fighter. In fact, I would like simple everything. Main driver being that I am primarily a DM and want to move my game...

Points well taken. To be honest, the idea just entered my head. I don't think on rereading and absorbing responses that it is the best solution and there is probably bigger fish to fry in the play test materials. Still, when you have have ideas, put em all on the board, not all will stick, but...

I'm not a 4e hater. In fact we played it for years and it was a very successful campaign. But I fully understand people's reluctance to see AEDU repeated, and frankly the arguments put forward against it have been rather compelling. I will tell you one other thing I won't do. I won't tell my...

Are you sure, cause 4e is a solid enough system to allow us to create a power called "Kick to the nads". Then we could make it a level 3 fighter power you can use once per encounter. We could also have a level 5 rogue daily variant which causes his testies to pop out of his mouth just before he...

So we saw the fighters surge in the play test. Didnt get an all good or all bad reaction. Generally, it worked nicely to help solidify the fighters "battlefield dominance", but there were more than a few complaints about the 2/day stipulation. 1) It was a little "gamist" and fell prone to the...

Not a bad feature. Not entirely "class defining" but not unreasonable. Sounds like a something for the fighters grab bag.

I am on your side. Rangers are good. That said....shhhhh. Count to ten. Relax. I was of the position that the Class/Background/Theme approach could have covered off the ranger (paladin too for that matter). Why? Because good design requires people to be open minded. New ideas can bring...

Am I completely happy with the playtest? No. But that is absolutely the wrong question. Couldnt be more wrong. It a playtest, a prototype. Its meant to have bits that are wrong. Drawing any conclussion at this stage based on a prototype are completely specious. You just cant pay attention to...

Couldnt XP you... Bang on. Also relative to @GXSigma post. There is more to backgrounds than just the skills & feats. Really, they define your characters place in the world. Without then, your just a collection of skills and feats. Its not to say that you cant have a place in the world...

This is a story meant to parallel this situation. I play diablo 3. The other day I went to the official forums to see what people thought about the games balance. Suffice to say, they are the most ridiculously childish forums I have ever seen (man I love ENWorld, at least here people think...

My concern is for the state of the wizard. The Vancian system is the weakest of the bunch, leaving the wizard, who already has the worst hit points/armor/weapon options with the worst spell system as well. Basically, the wizard gives up a whole hell of a lot for his spell casting. The only thing...

I have had my mind changed by the Internet, but I don't consider that a sign of Internet bullying. Fact is that part of the job I do one essential skill is to know how to listen to others, even when I don't agree, and to know when to take their position seriously, even to the point of changing...

Totally with you.

Its been a long time since we counted arrows. A LLOOONNGG time. I think we stopped counting arrows back in the 2e days. So much of old D&D is just book keeping. How many iron rations do you have, how many candles? Do we have enough toilet paper? Did we bring 5 iron spikes each? These are things...

Quite the opposite. Its actually more for a non-combatant style caster. What the? You say Read the description. It allows you to turn spells into damage, how is that for a non-combatent? Lets face it, if you have fireball doing Xd6 to all enemies in an area, are you going to convert it to a...

Dont want to be too much of a fence sitter, but Im sympathetic with both sides of this argument. If a compromise is required. Im kinda partial to suggestion by mlund I kinda like that you could build the ability to do opp attacks not as a core consideration but instead as a theme...