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I believe the same thing happens in either game, except that one has better guidelines. What happens in 5e when you want to do something that is outside the "rules"? The same thing that happens in 4e, the DM makes a ruling. But aided by what? What does he have to make a ruling that is...

There used to be a wiki page that had "tutorials" on the xml files to make them more understandable. Unfortunately it looks like the wiki subscription has expired. http://cbloadercontentwiki.wikispaces.com/

I looked at the files for the offline character builder (offcb) and was not able to find any files for the Ultramodern, or Amethyst sourcebooks (both by DEM). The offcb is very capable and from looking at my Amethyst book it looks like this would be a straight port into the offcb files. I...

What's your favorite color? If the group is anything like mine.

I think more than anything that is why single target optimization is not so important within your game. There are other available and viable options. And not every player must uber-focused on combat. Skill use is encouraged/rewarded in multiple areas. Rituals and powers are treated as open...

This is the reason why I've always gone with extremely varied encounters. The typical encounter does not exist for my players. Therefore they have had to look for ways to optimize/synergize in different ways. Once you get your players off that mind set then you'll start seeing that the...

Which is pretty much what they are intended to do. All other considerations are secondary. The optimizers guides are designed to show how to eliminate opponents as quickly as possible (pile damage on single targets, rinse and repeat) which in turn mitigates damage to your "team" (less...

If this mage is anything like software developers over the years, that instruction manual is better used as kindle.

Are you really? http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?22566-Q-amp-A-with-Gary-Gygax/page174&p=1272688&viewfull=1#post1272688 LOL

Continuing operation GARY UP!

Best of luck to Rodney. He's one of the good ones. Loved his work on SAGA.

I have the offline character builder and monster builder (adventure tools) from when WotC was distributing them as part of DnD Insider subscriptions. I'm sure they can be found online somewhere but I haven't spent time looking. I use a third party app called CBLoader that allows for...

Looking through Amazon today ran into this: http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Dice-Masters-Starter/dp/B00SJX1QEE/ref=pd_sim_21_10?ie=UTF8&refRID=16M8AS86HNG4RSB9MY3T Anybody know what this is supposed to be?

I'm currently playing in a 4e campaign which is based on a converted Kingmaker campaign. I'm also running a 4e home brewed campaign, in which I'm testing out a lot of 4e hacks. And until about 3 months ago I was playing in a second 4e campaign using the Neverwinter Campaign Setting. That one...

I like the mechanical design space of classes and the mechanical progression of levels. Mainly because they provide a discreet package that can be easily altered and compared between varying pieces. With a solid base framework you can do comparisons between levels and figure out what needs to...

In these instances I believe that mechanical frameworks work best rather than trying to force the issue with weird "story" gyrations. Can a wizard use a sword? Yes. Effectively? Not necessarily. As effectively as a Fighter? Probably not. So an Eladrin with Weapon Proficiency "Longblade"...

I started out with Moldvay Basic and in that one all weapons did D6 damage. There were optional rules to differentiate weapon damage.

I disagree with the game finishing at 20, but that is just a matter of preference. That is if I'm understanding correctly your use of apotheosis as the completion of the character's (group's) destiny quest. I would simply have made Epic a 3 or 5 level progression instead of 10 levels (levels...

Displacer beasts and the blink dogs that ride them. Ugh!

As a general question what things from 4e would you (general you) have liked to have seen improved, explored more in depth, or expanded?