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This is a good point. It's also why I'm a little leery. I feel there are different design parameters between 3E and 4E, and wonder if it's possible to combine both into 5E. Maybe it is...I don't know. I guess, with the Book of Nine Swords, you had pieces of 4E working with 3E, but there were...

I believe that part of the problem is when the game prototype demos are occuring primarily at a Con. For those of us who live across the continent (or on another continent), flying over to demo the game just isn't realistic. With Paizo, it was easier to see what they were doing, because they...

They can't restore or diminish my faith, since there is no product. Aside from a select group of players who are bound by NDA, we have no real information. Just hints. Not enough to make a decision on. WotC did a lot of damage to my respect for them with 4E. 5E will either leave me with...

With iTunes it *used* to be that you can download at the moment you paid for it, but never again (unless you wanted to pay twice). I think with iCloud now, anything you download is *supposed* to automatically get added to your cloud....but in practice, I've downloaded or purchased several apps...

Oh, believe me...I support the industry *and* believe in not blocking a used market. I had to buy a bookshelf from IKEA to hold my collection of 360 games...most bought new. So, do I feel guilty for wanting to sell some to clear up space? Nope, my conscience is clear. They've got more than...

Your story sounds very familiar. I felt similarly when I picked up the books. And I went back several times, and the more I read them, the less interested I became. It's unfortunate, because some of the stuff, such as Heroes of the Feywild looked rather interesting. Banshee

I've experienced the same thing in 3E. Wizards could be powerful, but if the opponents are played intelligently, they often didn't get a chance to use that power, because they were put continuously on a defense/healing cycle. As GM, I usually rule it according to a few things: 1-How...

They're not stopping anyone from selling or buying.....*yet*....but they *are* doing this like this particular restriction, and others, like having it so multiplayer doesn't work on used copies of the game, unless you pay a fee directly to the publisher/developer etc. Further, it's a bit of a...

Disagree. You can't tell me that a larger creature such as a bear, rhino, or elephant doesn't have significantly more kinetic force (and consequently, the ability to dish out damage) than a smaller creature. Or that a 6'4" man who weighs 265 lbs can't dish out significantly more punishment...

I've seen the same thing in both 2E and 3E with classes other than wizards. With dual wielding fighters....ie dual wielded longswords with specialization, and what.....4 attacks a round with some of the later optional books? Completely chopping through a baddy's defenses. In 3E, a real good...

They can't have it both ways. Either a game that you buy is your property to do with as you wish once you've bought it, including lending it to a friend, copying it, or selling it......or it's not your property, and you just have a license to use the software....in which case they have a legal...

Doh! Sorry. I hate when people do that to me. Where do I find them on the posting interface? What does the button look like? Banshee

Definitely, you can have "old" elves....at least if they're not immortal elves. In the Birthright setting, it means something different. A character could speak with a 2,400 year old elf who might physically look like a youngster, but mentally and emotionally is *old*. As to the painting...

Very probably. Would be nice if they could be consistent :) I understand that not everyone is keen on the idea of immortal elves or faerie. At the least, I think immortal faerie/eladrin would be cool.....it's always how I've run faerie in my game....shades of Castle Falkenstein or Sidhe from...

Yes....Canadian author of a pair of fantasy trilogies called the "Prince of Nothing" trilogy, and the "Aspect Emperor" trilogy (the sequel). Very, very good, though dark. I think in sequence you're looking for: Prince of Nothing Warrior Prophet Thousandfold Thought The Judging Eye The White...

Could be useful for exploration to have higher level variants of some of those utility spells. In Robert Bakker's "Aspect Emperor" series, the sorcerers have different types of light spells, for instance. Your basic types, and then another that is sometimes used called "Bar of Heaven". It...

I don't mind them doing it.....to a degree. But to me, that's almost something more for inclusion in online support materials....not in printed books. When I'm paying $40 for a MM, I do not want page after page of "beefed up" basic monsters. That stuff should be in a web enhancement or...

This is something where, again, the flavour text and the RAW seem to differ......in both 2E and 3E there is mention of elves aging as fast as humans until around 16 years old, then slowing down, and being adult by their 30's I believe....but that culturally, they're not considered adult until...

Same here. Game looks good.....but I may have to vote with my wallet by not purchasing it. I'm not a huge purchaser of used games...but I have several friends who are. Frankly, I don't appreciate this level of control being exerted over consumers. Banshee

I really liked Arn as well. Got it on Bluray a year ago. There's a second movie that goes over more of what happened in the middle east. The books were also pretty good. I really enjoyed Agora, but didn't care for Black Death as much. Banshee