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As Mr Arden said, it was a long time ago, but I remember extremely clearly that nothing a normal fighter got wasn't on the cleric list. I should have made that clear in my first post on the subject. Granted, the fighter list probably had a few "new" things on it that wasn't on the cleric list...

Also, I don't get the "oh, a point-buy class system works well if players are adult and mature and don't try to twink and are better than you haha!" approach. I mean, sure, you get people who'll make balanced characters, won't abuse the system, won't try to do so, even. Well then, why the heck...

The Player's Options books were a few books, the most notable and the one really discussed here being Skills and Powers, released near the end of 2nd edition AD&D. In Skills and Powers, each class got a certain number of points (it varied per class), and could choose on a menu of class...

I don't like 'em. They're disgusting, and rumor has it they give you ebola.

It's ok.. Some people just aren't ready to handle a game system in which abilities and such are bundled in a package, and every single possible concept can't be covered exactly as you like, and might have to change it somewhat, or not be quite as good at something as you'd like. If they keep...

Because point-buy systems are -never- fully balanced with a class-based system, no matter how it's designed. So characters built using point-buy will either be too weak compared to class-based, or have the potential of easily being much better. Edit: Oh and my problem with Crothian's statement...

Or many D&D players played/still play game systems that used a similar system before and don't really like it, and so aren't interested in seeing D&D go that way.. Kinda like me. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you "can't handle it". I can "handle" peas just fine, but you...

Gah I hate coming up with character names. Of course, it means that when I DM, the problem is multiplied a hundredfold. And yeah, I know about name generators and whatnot, but it still annoys me to have to name everybody, and then remember their names. Probably related to the fact that I'm...

Id on't even like knowing all of my character's personality before the first session. I have a general idea, sure. But I don't like it being overly detailed. Then during the first 3-4 sessions, it develops naturally, and voila. That way avoids a lot of inter-PC conflicts, too. Not all of...

Normand grins sheepishly at Vidal. "I was sorta thinking of just putting the whole thing in Ortu's bed.. But you're right, probably not worth it. Sure, if ya wanna skin it, go right ahead, my friend."

It's not about house rules being bad, it's about games that require house rules to sorta work decently being bad.

Finally a subject in which I have expertise, being a canadian living in the states who frequently goes back home! These days, the price of virtually everything in Canada is somewhat higher than can be accounted for by the exchange rate. Heck, that's easy for everyone to see. Take a book that...

Of course predatory pricing has and does exist. Other than the fact that it's illegal, it's not a bad idea, done right. But in this case, it would be Amazon's whole business strategy. Let's sell at a loss, in every market, all the time! And that would be dumb. Edit: And note that in...

I dunno man. While it's possible, it requires a bit too much tinfoil for me to believe that Amazon would lose money on the sale of RPG books to drive FLGS out of business, given how small potatoes RPG books are for them overall. And when you look around Amazon.com, you realize they have...

I assume you're refering to classed advanced "bad guys" here, since HD advanced monsters are obviously no more individualized than their non-advanced counterparts. And that by itself is something to discuss. Are low-level "opponents" consisting more of monsters than high-level, in which we...

Then again, when things like that were included in a recent MM, half the crowd went up in arms.. Of course, most of the other half thought it was an awesome thing. A third party could probably make a pretty successful product of simple "advanced" monsters, some by HD (although I'd keep that as...

I'll just try to adress a single point, the one of monsters of high enough CR. While it can be true that there are fewer monsters of high CR, it could also be said that in a way there is many, many more monsters of high CR than lower CR. That's because virtually every single monster can be...

To echo Kae'Yoss somewhat, I can't wrap my head around the idea that to prevent online retailers to become a monopsony (and yay! A new term), we should prevent them from competing fairly. And by competing fairly, I mean allowing Amazon.Com to pass on the lower price they get the books for (by...

While the error is amusing, it does bring up an interesting idea. I know there is no critical failure on skill checks, and that's generally a Good Thing (tm) for many reasons. But in the case of knowledge checks, I'd like to have misinformation given when, say, the PC rolls a 1 -and- the...

I have a hard time believing that volume is not the reason why Amazon has deep discounts on the books. Heck, there's a reason why older books that probably aren't big sellers do not have the discount anymore, and that when publishers go out of their way to keep Amazon from getting the books...