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Of course he's putting an emphasis on origin stories. The original contention was that a first level fighter couldn't have been a farm boy in D&D. The disconnect is that people are using stories set after Batman's had enough time to raise a son from 12 to adulthood, and start doing it again, as...

I would like to point out that there is a difference between normal meaning ordinary or most common, and normal meaning possible, but not necessarily probably, in real life. You know, for whatever it's worth.

Dragons. Go out blazing.

Actually, I think I obscured my point. My point is that I agree with you. If I understand you correctly, that in some combats a continuum exists where there is a real possibility of a TPK or a smashing victory depending on die rolls, then I think that situation can only happen in 4e in small...

In 4e, combat is designed for an approximate 1:1 ration of PC to Monster/bad guy. Generally speaking, adding more minions or monsters below the PCs level won't make the combat more difficult quickly. Adding non-minion monsters or monsters at or above the party's level will quickly add to...

I think you've hit on an essential truth in 4e compared to at least 3e, 4e doesn't really have a baseline NPC. They have rules for building people you fight, but not rules for 3e style commoners or experts. This makes it difficult, I think, to really judge the PCs power level compared to the...

What about the "Any two" option?

From a poll design perspective, this puzzles me... ...and... I understand if you think the different editions vary, that's why I included "all of the above" and "none of the above". They would seem to cover both your positions. I'm genuinely confused. It's a little early, but it's funny to me...

I would like to point out that Batman's plan for taking out Superman is "exploit well known weakness." Seriously, everyone has that plan. 5 year olds have that plan. It's a really bad example.

Double nitpick, in the Hyborian Age, REH makes it clear that Atlantis was destroyed thousands of years before Conan was born. Conan is from a country called Cimmeria north of Aqualionia, the country he would eventually become king of. In Hour of the Dragon, Conan emphasizes that he has no royal...

While I understand your point. There are people who really do generalize across editions. So, it makes sense to ask what those generalizations are, even if not everyone agrees that generalizing across editions is appropriate or even possible. It's like an internet poll about how good a movie is...

I just finished running Reavers. Me and my group liked it. I actualy enjoyed if for a number of reasons: 1) the screen is good and was a good stop gap until the new screen came out. 2) The aforementioned adventure. 3) Poster maps!

That is to say, how powerful compared to the rest of the game world. This is my take on the choices: Superheroic: The PCs and an handful of really bad guys are way better than the rest of the world and none of the training or learning in the world will get a commoner there. Extraordinary: The...

If you're a member of the forums, and you go to your home page, you'll a section on messages. Specifically, you'll see broadcasts. Those broadcasts are usually the big announcements like DDI updates, VT stuff, and the like. So you can look there. I just found out about this and I'm pretty much...

Chess clock.

Well, yes, some people do. And they engaged him in discussion about it. It's ok to disagree with people.

Kudos to successfully rebelling, the mods haven't posted in here. Of course, this is fairly mild rebelling...

If you're still reading this thread, could you tell me what story that was? I'm reading through all the REH Conan material right now for the first time, and I'm having a hard time placing it. It's pretty typical for Conan to dispatch of a people in the manner you mentioned. Anyways, in answer...

That's a good idea. Remember though, that the stories were written with a different mindset than an RPG, or even RPG based fiction, is written. Yes, but the next part of your post sugests that you're already on the trail. To be fair, Conan kills a lot of people, not just spellcasters, like this...

Zack, you seem like a smart, well spoken individual. I've never played C&C, but I'm willing to try anything 3 times. But really the only thing on my mind is "how have you managed to have 0 posts?" Seriously, is this the first time you've posted? I find it interesting that the guy with the...