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Yeah. I really don't see the cause of the complaint. Where are the heroes missing from exactly? On the one hand, just because I might like to think about character optimization doesn't mean I don't also think about heroism. On the other, look at all the story hours out there! People are...

Heya: Exalted is exactly the world you want. It's an animist setting, so the common people will have certainly seen magic since everything you do will have some sort of god to it. Most of them will be too small to be important, but every village is going to do something to placate the god...

It's worth it in a campaign where you can't spend your money on magical items.

Hmm, I like the project in general, but I'm reluctant when it comes to Warlock Pacts. The differences in stat choices between the pacts is both a nice piece of flavor and a way to differentiate play styles. But it's a minor reluctance I'm certain building the class off of CHA and then having...

Well, I think the terrifying kiai shouts would work more into the Ki Power Source. But working a mounted soldier into a controller would be interesting. It's just important to recognize that each class role is engineered with both a strength and a dependency. As far as we know that breakdown...

You might check this thread out. It's at least the most sophisticated breakdown of the martial controller I've seen.

For Martial Controller: Erickson's Malazan Sappers. That's the best idea in source fiction for a martial controller that I've seen. I've seen fan creations based on that idea that seemed pretty viable, but the one I knew about on these boards I can't find anymore. I'll email the author and...

I've been working on something similar called Terrahausen, which is literally a campaign setting based on the works of Ray Harryhausen. So there's: The Scheherazans - A Sinbad nation. The Gwangi - Cavemen The Vrykang - Vikings - there's no Harryhausen connection there it's just cause The...

I agree. I also think it would be interesting to look at ways to make the short & long rest mechanics more interesting. Maybe rituals to simulate a long rest so you don't have to leave the dungeon, but do have to sacrifice some resources? I don't know the DMG 2 is gonna have in it, but two...

Right, Jackie Chan adventures was great, but you're looking at his range and seeing dilution. You should be looking at his range and seeing versatility - not simply in genre but in doing the best writing for a wide variety of bizarre circumstances of production, project, and effort. The two...

That's the idea. There say they have 8 sources they'll be working out. If they do roughly two sources per year we should be looking at 4 sets of books. This first year we had three (Arcane, Divine, & Martial) but for Core II they're only introducing one source and revisiting two from Core I...

Right, I'm working on this and here's what I've got so far: 1.) There are three basic nomad geo-cultural areas: The East, The West, and The North. 2.) The West here the breaking of the seals has had two main effects: the first is ecological weirdness and the second is the rise of two...

Actually I think the most interesting piece of data is the least surprising. Namely, that 4e Supplement sales might be a little disapointing. You can argue with the veracity of that data, but if you take it at face value it makes a lot of sense. I mean could anyone argue that the supplement...

I'm still very interested. My semester is about to get heavy, but that won't last too long. And I could really use some side writing projects now. For the moment, I'm working on a world that riffs of Ray Harryhausen's work and will be using an adapted version of Al-Quadim - smaller and...

Well, they're doing the first DnD version of Earthdawn, so that's sort of new. And there's a 'Special Forces in Middle Earth' style game coming down the pipe.

How different people play a game doesn't have observable physical effects? How interesting. Style and tone are certainly observable. The guy or gal who read your freshmen essays wasn't marking a potential paper or an intuitive problem with your grammar. The paper was there in a physical...

There are a lot of ways you could do a LotR game with 4E, but there would always be some conditions or outs. The big question is going to be your strategy for embracing some of the assumptions of the series: Are you fellowship level badasses? Nearly every class will be appropriate. But most...

There are two ways I would go with a Divine Striker either of which could fit - with some modification - the avenger: 1.) Holy Slayer/Assassin - Something more in line with the original sense of the term. This would be a character who was good at disguises, sowing confusion, and could take...

Same here.

Or maybe just tie them into New Epic Destinies for Al-Quadim.