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Physical stats aren't twice as powerful, that's what I'm saying. The comparison was flawed as it didn't properly consider the importance of casting stats.

Idiocy. Measure stats where they're best for the purpose of increasing them, not where they're worst.

I'd vote for the first two.

I never saw this rule in 2E. Was it in the core books? (Oops, you're right about the cap. Bad memory, there, sorry.) You've got to be kidding me. A Maximized fireball is a 6th level spell, comparable then to the 2E disintegrate, chain lightning, and death spell. In addition, it takes a...

I tend to agree with you about Animals, and I also think the roper shouldn't be a magical beast (aberration fits better, I think). I think the lamia's fine as is, art notwithstanding.

My first wizard was in 2nd edition and has 2 hp at level 1, and just 1 1st-level spell. I remember the effect pretty well. It's been a while since I last played second edition (I stopped playing for a few years 'cause I didn't like the system), but 2E haste was quite a lot more powerful than...

*incredulous stare* You can't be serious, can you?

I think in the 3.0 SRD and 3.0 MM they were under "Giant Eagle" and "Giant Owl" rather than "Eagle, Giant" and "Owl, Giant". That's probably the root of the confusion (unless, like you said, Tailspinner was trying to look under the Animal appendix).

What about those of us who only use PH for the Player's Handbook? To me the PHB is the 2nd Edition Player's Handbook, as that was the abbreviation used then. Should we do like the Arcana Unearthed crowd (who often use MCAU so no one thinks they're referring to Unearthed Arcana) and call it...

I thought it was a great post, and I agree with you that it seems likely that most people just don't know how to vote strategically in this sort of election, especially with this many candidates.

Clerics of Crebar in my world call detect chaos "detect evil". The church of Ethi in general opposes, on grounds of personal liberty, the use of detect alignment and detect thoughts; there's no agreement on their absolute meaning. Some LG orders make no distinction between detect evil and...

Yeah, that was a great site that never quite got off the ground. Pity, that.

I follow the rules here, not allowing retroactive skill points.

There are legion voting methods, and we're not even using the method you mention -- we're getting up to 5 votes each. Approval voting, the (shudder) Borda count, any of the Condorcet methods, first-past-the-post with variable votes, IRV, reverse vote, block voting... the list goes on. All of...

I went with the Blackguard.

I might get involved in some way, but I can't forsee having enough free time to be a judge for next year. I really enjoyed my time as judge, but the spectre of reality is such that I can't now commit to that kind of time. "You know I love you, man!" The problem is that everyone could vote...

I don't consider 80% repeat judges a diverse group w.r.t. experience. I'd be happier with 2-4 new judges and 1-3 repeat judges, myself. On average this group will have judged more than twice each before.

The presumption, I assume, is that energy affects everything while aligned effects only hurt a fraction. (Really it's all a tossup, with resistances and immunities being what they are.)

The candidates I voted for are doing very poorly... I don't think any of them will win. Pity; so much for the fresh blood.

Hey, how can you go wrong with 354 epic creatures? :D