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Yep, seconded. His last minute change of heart is a pain to manage. However, I'd reassure him his character won't die as that'd take any sting out his position and isn't such a hard stretch to accomplish.

My group and I are coming back from our Christmas/New Years hiatus and so I sent out an email to touch base. Part of the email asked players what they liked and disliked and the unanimous reply is that mid-level complexity is threatening to ruin the fun. The characters are levels 11-12. We're...

4E looks like it may allow equal but different generation methods. I suspect it's dependent on the player preference, rather than a 1 size fits all DM decree. What then is the average attribute? Good question. I don't know but if I'm allowed to speculate wildly I'd say: 1) Random - 2d6+6...

The PC is the crucial element that allows a (non-DMing) player to access the game. Cut this component and the player is cut from the game, except as an interested observer. Observing is no where as much fun as participating. The game is bigger than a character, except when you are the player of...

I think it's a healthy attitude to assume that the PCs are generally going to be pretty successful. Failure needs to exist to keep the outcome of success in some doubt, but the nature of the failure needs a close anaylsis so as to not compromise the games primary objective - fun. That's right...

From where I'm sitting, that kind of language shows you'd engage in some sort of counter tantrum and/or blackmail. But it needn't lead in that direction. Think of me as that player Shadeydm, and here's the deal. I invest effort and time to make and play my character, and playing that character...

Having given this general argument some thought over the last few days, I'd really like to see it rationalized. I mean, as i understand it, this argument goes that the cleric can use an action to bull's strength the fighter and the strength enhanced fighter can then attack in that same round...

I've got no problems with having 3 paths to stat generation. I'll give all three a look over, but I think I'll opt to have a customised array. I do hope however that there is no repeat of a 3E baseline of 25 point buy and elite array being inferior to the average of 4d6dl rolled stats. The onus...

But what happens when: 1) The fighter gets caught alone? 2) The party is attacked with little warning? 3) A character gets struck by a (greater) dispel magic? Your approach seems to undervalue the danger of the above situations. We do do what you advocate, especially so when our characters...

Chalk me up as not in favour of touch attack ability damage. A level 9 character should not be as easy to kill as when they were level 1.

Huh? Every player wants to have some basic self sufficiency for their character. You need to have something for when the cleric's actions are committed or you're are otherwise without their buffs. That translates into the fighter already having a +X weapon, armour, shield, cloak, guantlets...

I too do not claim that the cleric superstack is campaign stopping, but that says less about the stack and more about the willingness of friends to bend over backwards to keep their game alive and well. If holding back will keep the balance, then I'm all for it. I would, however, rather have the...

The thing is, we the players have to metagame to find reasons for our mid-level characters to not want to use it. In our game, our characters have slaughtered a powerful Red Dragon with relative ease, and butchered an evil party with similar capabilities that couldn't quite BST us first. This...

I feel the same way about having chosen to play a sword & board warrior instead of the 2 handed type. Sadly 3E manages to make being underpowered so easy.

A melee cleric doesn't not buff the warriors, they merely prioritise themselves. The divine might, divine favour, and righteous might spells force the issue - they're strong buffs and they're personal buffs. Many defensive buffs have a duration that precludes the need to buff in combat. 10...

I game with a player who is very experienced with the cleric class and core only rules. In my opinion frankthedm & nittanytbone sum up my experience. I play a paladin with generous stats but his cleric is decidely the better warrior. (Although it should be noted his cleric is a cleaving...

That's nothing well played. As Doug said, the lack of player choice killed the characters. The Umber Hulk wasn't really faced with a decision to wait as it's powers ran their course. This choice of action was self evident. Actually I rather doubt a 12hp Umber Hulk would have gone for the total...

I'm not a RBDM, so take this as you wish, but... First things first, have the basics right. I.e. the right mix of combat, role play, magic items, trasure, xp, story advancement, to satisfy you and your players. You should all be having a great time for starters. Then you can get all ratty on...

The issue we have is that the rules are silent regarding hit points and level loss. Not only that but the FAQ and official advise also seem quiet. Losing and gaining average can still work fine with the change in hit dice. What is average depends on the method of rolling - assuming it is...

We play it that you lose average and regain that average (rounding down).