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I think the answer to this is pretty simple. Mike Mearls has said directly that 4th Edition was in response to a number of issues that players had mentioned they had with 3rd Edition. For example, "prep-time takes too long", "stat blocks are large and confusing", "Christmas Tree effect with...

I agree with folks here that you'll want to make your buildings large enough to contain an array of miniatures. Also, I'd recommend making stackable floors. So, you could have a two story building, one story building, or three story building. About three to four "levels" of buildings could be...

I think that goes to show you something, eh? :-S The D&D audience has certainly splintered. I don't think that 4e is doing badly or anything like that - but not everyone is jumping onboard like they did with d20. I really wouldn't worry too much. I sounds like Necromancer is going to release...

As to why the answer is both simple and complex. The simple answer as to why 4e doesn't feel like D&D to many individuals is because too many sacred cows were changed in D&D for them. I'm sure there will be many people who will respond here and say, "The sacred cows are all still there!" Well...

The Rule "Yes" is really - the Rule "Yes, and...." The "and" is very important. It prevents the players from running all over the campaign world, but still allows for PC input.

I have a similar experience to the OP. I liked 4e. I continue to like it when I play it. However, my players simply have no interest in the system whatsoever. And in the game that I'm playing in, the GM has no interest in running it whatsoever. The reaction seems to range from "meh" to "no way...

One of the best campaigns I ever ran was a Ravenloft campaign in which the PCs saved a village. That was it. What made the campaign have a cinematic and "full" feel was that throughout the campaign, they got to know all of the families of the village and the people who ran it. So once the...

Double post.

I think a spontaneous casting 3e game could certainly work. So, no problem there. That said, I just want to chime in and say that I have never found the Sorcerer to be weak. In most games that I've either played or ran, the Sorcerer has been the MVP of the game. That's because most Wizards...

I did the 3.5 SRD as asked. Mine was a bit different than the previous one. The wordles make a very interesting comparison. :cool: http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/186042/D%26D_3.5

I do both. Sometimes I tell the player the DC, sometimes I don't. Typically, I tell the player the DC, if there are incremental results that might arise from their check. For example, I might say, "You'll find out okay information on a 15, better information on a 20, and really good...

Great thread! I just got back from DragonCon and we gave an entire panel on this! :cool: I think to really get to the nitty-gritty of it, we have to understand was horror is. Horror is a slow and unrelenting revelation. A terrible realization. For example, if you walk into your house and set...

Just a note - it's pretty easy to meet game designers in real life at conventions. GenCon, for example. Usually, if you go to their company's booth and ask for them by name, someone can point you to them. Most of them are happy to talk and meet with folks that come by.

We're sticking with 3.5 Edition for right now, until we end our campaign. Then, we'll move to Witch Hunter and then possibly Dark Heresy. Thereafter, we'll probably go with Savage Worlds or Pathfinder in the far future.

I think that only 49% of the people on ENworld playing 4e is pretty low, actually. I'm rather shocked. I thought it would be somewhere around 75% at the very least by now. I think that this shows that 4e has not caught on to the hard-core market as much as some suspected.

Nah. RPG companies tend to be small and function almost like mini families. Everything is a group effort. So when your writing is well received, you don't get happy about your own writing - you're happy for the company as a whole. As far as writer's or artist's recognition, I think it's a...

Out of curiosity, what drew you to the Witch Hunter game?

Barsoomcore and I were talking at GenCon about this very question. He had a fantastic point. What is it about D&D that draw us to it? Not just kids, but people in general. Simply put, it's a game where you get to use your imagination. That's the draw of D&D or any RPG. And it continues to be...

Wow. I'm pretty shocked at the numbers. About 50% of the people polled here are not switching? To be fair, I realize that a poll on ENWorld is not the most scientific of samplings. However, I'm simply surprised as all get out at the numbers. I truly thought that people would grumble a little bit...

I agree. If they don't have something by GenCon, then I think they will lose a lot of consumer confidence. As for so many people saying, "How could you expect that it would be out on time?" Yes, I did expect it out on time. Why? Because at GenCon last year, they were using the DDI as their...