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I think the point of Dash not winning the race is that it can't be about "competition" for him. There is no competition. When you are orders of magnitude better than everyone else the idea that you are actually "competing" is laughable. When I score a goal against my 6yr old cousin in soccer, I...

To take this a step further, it's about illustrating that "being special" doesn't necessarily equate to "always having the spotlight on you". Dash is special even if he doesn't get to use his gift to win every sporting event in his school. The 4e Wizard is special even if he doesn't get to...

- I don't like the "have two/pick one" mechanic for Wizard's Daily and Utility spells. IMO, it makes the class more fiddly than it needs to be. - I'm not thrilled with the recharge mechanics for Action Points.

A lot of mine have already been mentioned by others. Two that I didn't see... - I really like the way they handled Familiars in 4e. - I love the recharge mechanic for monster powers.

Simulationist (but that doesn't mean they can't be used toward Narrativist ends if that's what the group wants to do with them).

I don't think that minions (just like most other game elements) can necssarily be filed in a single GNS category. As Garthanos points out, they can be used as tools in a Narrative episode. They could also be considered Simulationist tools (i.e. we're simulating the S&S or wire-fu genre, where...

The method I used for my current 4e game was to generate 3 or 4 standard arrays, all with the same point buy value for the players to choose from. It worked great.

Yeah, but some people got a head-start on hating it. In some circles, the lead time was almost a year pre-launch. :p

All of my characters are named Flex Hardpeck.

You have just described the 4e combat system to a T.

It seems to me that if the player doesn't want the narrative to go in the direction that certain mechanical choices suggest, he can simply not choose those choices. If CaGI doesn't fit with the narrative of the moment, the player can simply choose a different power to use. I just don't see how...

Honestly? No, I can't see why. Being a good Wizard in 4e requires the imaginative use of the character's spells in order to be effective. If a player isn't doing anything with his Wizard spells other than popping the occasional minion, his problem is that he's not using his imagination enough. I...

I don't miss the "I win" button. I don't want it back in any form. I think the focus on overcoming opponents solely through HP attrition (and things that modify the effectiveness of HP attrition) is one of the best things about 4e and I will be very disappointed if WotC ever start offering...

Did the games Jim is talking about really sell any more than that? What I remember of the 80s and early 90s is that people were playing games from TSR, Chaosium, SJG (GURPS) and Palladium (Rifts or Heroes). I think the only games I even knew about that weren't from those companies were the ones...

What do you mean by "low-powered"? Do you mean a setting where the PCs have to scrabble around in the dirt for every copper piece and are able to be killed with a single blow in combat? If that's the case, I just wouldn't use 4e, I'd use a game that was designed to emulate that kind of combat...

I haven't found this to be true at all. I think the length of fight has a lot more to do with the mix of monster roles used than with a programmed length ingrained in the rules. The longest fights are usually the ones where a good mix of roles are present on the monster side. If the monsters are...

:lol: :lol: :lol: May you live to be a thousand years old, sir!

Re: Nerfing Wizards... I liked playing casters in 3.5. Most of my characters were Wizards, Warmages, Druids or some other type of primary caster. And I have to say that after playing some 4e I just can't go back to playing those 3.5 classes. Despite their awe-inspiring power at higher levels...

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Or you could point out that with at-will cantrips, a number of really handy utility powers and ready access to rituals, a Wizard still has a lot of non-combat options that make it one of the most versatile classes in the game.