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What level are they, and what kind of stuff will they be fighting? The size of the damage chunk, and the presence of area of effect spells which hit unconscious PCs, changes how effective this will be.

It's just a question of how much you want PCs to die. I do -( level + Con score + 5 per Toughness feat).

Shouldn't we double the number of rules every 18 months?

1995?

Feat prerequisites, ability damage/drain, and exactly how much you can carry are three things that use the increased granularity of stats and bonuses being sepperate. Losing this granularity wouldn't be a big deal in my opinion, but I wouldn't mind if it stayed, either. D20 modern uses it for...

I thought one of the design decisions behind E6 was to allow for continued advancement, rather than just stopping advancement cold at 6th. Not everyone plays D&D to tell a story; some people like to smash some monsters and get some l00t and k3wl powers. I like doing both. To the OP: I do think...

My understanding of what was said is that 4e is closer to 3e than 3e is to 2e, but they realized that conversion guides just don't work, so they aren't making one.

I thought this was an excellent post. Hopefully I'll have some more insightful feedback tomorrow.

Wow. So, what is the prize?

As in the ones from Best Buy? What were they doing?

I am honestly curious: Why is being realistic a desireable quality in a game? Why is being useful a desireable quality in a game?

I believe all of the lead designers have been around since 3.5, so it seems unlikely. The way they have been talking about 4th edition sounds like they are making real improvements to me, but of course we will need more details before we can really know.

Lets see... 1. Both charge a subscription fee. 2. Both let you connect with old friends you haven't seen in a long time. 3. Both enable you to play games. 4. Both require you to have special equipment (phone/computer). 5. Nowadays, both incorporate the internet. 6. Both occasionally invalidate...

While a lot of MMOs do this, subsciptions are neither a necessary not sufficient condition to be an MMO.

They could add levels within a progression without adding between them. That should be pretty simple. For example: With 1 level each of bard, rogue, wizard, and fighter, a character in 3e would have +1 BAB. If instead of doing BAB by class, we did it by progression, the bard and rogue would be...

3/4 + 3/4 = 6/4 = 1.5 ~ 1 :p Edit: But I agree with your point. My group always plays it this way.

Nothing; it's entirely possible that 4e will be published and turn out to be exactly identical to your current house rules. Role playing games are techniques, not technology, and as such you don't need to buy them to have access to their capabilities.

It's not quite the same thing (there has been 1 major rules revision), but since replacing your current product is arguably more necessary in magic, it works well enough. Maybe even better.

I love terminal windows :D . I'd use linux if I didn't play computer games that needed windows.