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No, the doctor is Magnus Pyke, a scientist and TV presenter who refused to wear a doctor's outfit because "the fine for impersonating a doctor is several thousand pounds"

That's really great. I like that a lot, especially if each of the fighter-esque characters have a different speciality (e.g. an archer-fighter, a knight and a cavalry-fighter). Then you can choose challenges that suit each one.

How about you give minions hit points equal to the damage their basic melee attack does?

I don't own it, but I've heard good things about Modern20

Celestial was the name they originally planned for the race. I'm not sure why they changed. I kind of like that they've cannabilised each of the celestials now - angels are no longer Lawful Good, archons are elemental-armor-mercenaries, eladrin are fey, and devas are aasimar.

I've reported the post just above mine, so you don't have to.

Why are they missing their great leap power? (EDIT: I see that's explained at the very top of the page. Woops.) Other than that, they look impressive.

Weirdly enough, I was planning today to page through my OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, BFRPG and Swords & Wizardry pdfs (the closest I've come to older editions of D&D - I started with 3.0) and look at how to modify 4E to be more old-school. I like the idea of reducing it to three alignments. There...

I've been reading through the 4E MM and writing at least a paragraph on each monster entry (by entry I mean section, not stat block - so I wrote about both chokers in the one section). I've found it easier to write about than Monsters of Faerun or Monster Manual V - the monsters are more...

A peasant travelling with a band of heavily armed men and women, carrying a spellbook and scrolls and a bag full of components... Even a wizard disguised as a commoner will reveal himself/herself in the first round of combat when casting begins.

I'm pretty thrilled by the barbarian. Once that's released, we'll have 11 classes to play with. That's a pretty good range.

Were I to run a 3.5 game again I would definitely emphasise the subsystems - reserve feat spellcasters, maneuver combatants, power point psionicists, pact binders - because that variety and difference in playstyle is one I miss in 4E. It's still there, and in some ways emphasised by the roles...

Does Sellswords contain Open Game Content, or does it take advantage of existing copyright law only? Thanks.

I'm looking into making a short free RPG that "plays like" OD&D and BD&D though it could be mechanically very different. For that purpose, I'm looking for feedback on how you felt pre-3E "played". For example, Rolling 3d6 in order for each ability score. Complicated and scattered charts and...

What was the problem with this method? It's certainly the one I'd use if I were going to run a campaign like yours. One race for each colour of dragon, one class for each role - hoardkeeper (Defender), princesseater (Striker), firespitter (Controller) and broodmaster (Leader). You might not even...

Rather than debate you, since I agree with much of what you said, I'd rather ask a question I think is more interesting: What don't you like about 4E D&D? For a while after 4E came out I was disillusioned because I had expected it to be perfect. I became much more interested in the indie game...

There's only a little bit of crunch - mainly prestige classes and equipment. You'll find 90% of it usable, at least, I think.

I can't speak for Blair, but for my own part: your blurb doesn't mention the Shadowfell at all. None of the characters you list as inspirations could be at all described as "Shadowy". "Wizards of the Shadowfell" sounds like the name for a completely different product.

I'm fascinated by all the people who say witchers should be NPCs - most of what I've read makes them sound almost exactly like PCs: right down to the 20th-century moral relativism. But, to be fair, I haven't read the books nor played the games.

The monk's and (non-spellcasting) paladin's (from CW) ability to heal and the monk's ability to speak every language made me push them onto the somewhat-magical list. The ninja can turn invisible, so I definitely think it would be out of place in a very low-magic game.