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It's definitely true that the context changed significantly once some of these other quotes and background elements came to light. I honestly don't know what to think about it all - the series has been a very good one up to this point. It is a shame that an editor didn't catch this and do a...

Who is 'they'? Who is coming up with some wildly divergent idea for D&D, and why would he be so opposed to it they need to remove him? I suspect you've got several much more likely possible reasons: 1) Layoffs were coming for coming, for whatever reasons. As is often the case, a senior...

We've seen the same claims before - I don't see any real indications that 5E is 'imminent'. Pretty much none of the suggested evidence is, well, remotely plausible in the actual context of the situation. I think, sure, they are gathering ideas, both for future editions and for the direction...

I'm basically on board with points 1-3. Honestly, I don't think anyone can really disagree with wanting to see the products come out with less need for errata in the first place! I don't think perfection is ever possible, but I do think they can do better than they have with some products. It...

Because saying, "Here is how young female gamers act, and the best approach to take with them in a game" is very different from saying, "Here are ways that I have encouraged young female players in my games, and activities that have appealed to many of them." When you are speaking from a...

Thing is... I don't think he tried hard enough. I think I wouldn't have had any objections if that had been his disclaimer ("These are just my experiences, I recognize they are not universal, and one should always try to find an individuals tastes and cater to those, regardless of gender - but...

Well, not in your mind. And that's a fair opinion to have! For myself, I feel the errata has most certainly positively improved the game. But I definitely get that the benefits it offers are, for some, outweighed by the downside of needing to keep up with the fixes. That's a perfectly fair...

There are a stupid number of ways in the game to auto-kill minions, and have been from day one. I remember playing through... I think H2, early in the edition, and ending up in a room filled with minions, and someone triggering a lightning weapon which instantly wiped out all of them. The...

Well, no. But I don't think the game design is nearly as interconnected as your average piece of code. While fixing a power can lead to unintended consequences, or a piece of errata could go too far in the opposite direction - making a weak option overpowered, etc - I don't think that happens...

Yeah, they've been using it in the other Nerathi Legends articles. It seems canon, at least for that region of the PoL.

Well, the obvious answer is... if there isn't a good reason, why not go to the other store? Presumably this store is expecting that the environment the offer - whether due to familiarity, location, convenience, atmosphere, etc - is worth paying the price. For myself, I probably wouldn't...

I've mentioned this in other threads, and I admit that the statement can look bad out of context, but I don't think it was quite meant the way most people read it. Especially with the shift in 4E towards more "creepy fey out of folklore" and less "friendly sprites out of Disney movies", I don't...

"You'll kill us... with a soup cup?" "Tea, actually." "What's that?" "I'll kill you with my tea cup." I've actually really wanted to play the total improvised weapon master, ever since Martial Power 2 and Dark Sun and some Dragon articles made it very, very feasible... but unfortunately...

There are various interrupt powers that prevent one being hit. Disruptive Strike, a ranger attack that applies a penalty to hit. Sudden Scales, a sorcerer utility that gives a large bonus to defenses. Wizard's Escape, a wizard utility that lets you teleport when hit. Now, this doesn't make it...

It's a good point, that the presence of these elements doesn't 'override' all else in order to ensure a game is D&D. But, again, that isn't really what Mearls is looking at. Mearls never says, "Anything with these elements is D&D". He is explicitly trying to find elements that, if they are...

Here's the thing. I think 4E has had plenty of stuff I've looked askance at, and wondered how that got through testing. But... most of it has been stuff after the initial launch. I'm not saying the initial launch was free of bugs. And maybe more testing could have caught them. But I think...

Currently playing in some homebrew games. Have done some Gamma World one-shots, but not 'D&D' Gamma World. Yet. Previously did some default planar and PoL stuff. Currently, just started running a Ravenloft campaign. One character is from the Realms, one character from Dark Sun, and two...

Not sure how accurate this is. Pretty much every edition - indeed, every RPG - I've played has merited similar levels of errata. They just don't usually get it, and players have to deal with the problems left behind. I can understand not wanting to keep up with the tweaking of powers throughout...

Ok, let me try practicing what I preach and working on some actually constructive discussion. Kzach's suggestion at the start of this thread is that feats should never contain attack or damage bonuses. A variety of other proposals have come forward, varying from allowing bonuses but keeping...

Ah jeez. Apologies in advance to everyone for the piles and piles of text here. I know that endless quote wars and running in circles around the same point is rarely fun to anyone else, but I feel like DracoSuave had some genuine points I did really want to respond to. Most answers sblocked out...