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It sounds like you're saying that blending different kinds of old mythological material(like Christian accounts with pagan portrayals) is okay, but blending old mythology with new mythology is not okay. If I'm misinterpreting, please clarify. I feel that all mythology should be fair game, and...

Good call. Of course, there's no Swordsman in core either. Guess we have to call it "Fighting and Wizardry". :)

'Course, if the monster does that he's provoked an opportunity attack from the fighter. I don't know about you, but I'm usually a little unsteady after being clocked by a maul.

It may be generational. I'm not old enough to have read those authors(except a little Tolkien), but I am old enough to be embarrassed that I haven't. Let me ask: how common are what races among those authors' works? Tolkien has dwarves, elves, and hobbits as common major characters, and they...

Gotta second this. Ran a group through the same three encounters Lizard did; the wizard spent the first half of each encounter looking for a good opportunity to fire off burning hands and the last half cackling madly over having blown up half the battlefield.

Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out. To clarify: I don't feel that Dragonborn are outside of standard fantasy. They are draconic humanoids, tuned for their role in the 4th edition world, as Draconians are draconic humanoids, tuned for their role in the world of Dragonlance. Is that better...

Now let's be fair. The original poster objects to the presence of nonstandard material in the PHB. Unless there's something you know that we don't, let's assume gelatinous cubes do not feature prominently in that publication.

Clerics wanting a 20 wisdom and wizards wanting a 20 intelligence aren't anything new. The desire may be a little stronger now, but it hasn't magically appeared from nowhere. One of the things I like about 4th edition in terms of having a 20 wisdom to start is that now you can. In the 3.5...

I've been beaten to the punch on eladrin making up a goodly number of the elves in Lord of the Rings and dragonborn showing up in Dragonlance. The tieflings are a little rarer, and admittedly I can't come up with any characters that look the way tieflings do off the top of my head. However, I...

You have the fighter and the paladin remember who they've marked. The paladin can only have one target marked, and the fighter's marks wear off at the end of his next turn, so he just needs to know who he attacked most recently(and who provoked OA's since his last turn, but critters mostly...

I accept your challenge. Let's see what we can find. It looks like this is where the trouble started. Many folks took this to mean "4e paladins aren't necessary(because fighters and clerics fill the role 4e paladins have been given), so they should have been left out." While it doesn't...

Gotta jump in here. The role "righter of wrongs" is not a mechanical role. It is a social role. Note that the fighter fills this role at least as easily as the paladin. And the fighter can also grab the social role of "ruthless black knight who slaughters the weak in the name of Grummsh"...

*rolls* "The first hellguard hit you. Take 6 damage." *rolls* "Ooh! A crit from the second hellguard. Take 6 damage." :D To be clear, I approve of this. I just also find it hilarious.

I expected it to be an easy but not free win for the PCs, as suggested by the CR. I didn't expect the fight to last exactly one standard action. Yeah, one of the other players realized that after we'd looked at the thing. But I feel the module should have some sort of warning if it's going to...

So, wait, Hrothgar uses a quicker, more accurate weapon when facing a bunch of weak foes than he does when he's trying to power through a dragon's scales? And you find this weird?

My first introduction to 3rd edition came after I'd been running another game for quite a while, and one of my players wanted to run a game of his own. So I enjoyed it for the opportunity to be a player rather than a GM. And D&D is very solidly playable for the style of combat it traditionally...

I'd recommend wizards and archery rangers. Your melee classes will want to keep positioning in mind(for flanking) and may run into opportunity attacks. The leaders have a lot of additional effects that trigger when they hit an opponent, which might feel a bit overwhelming. Warlocks also have...

My suggestion would be to give them the (fluff) descriptions of the classes and races first, and get them thinking about what sounds interesting. Then, give them the players handbook. Most players I've worked with would go straight for the parts that intrigued them, examine the mechanics, and...

That's exactly right. Most people don't wake up in the morning and say "I'm going to make the world a better place today". Most people also don't wake up and say "I'm going to aquire power for myself today, no matter who it hurts". Those would be your good and evil people, respectively, while...

Ooh, I hope it's that! I love bizzare things, I love nonlinear things, and I love mechanics. Bizarre nonlinear mechanics...they are like candy to me.