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It WotC was selling the PDFs on their site, that could theoretically be feasible but since the books are being sold at a third-party site...

From http://www.gamespy.com/articles/885/885692p6.html Would it be possible for people to automatically get licenses for online features of D&D books and supplements that they've purchased in physical form? Andy Collins: We're not able to link purchase of a specific product to ownership of...

Why XML in particular? For me, PDF is the way to go. If it was as novel or a short story, sure, the optimum format might have been .RTF or .DOC. But RPG books are complex things. You have tables. And artwork. PDFs at least have usable search functions and bookmarks. And at this point in time...

Let me put it this way: some people are great storytellers while others aren't. Similarly, others are great are reporting and writing their adventure while others aren't. So I guess it all comes down to whose blog am I reading. I've read campaign blogs that don't interest me and some that do...

They're actually on my list. They just didn't release a new episode this week (see last week's list). Like you, some of what they say doesn't sit well with me (but not the min-maxing part) but at least they're candid with their ideas and opinions.

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A lot of podcasts actually talk about this as well. You can call it your "Session 0" where you have your pre-game talk. Pre-game talk might include what characters each one is going to play, setting expectations for everyone involved ("this is going to be a dungeon crawl", "this is going to be a...

It's been said by the designers in an article on the WotC site that the game assumes you have a magic weapon, magic armor, and an item that increases the other defenses. Strumbleduck's chart is right (I'd probably give the bonuses at 3rd level and every 5 levels thereafter). Just be sure to also...

Actually online is also a good method for the "your ally gets replaced by a doppelganger" session. You don't need to take your player out of the room and pass him/her secret notes that clues everyone in: all you need is send them a private message! (Same goes for Spot/Listen/Search/Perception...

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There should be no incriminating posts on me but for the record, I don't like the Vancian Magic system, but for game play reasons (long list of things to track--and I've been the one playing the epic-level spellcasters) rather than "it didn't make sense" (because it's a game!).

Well, they are "magic" items so I don't really need to rationalize that so much. :)

No but you can use Healing Surges to do that for magic items...

I checked d20srd.org and that particular "fluff" isn't in the mechanics. That's a fluff attached by us as readers/players. There's nothing stopping us from attaching that same mentality to the powers in D&D 4E. In my opinion, it's more of a matter of shifting one's paradigm rather than a lack of...

Here's the scenario: you have 4 encounter powers and one of them is coming from your Paragon Path. So basically you're getting 3 Encounter Powers from your class. Taking an Encounter Power Swap Feat (you can't take it multiple times but you can retrain to change it and take a higher level power)...

The quote is valid if you're running a "cinematic" game. Why does Voltron not use his Blazing Sword at the start of the battle? (Or -insert favorite super robot/sentai/anime/action movie special move here-). You're absolutely right, a game is not a movie or a book but there are elements you can...

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I see it more as spending one feat to increase the damage die of a longsword (d8) to d10.

Psionics = Talents Ki = Katas/Kihos Elemental = Focuses, Attunements

Yes, it's based on a popular video game franchise.