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I'd disagree with you for one simple reason: You don't have to start your game at level 1 and play all the way through. The fact that many gamers are enamoured with this style of play doesn't mean every does it, nor does it mean that you have to. If Epic play were _actually_ compelling, people...

Heh. Yes and no. I mean, I certainly grant that if you can't harden up and take a stand, you're going to be in trouble in life. But in this particular context, I don't think it's quite as cut and dried. We're engaged in a social hobby and not only that, we happen to be engaged in talking on a...

*cough* You seem like a stand-up fellow, so I'm picturing a wry smile when you type that. In my defense, I tend to think of people in terms of their last names and sometimes I make the mistake of letting that slip out. I apologise if that bothers you; some folks take it amiss to be referred to...

I'm not calling them out. It kinda irks me that you're making it out like I am too. All I've done essentially is say, "Paizo has claimed [this], which means people are going to expect it." Are you now claiming that Paizo's goal has changed and their intent _is_ to churn out rule supplements? To...

I seem to recall it being said before that regardless of what people's opinions are on the forum (even if it's Mona), just because they've got an _opinion_ on how something should work, doesn't mean that's _actually_ the way it works. I seem to recall a bunch of stuff about Vital Strike and the...

With respect, the age of the quotes really doesn't mean anything. Paizo said they had an explicit goal with Pathfinder as an rpg: to have a set of rules in print so that they could continue publishing adventures. If Paizo has changed that goal, that's fine. They're allowed to do so. But it also...

Yup. It's a fundamental part of what makes rpgs what they are today. There's a flip side to that though... I've seen criticism leveled at the Pathfinder game, where the immediate response by fans is, "Oh, you need to by the APG. It takes care of all [whatever]". As well, people get a...

On the other hand, some people are remembering things like this: Sure, he's not saying "We will never print another rulebook for Pathfinder." I don't think that's really what the OP is saying Paizo should do either. His concern is when it becomes the primary focus of the company, to the...

Oh, I wouldn't go so far as to say that rules bloat isn't a concern. It's a consideration for some people. Especially given that Paizo's claim has been that the rules aren't the primary focus of the company. The thing is, you're bumping up against the consumerist tendencies of many online...

I don't really usually bother posting to articles, but... yeah, this is a big problem. The past decade plus of D&D has been the same game experience, getting more complicated as levels went up. Make "epic" actually be about something different than level 1 or level 15.

Just as a general note... There has been on-going work to modify the SRD to be "E6" compliant. I haven't followed it especially because I set my cap higher, so it's of no real use to me. You can find it here...

Personally, I happen to be a fan of fast and easy. I'm wondering what your proposed system brings to the table in comparison to these 2 approaches: 1. Eliminate iterative attacks entirely. BaB is now added as a damage bonus. I.E. a level 10 fighter does +10 damage in addition to anything else...

So.... it looks like psionics from the d20 hypertext SRD and I've got no problems. Groovy.

So, as part of ongoing stuff, I find myself looking at psionics. And I'm wondering, what's the system I should go with and/or the approach I should take? On rather large consideration is the OGC aspect. Part of my problem is that I've never been in a game in the past 10 years that allowed...

You forgot that we also had to use dice made from the bones of the sabertooth tigers that we killed with our bare hands, after having lured them into a false sense of security by letting them chew on a leg. :D Yeah, I've been kicking around a while. Not as long as some gamers, but 24 years is...

Actually, no not every complaint is "math is hard". Most of the complaints are "it's a pain in the ass to do this". There's a difference. People like myself aren't stupid, we don't feel like having to go through and recalculate stuff. It might not bother you, you might like doing it, whatever...

Clarification: The GSL did NOT replace the OGL. The OGL is the Open Game License. It's still around, it's still being used. The GSL replaced the d20 STL. That's the license that was used for everything with a d20 logo. As an aside: Basically anything you see currently being sold with a d20...

Hmmm. Well, off-hand I'd say that just about everything you've listed has been discussed in some fashion for almost the 10 years that 3.x rules have been around. Pathfinder's primary goal was backwards compatibility, so you're going to kinda need to be specific about _what_ you want to do...

Errrr.... I'm not quite sure what you're asking and I'm not a lawyer... But if you're asking "Can I still use the WotC SRD?" or "Can I still use the WotC SRD for a project and publish it?" then the answer would be, "Yes, provided you follow the provisions of the Open Game License." The OGL as...

Another Footpath bit, this one related to monsters... Warning, Part one has the potential to be somewhat involved. Part two is much less so in comparison. Part One: I haven't really gone over the Bestiary (or however many of them there are) so I don't know how consistent the monster...