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4e's unified attack system where the attacker makes all the rolls against the defender's defenses.

Agreed. If they need to do errata they should do so, but I am certainly not going to rebuy the same book each year for errata. Print it on the website. That's like me getting an OS for my computer, then having to rebuy it every year to get updates.

1. Most spells can be summarized in less than a line. A couple may take 2 or may be too complex to summarize. Your CR 4 wizard will take maybe 12 lines, and your CR6 wizard might take 16. Unless you are statting out an entire wizard's guild it won't take "several pages." Even if you were...

... which is of very little help because they aren't indexed by spell type.

Follow the wording as written. Hit and damage are two different things. If an event happens after the attack hits, it goes before the damage is resolved and can end up preventing it completely. That's the only way effects like the Shield spell work. The resolution is the same as it was in 4e...

Reload time on black powder weapons isn't noticeably longer than heavy crossbow reload times.

I have the same issue. The problem I have with 5e monsters is they aren't simpler. The layout is actually rather poor. You have to look spells up and account for spell slots for any caster monster. Also the legendary actions are a pain to adjudicate. The Ancient Red Dragon for instance has three...

Surprised - Some of the wizard specializations are actually interesting. Diviner and Abjurer are probably the most interesting, necromancer is actually functional and looks survivable as long are you are playing in a setting where the authorities wont kill an necromancer on sight. Disappointed...

Most of the ones my group ran did. A friend an I DM on alternate weeks. One ended in a TPK, two or three never really caught on with the players and ended in the 15th lvl range. All the others played into above lvl 20 or equivalent. That is 2 AL-Qadims, 2-3 Eberrons, 2 Planescapes, 2 Dark Suns...

THAC0? Seriously?

I wouldn't bother with firing into melee rules at all. The logic that an archer has difficulty firing at a target on the far side of a chaotic melee doesn't make any sense when you can plant a fireball precisely and hit that same target with zero chance of hitting allies. It unnecessarily...

Try googling for Lineage 2 orcs. I am using a picture of one of those for my half Orc. They look like big green-skinned half-elves.

First of all, at no point am I taking umbrage with anything. His opinion is just that and there is nothing wrong with having an opinion. Sometimes you just don't like something and without any logical reason for it, and that seems to me to be the case here. What I am saying is the reasons that...

I'm sorry, but that doesn't make sense. Just saying you don't like 4e or you don't like 4e DS is one thing. You're saying that cover art has to totally and accurately depict something in the book and you dont like it because of that? That's absurd. It isn't a textbook, and even they don't do...

I am completely delighted with the job they did on DS4e. It is better than I hoped. I only have minor quibbles. 1. The mount traits aren't done well. They completely lost the mechanical benefit of the different mount types. Kanks are like Athasian camels. They don't require as many resources...

It looks like you do 2 extra damage to one of your targets when you use flurry of blows.

Kurn and Eldaarich are mentioned as near-mythical city-states north of Draj. No more than that. Kalidnay is still ruined. It's mirror twin is in the Gray behind a barrier of mist. :) It is still unclear what happened to Kalid-Ma.

They are all mentioned briefly except for Saragar. I haven't seen it anywhere.

I didn't look closely. I'll check when I get home from work :)

The map of Tyr is basically the same layout but with added shading and effects to look almost 3d. The effect almost looks like the sun is setting behind the city. It almost looks like a google maps photo close to sunset. The overland map is pretty too, but I was really impressed with the Tyr...