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I was going to say that I'd be okay with ditching ability scores. They have definitively stated that won't happen, so it's just how I feel. But I gotta admit, I am liking the idea of skills to ability scores. Or even other non-rolling, non-buying of skills.

We got it back on track. It's good. Doesn't have to all go my way, anyways.

The other half of the problem is that, even if there are no mechanic problems, the system doesn't encourage the moment to shine. You also have to give everyone enough non-combat mechanics to have that moment. BTW, I wasn't saying that every part of the adventure revolve around the moment to...

Sure, I get it. Mea culpa. It's all my fault.

Gygax can be seen as a real innovator to come up with D&D, but he was so wrong so much of the time. Every incarnation of D&D before 3E was some variation of "Gary's Game." If you weren't playing the way Gary said, you were doing it wrong. Lest you forget, Gary was quite the douche DM judging by...

Been giving this a rethought. First, is this a straw man argument? I don't play 4E anymore. There weren't as many books out when I stopped and I can't rightly remember the ones that were out. But, how many of these "problem" creatures are we talking about when you say the problem with 4E is...

You have to remember that Gary was a kinda jerk DM. Rust monsters, ethereal filchers and rot grubs are a way of attacking the player instead of the character. "Ah, this monster lets me reach across the table, take your character sheet and spit on it." It was also how you avoiding admitting...

I would prefer to do away with + bonuses, as they are boring and can be accounted for in different mechanics. But, when running a system that currently requires + bonuses, I at least try to make things interesting. It might be +1 leather on paper, but I give it to them as armor made of living...

I wonder if the media buzz darjr mentions is actually too soon. Will it still be in the minds of previous players to look for the system when it releases. About the discussion of interests, wants, speculation on the internet. Are we really representative of the customer base? Would the greater...

Now, see, I DON'T want magic items to be powerful. I want them to be wonderful. I want them to need to be used in creative ways to get a real benefit from them. Another item the group got in the trade I mentioned above was a rat skull. Touch it to a rat and you can see through its eyes for up to...

That doesn't make it unbiased. If we took a population of 50 people who could get it for free and 50 people who had to pay for it, would the proportions who actually got be the same. No, therefore biased and not a good representation of how the game is going to be received on launch day.

I don't want characters to utterly depend on magic items, but I want magic items to be very, well, magical. They should do fantastic things, even if those things don't seem like much rules-wise. I once had a group acquire a wand in a deal of trading magic items with an NPC that became a favorite...

Except D&D Insider is for players of 4E, so it would be a biased sampling.

Do you know what it's like to finally be able to wake up every day during football season and be able to trust yourself around sharp objects for a change? A Lions fan is a true fan because they test your resolve year after year.

A stop-gap fix I made in 3.0 when I was dissatisfied with the shoehorning of the racial bonus and penalty was this: Take an elf for example. By the book +2 Dex and -2 Con. I changed that to +2 to any stat except Con, and -2 to any stat except Dex. This describes the race of elves in general, but...

WTF? Something previous editions didn't do is weapon damage types? Umm, yes they did. Don't have the book, but 3E skeletons either had blunt vulnerability or slashing resistance. His own description of how it could be used is how it was used.

Yes. Stating that 3.X, PF or 4E is just fine as it is, that it can't get any better is a valid opinion, but not a helpful one. 5E will happen.

IF the price was low and IF I could buy it even if not selected for the playtest and IF I could get it significantly prior to actual game release day, then yes. But I don't think it will be offered.

Speak for yourself. My Lions did admirably this year, which is saying something if you know the Lions.

It's frustrating for the DM when big baddie is shut down by one spell. I had this happen to the way-over-your-level Fire Giant to a Grease spell. Grease! It's frustrating to the player when spell after spell of theirs simply has no effect. You can't simply declare there are no Solo monsters...