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Conveniently, I can answer both posts at the same time. I am aware that languages are very complex, however even in a game that requires some level of distinction between languages (such as a non-action game, possibly a Cthulu horror style game), you don't need much more than "are you fluent...

That's exactly my objection though.. using what should be a skill system (20 grades of skill for differentiating ability between characters) for something that's basically "buy one more out of a list". 3.0 Perform did this (to a worse extent, as it included perform checks too), and Speak...

There are two mechanics for the skill system that I tend to dislike. I really, really, really don't like the mechanic of "each skill point gives you one more of the following list". Perform and the current Speak Language both do this, and it's a mechanic that irks me. I know it's done to...

Observe, even as you state it, is still pretty much "finding things, and putting 2 and 2 together", not "having a knowledge base on the value of items". A country bumpkin might be able to make out the tripwire that is attached to the doorframe that will set off a trap... but not be able to tell...

Seriously folks.. have you checked the new rules for Appraise? Under Appraise: Under Identify Spell: A high end magic item could be looking at a DC 30! So even with a high Int score and the Identify spell, you will need some ranks in Appraise to reliably find out what magic items you have...

CapnZapp, I think you need to actually spend the 5 minutes it'll take to get the pdf and check out the introduction. From the way you speak in your posts, it sounds like you have only read peoples misinformed opinions on threads here and other places and are assuming that what these people are...

Have you checked the new Appraise? It's now the primary factor in Identifying magic items. 3 rounds and a successful check and you know the magical abilities of the item. Identify gives a +10 to the Appraise check, but the DC is on a scaling difficulty... DC 20 is for anything 1001g to 5000g...

People really need to sit down and read the actual book they are trying to tear apart here before they make comments... Here's what the actual book says on Compatibility: Compatibility: Of all the goals I set out with when designing this game, compatibility ranked near the top. I wanted to...

You'd think this would be a problem because of the first glance math... less skillpoints = less option/choices, right? But if you actually put it to practice, the new system is better in almost every way, short of a few exceptions. Let's take a Rogue with 10 skillpoints (8 + 2 from Int), and...

Well, the thing is... the Alpha pdf files are exactly what you are talking about: the changes that differ from 3.X rules. Basically, anything not included in the Alpha pdfs are assumed to be the same as in 3.5e. When the Beta comes out, it will be a full book, with all rules needed to play...

In previous editions, turning a Drow into a Drider made them a "mindless" abomination. You no longer were the same person anymore, because your mind was wiped out into an Int 2 (or whatever) creature that acted on instinct and cunning. It would be as bad as killing you... worse so, since at...

A CR6 Zombie can have 20 HD. Gray Render Zombie. The problem is with HD and CR. Undead CR goes up 4 HD per CR. Not much you can do with that.

Wizard schools in Alpha gives Spell Like Abilities at around those levels (if not exactly). So now instead of being spells that basically can be cast without needing somatic or verbal components, etc.. they are just more spells. Meaning they follow all the same rules as normal spells now...

My wife, and every one of her female friends she had back home, or that she's made since she moved up here (Canada), are very much on the raunchy side. I would not hesitate to make off-color jokes or fake insults, or silly flirtations amongst any of them. Right now, the game group I'm in is...

Yeah, when I saw that title, I thought "Great City Campaign Setting" was set in 4e, and it sucks.. but not because of 4e, rather because of other problems with the setting itself. This is the opposite of what the OP meant, and what is actually going on. I had no idea whether the setting was 3e...

Eh? Did you skip over the parts where he mentions divination magic (once as a tactic, and once as what one character's specifically took divine casting for), and standard information gathering (rogues, and the asking the mariners/hiring a navigator). Do all your players walk blindly into every...

Wikipedia has some good info on this subject in their Science Fiction entry. Specifically this quote nails it pretty well: "In general, science fiction is the literature of things that might someday be possible, and fantasy is the literature of things that are inherently impossible."...

Given enough time, and possibly a bit of cash, the Wizard would be able to defeat pretty much any other party member. Then again, if anyone gets the jump on him he's probably toast (unless he had a contingent backup for just such an eventuality). As for actual hard coded "how are divine spells...

Fun facts! The term 'Monty Haul' is based off the host of the show "Let's Make a Deal", Monte "Monty Hall" Halparin. I think you can guess why the name became the term (massive amounts of easily gained stuff). I really like this term, because Monte was born in my own home town of Winnipeg...

I seem to recall a while back there was the idea to have password protection on PDFs that required accessing a website to log in. This meant, basically... you could have as many copies of the book as you wanted anywhere, but since you had to essentially "log in" to the book through a website...