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While I can see how one might think that I still think it had plenty of pressure to be sure to have a character from each role. One of my groups was once faced with this issue because we only had three players. In the end we decided to do without a controller. In the end I suppose it shouldn't...

I got started with AD&D but honestly it wasn't the word Basic that stopped me from playing Basic. I just couldn't accept the idea of dwarf or elf as a character class. As an AD&D player it just didn't make any sense to me so i never tried it. Stupid and short sighted but hey I was like 14 :P

In my experience one can't have a "steath based" game unless everyone buys in and can be sneaky. But then again just like I never said Classic D&D does this right I also never called for a "Stealth Based" game. I suppose now I should start spouting off about strawmen and moving goal posts but...

I did not say classic D&D nails it or was perfect in that regard. But yes some classes could help offset the lack of others. I think it was a good thing and I hope DDN does an even better job of it. Ideally I never want players to feel like they must play class X because noone else made one.

It's called humor not an absolute... but take issue with what you will. It's entirely possible you have never needed to open a door without kicking it in in your entire adventuring career. What I am saying and will say again for the sake of completeness is I don't believe any class should be a...

Yes of course its a strawman there couldn't possibly be anyone else in the dungeon right make as much noise as you want. It couldn't possibly be that the place will just empty out and kill us all. As much of a strawman as this mythical wizard we keep hearing about that flies around in everyones...

Yes of course when there is no rogue to open the locked dungeon door everyone should just turn around and go home thats much more fun!

I'm quite sure there are plenty of people who don't like the usage It seems clear you would prefer that he (or that usage) be banned, however its not personal and you are trying to make a personal mountain out of a mole hill. I'm sure there are some people who find my opinion that 4E caters to a...

Most of all I want to see a core game that is the distilled bare bones essence of D&D that is playstyle neutral. (Even the fighter action dice should be an option not core IMHO) I want to see lots and lots of optional modules with rules/mechanics from every edition and hopefully brand new ones...

E: The user is stating an opinion (an unpopular one for sure) nothing more nothing less. Keep calm and carry on.

When my previous edition fighter could attack multiple times per round at will and my 4E can only hack and hew once per encounter and rain of blows once per encounter then yes he has been limited. When you impose these limits and tell me its because its too tiring or can only be set up once per...

My suggestion would be ignore it. It's only a big deal if you take it to heart and decide its personal attack instead of one persons view/opinion. I play 4E and enjoy doing so. Yet I view it as a system that caters to a super heroes with super powers playstyle. It doesn't mean i don't think you...

Sadly the zoo is likely to turn around and kill them for it regardless.

While I grant that some editions had bad spell combinations I don't really see this as a valid arguement for eliminating all of those spells. I think a better case can be made for limiting what if any spells can stack. What you consider mage superiority spells I think individually offer nice...

RE: Tide of Iron: my fighter knocks them 15 and prone at will, I can detail the build if you like but it does really seem germaine to the discussion. The point is there is no way you can tell me that hitting twice is somehow logically or reasonably harder to do or set up than hitting pushing a...

Is the moral of this story that its ok to dance drunk and naked on a pool table in a biker bar? Or perhaps that its ok to wear Lady GaGa's meat suit into a lions den?

I never liked how fighters have been treated in the social pillar of the game. What is the reason a Fighter can't have Diplomacy or History or Bluff on his class skill list it makes no sense. Its like some game designer got stuffed into his locker during gym class too many times and decided big...

Well part of the problem is most 4E groups use the character builder which assumes everything is core. I don't think there is an easy way to switch off everything but the original 3 books on the CB but admittedly I haven't tried so maybe I overlooked it.

I'm glad you like it. To me it's taking something the Fighter was always able to do and say no not anymore "its too tiring" or "the guy can see it coming" now you can only do it once. While telling me that I can stab that guy push him 15 feet and knock him down over and over and over and thats...

Yet I can tide of iron every round stabbing someone and pushing them 15 feet away and knocking them prone. Every round same opponent even over and over again. So how does it make sense that i can only hit him twice one time in an encounter? Are you telling me stabbing you twice takes more...