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I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

I'm not really bashing Wizards. I like Wizards. I'm just poking fun at them for being kind of silly. I think there are TONS of people who want to know the answers to that question. I *certainly* do. I'm happy that they're answering questions that people want to know the answers too. I just...

The newest column on D&D Insider asks the following question: - What is D&D Insider? Huh. An interesting question for a customer to pose. Makes you wonder what future questions will be... - How does D&D Insider provide the most value for my money? - Is it true that I'll be able to access my...

Hoorays! I love this old post. Yes, the name post was great too. Now I just need Bill Door's goat post and "The Bugaboo Classic" to complete my collection! :-)

Ha. Actually, almost everyone has. It was the old exponential XP table for D&D < 3e. It doesn't really solve this problem though. The reason is that you really want to maintain a relatively linear advancement rate through the levels (so that players feel they are making some progress). Even...

When you're talking about rate of increase, an exponential function grows faster than a quadratic (indeed any polynomial) function for any exponent greater than 1. To suggest otherwise, is simply not correct. D&D power increases are currently quadratic in nature for the reasons you've stated...

I've played a lot of videogames. While I'm not a big fan of first-person shooters, BioShock is definitely on my list of best games of all time. The plot is unbelievably good, and the game is beautiful (especially to the ears). The fact the this thread can't seem to rise above the relatively...

It almost seems like the Wizards folks are trying to anger their fans. Buh-bye Greyhawk. Don't convert, but that's what we're doing. We're going to focus on fluff books between now and 4e, but don't count on any of that fluff being accurate because we're throwing it all out with the new edition...

Well, it's hard to DM with an iron fist when the pay is so good. You don't want to anger your clients... ;)

I'm not saying he's not a great DM. I'm positive he is. But as Henry said, a better DM tends to have a number of situations at hand just in case. Most player sidetracks can lead right into those plotlets. Not a problem. I'm sure Chris Perkins would consider this "getting the players back...

Just because there's no best way to play D&D, that doesn't mean there isn't a Greatest DM in the world. There's no best way to run a marathon. There's no best way to play football. That doesn't mean there isn't a currently greatest person. And, I AM THE GREATEST. Fail to emulate my style...

True enough. It's really only in this forum because the developer blogs are 4eful. I don't really expect many other than those looking for 4e scoops to be reading them much.

What then are you doing? :D

http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=13594125&postcount=5 What a terrible answer. Yes, there is a social contract between players and DMs. But the answer seems to ignore the DM's side of that contract. It's the player's job to not be a hinderance to the game. It's the DM's job to...

I've tried to kludge together one-on-one D&D sessions (fairly unsatisfactorily) for a long time. The Gestalt rules go a long way toward helping with filling out party roles when there's only one character, but I think it would be very nice to finally have a well-designed system capable of...

I'll also go with vibrate. Seriously. It's not that I don't love walking around and wondering where the TARDIS is going to show up. Heck, I love the Dr. Who theme. But ringtones are a blight on society. Second vote: The FLASH GORDON theme. Because I can't help imagining the worst.

Oh, now that is not a bad idea at all. (Seriously). If a condition track eliminates level drain and/or ability damage. I'm all for it.

Yeah, I'm not sure ADDING something to keep track of in addition to hitpoints is a great idea. But, whatever. I can't judge it until I see it all.

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3096805&postcount=1 Okay, so D&D is getting a condition track then? 100% of HP is ??? (Unscathed?) 50% of HP is "Bloodied" 0% of HP is "Unconscious" -10 HP is Dead (Seems kind of silly, doesn't it? Why make high-level encounters much more...

I'd like a three-defense system. Armor Class/Reflex Class/Will Class. Saves are gone. An attack is of one of the three types. Piercing weapons (like daggers, bows) are against the Reflex class. Bludgeoning weapons are against Armor. Slashing weapons can be against either (attacker chooses...