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If we lived in an ideal world we would not need errata, and I'd have a Ferrari. We don't on any of those. So we make do with the best option for a "not ideal" situation. If for some reason version X for a rule was in the final published document when the correct one should have been version Y...

I'm glad somebody understood the correct context for that spell. :D

I agree but would make the following correction. Encounters with a single ogre are no longer a threat, or have "staying power". Encounters with hordes of ogres are still a threat as they can still do significant damage, but they can be mowed down rather appropriately. Just as they are...

On this point I whole-heartedly disagree. When a rule is not working specifically as intended, because it is ripe for "rules lawyering" abuse, or because it needs clarification so that the clear intent is obvious - then it should be fixed. Errata should be issued for it. It should not be a...

What I find saddest is that he wanted to distance himself so much from the games. I'm not sure anyone has ever really found out what happened that made him want to become so insular. His art certainly helped inspire the games, and a generation of gamers. It would have been nice to see him...

Then pick one version that works for you and keep it, ignore the rest. Personally I prefer for the game to be fixed, through errata even, if the rules are not working as intended. But if the rules don't bother me I don't bother with errata. 3e had a lot of errata, but then it stopped, and...

This reminds me of the D&D Delve in which you were trying to complete as much of the dungeon as possible in a limited "real world" time (usually 10 minutes). I like the ideas here. Well done.

Made me laugh, XP covered!

CR Guidelines have mostly sucked for the entirety of that version of the game. I remember playing in a game where Fire Giants had cleric levels added to them to create a challenge. Because they were considered nonassociated class levels only counted for half level increases in CR. Yeah, CR as...

This example you showed from the thread is yet another example of a situation in which mechanical alignment would impede/hamper the play experience of our games. What does it matter that the act is deemed "evil" or not? The relevant play is going to be the "roleplaying"...

Companion characters are described in DMG2. It would also be my preferred recommendation. The character keeps a very simple core for you to run. They would still be a help in combats, exploration, etc. However they present very little overhead. Think of a companion character almost as a...

This probably has to do with the "ownership" of the material. I subscribed for years to the mazines. When they went all digital I continued to subscribe for quite a while. But when I let my subscription lapse I no longer had access to the material that I paid for. If I forgot to download it...

Isn't that exactly my point? From the POV of the players the succubus was not evil. They never saw her do something that they would consider such. So they had to make up their own minds as to what to do with her because of her actions. Instead of casting Detect Evil, Detect Alignment, etc...

Just because you keep on repeating it doesn't really make it so. If you want to shut down conversation all you have to do is not respond to posts. And if you don't like seeing what I've posted you can always ignore. I won't feel slighted. In a "default game" where a DM is already ignoring...

I don't think this is any different than what we have seen from WotC/B&N/Amazon in the past. It has been a very long time since I saw the news of a release come from WotC faster than what we saw from either B&N or Amazon.

So what? How is this important, or even relevant? In a game without mechanical alignment it is unnecessary. Even if I was to take the strictest reading of what you quoted, which I don't. It is still "world thematics", there are no mechanical ramifications because the game does not provide...

I feel sorry for those outside the US (Canada, Australia).

Inflation calculators don't even figure in my "customer buying" decision. I make a heck of a lot more today than I did in 2000 with 3e, and even more than I made in 2008 with 4e. At $50 this really tips the scales of value for me. When I first bought 4e I purchased the combined boxed set...

Also with a release of August 19th this means that GenCon will be the only place to get this if you want to use it during GenCon. I'm sure the WotC booth will be happily selling you these. So discounted price will go out the window, if you want it for GenCon. I might spend the $20 on the...

If the PHB is a monster sized book with all the optional rules in it, I could see myself spending the cash for it. If the phb is just as any other phb, I will definitely be skipping this at this time. By far, my favorite RPG is Shadowrun and I've held myself from buying its fifth edition...