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Or my immemorial graph paper method. Draw map; use pencil to write in "A" for where Alfred is (example name), "B" for the location of Bertrand, "C" for Clarice, and so on. Monsters are 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.. A character moves, two swipes of eraser, write in new location. Somehow, methinks I'm going to...

Actually, despite my liking for many aspects of 4th edition, the disconnect between the succubus' statistics and the text does disappoint me. True, I can houserule it, but I'm at the stage in my life and personal affairs where I'd prefer to use the very limited time I have for D&D to play...

Bravo! And double bravo! :cool: I only wish that they had an animated clapping smiley, because that would best express my admiration for the superb job you've done in illustrating how the DM should use his imagination and descriptive talents to bring the game world to life -- something that...

Wouldn't the draenei also count as large? That, or a human, is what I'd like to play, were I to participate in a 4th edition Azeroth campaign. Of course, they're not as big and beefy as a Tauren, although they'd probably have a charisma bonus from their spiritual affinity for the naaru ....

Exactly. Saying that people who won't go beyond 3rd edition won't buy 4th edition isn't really a viable criticism of 4th edition's economic viability, with or without the GSL, because there's nothing that could induce these people to buy 4th edition anyway. Not a criticism of them, just stating...

I'm with Ainatan on this one. I doubt that Hasbro is too upset that they haven't sold 2 or 3 $5,000 licenses to competitors. Most of the game industry has always used "closed" rules systems, including the first two editions of D&D. I doubt that a failure to ever release the GSL would have any...

Imperial forever!!!! The Imperial measurement system is based on human measurements, and thus is intuitive and easy to use. The metric system is an arbitrary mass of measurements that are either too small or too large to fit easily with human concepts and dimensions. The fact that most humans...

Since at that point, I was an avid Dragon magazine subscriber, I personally can remember one article about it that really had a lot of information, and I think there may have been a monthly teaser article about some aspect of it. All I can say is that this time, I feel very well-informed about...

But those people won't buy 4th edition no matter what it is. If 3rd edition is already perfect in their eyes, they're all set, forever. With the amount of supplementary material, there's surely enough out there to keep playing 3rd for about 10 human lifetimes, even if that's all you do, 16 hours...

I don't think you're ever going to get a system that causes you to spontaneously role-play. The keyword here is spontaneous -- that is, it's up to you, not the system, which by its very nature is a non-sentient, purely reactive entity, if you will.

Another attitude I just don't get. D&D has always been "gamist" -- at least this edition, and 3e, have rules that encourage a bit of role-playing. Do you realize that in the Ultimate Sacred Cow, the 1st edition DMG, there's an assassination table that gives a matrix between the level of the...

Where I find a sense of weirdness is that people run scenarios that are purely combat, with no role-playing, and then condemn the entire game, sight unseen, as not containing role-playing. It's like running a scenario that's entirely free-form negotiation, where combat is impossible, and then...

Mind if I latch onto this as a signature, with proper attribution? :D

Well, if I'm understanding you correctly, then that question can only be answered if, at some time in the future, we all get access to precise sales figures for 3e and 4e. If 4e ends up selling more, then it's a sequel more successful than the previous sequel. If it sells less, then there's a...

Well, if it adds anything to the discussion, my RPG group had given up entirely on 3rd edition about 4 to 5 months before we heard that there was even going to be a 4th edition. The combination of its "everything's generic," "everything involves 20000000 ongoing modifiers to track, some of which...

;) So does that make me some kind of unnatural mutant destined to a devastating implosion? Because I happen to like what I've seen of 4e a lot .... ....and I have no intention of running a campaign in the 'default world' or even using any of the 'new' races in my campaign setting (players can...

Well, all I can say is, if some people came to my house and started acting like that, they would be leaving it ASAP and they would not be returning again, well, ever, as far as I'd be concerned. If they don't want to play 4e, just come out and tell you. To accept an invitation and then...

Isn't this whole thread based on the question of NPC healing .... .... which is itself a mass of speculation about a part of the rules that we know absolutely nothing about, because we haven't seen it yet? :confused: That being the case, isn't it a bit early to start making blanket...

I personally find digital copies of books to be a ghastly substitute for the actual thing. A lot of the classics that I enjoy are free online, their copyrights long expired or never having existed in the first place ;) , and I will use the Internet when I'm looking for a quick, exact quotation...

Show gnome mercy when you're going after them. :p