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They opted to not put it in yet. Why? Because none of the classes focuses on unarmed combat. Classes are much more rigidly defined in what they do now (whether you like that or not is a different matter). Who would be using this Meat Shield feat if they put it in? Fighters, rogues, and...

I more take it as - Every character will have lots of powers, abilities, and feats to pick from, coming from class and race. - Having all of these abilities will give you a number of options to do every round of combat. You will have a decent number of choices, but not too many to be...

I encounter this with my group all the time, actually. My players will look at what NPCs can do and try to reverse engineer them to figure out what they are. "Illegal" builds get and spell-like effects that my players can't replicate with magic get seen as me 'cheating' because 3e is typically...

I can feel the breakdown as a player, too. The difference is, when I DM, I feel it is my job to lessen this breakdown as much as possible. It falls on me to balance thinks and to set up an adventure that is balanced and challenging. Players don't need to worry about balance. I, on the other...

I do agree with you, but grappling already had some hefty penalties to do it other than just the negatives once you were in the grapple. If you attempted a grapple, you prokoved an AoO that, if it strucked, prevented the attempt. Required a feat to get around. Had an opposed roll. By the...

Some of this has been said by others, so I won't go into detail. Just as background, I'm running 5 15-16 lvl PCs: - CR is a joke for determining balance and challenge - The minor, medium, major designation for the random treasure charts is a joke for balancing rewards, as is the monetary cost...

Indeed. The biggest problem is that grappling was not an effective deterent from attacking people in the grapple. For the most part, it sucked to grapple someone. Villian starts a grapple and suddenly he - isn't threatening - has no dex (sneak attackable!) - no movement - reduced to natural...

Not that I am a typical "PCs shouldn't do things real people can't do" person, but who really learns how to deftly swing someone around in front of them quick enough and percisely enough so that the person they are holding takes a hit instead of them? Really, attacking into a grapple should...

I think you made a good point here, and one that is very relevant. WotC has said that enchantment, necromancy, illusions and what-not will be included. They were not removed completely. Only that the Wizard class is not and never will be a specialist in these magics, and that classes will...

Anyone consider that the ending of Dragon and Dungeon was kind of necessary in order for WotC to distance itself from Paizo for the GSL? I would imagine with the new GSL coming out and WotC charging for the chance to get the GSL early and being able to publish in a limited market, it would be...

This is an excellent point. I would like some of the current 3e MM removed just so I have new things to use. While my players will love seeing the old ones in new form (kobolds! They love killing kobolds!), I always love having something new to surprise the with. While the 4e MM does need to...

At which point my players would still say..."but that's an illegal build" and my only come back is "it's not illegal...I am the DM." I don't always follow the rules and at no point have I lost a player because of it. But the expectation in 3e is for equality between PC and NPC, so when it does...

The significant change to me is that of DM designed powers for NPCs/monsters. No longer are powers pure HD- or level-based, or so it sounds. From the talk, things are a bit more easily modifiable if the DM wants, and certain abilities can be added or taken away or adjusted to suite the NPC...

Mostly, I agree with your list. I'd still keep: Azer Dire Animals (most) Kraken Mohrg Winter Wolf Some of the others were cool and I liked them, but these I'd like to keep. Winter Wolves, while not always useful, do add to any winter-time or artic based campaign, and this is a typical...

I am glad for this change, really. I've been with the same group for many years. In 2nd edition, if I pulled something out of a hat, it was simply accepted. After being in 3e for a while, the first reaction was to think everything must be from the book. When something happened that was out...

One of my characters (paladin) now is using a great axe. If he power attacks, uses a smite, and his divine power feat and crits, I'm looking at something like 3d12+165 on one hit. The 3d12 isn't adding too much to that crit. If this warlord is critting for 20+3d12, that 3d12 is much more...

I'll bite: 1) Ravenloft 2) Planescape 3) Dragonlance (tho, after the 3.5 book...I'm leary!) 4) Dark Sun 5) Al-Qadim

If wizards can switch and swap their abilities every day, than those abilities had better be weaker or more situationally dependant than people stuck with the abilities they pickper level and are stuck with. While I have always liked the idea of wizards preparing their spells to meet the...

This post is scotterific. Rousetastic to the last drop.

Indeed, they probably did, but sadly, companies cannot run on goodwill alone. I work for a non-profit that helps teachers. We would love to give our books to teachers for free to help them teach kids to read...but we can't not make money. We need to cover costs, and that is harder and harder...