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That's not a valid comparison. Ability scores aren't feats and the opportunity costs are different. But, since you disagreed with me who said you should take a 19 (post-racial), your math is still flawed because it's only every other four levels of improvement. At 4th-7th level, there's no...

No, not quite. You can't take things that much out of context. The context of the rules quote is YOUR curse, not any curse. Heck, you might as well not even require the Warlock's curse. Why not simply allow, "I curse every enemy in the world." Hey, suddenly I can consider everyone cursed.

I don't agree. I don't think an 18 (pre-racial) is ever needed and therefore not best. But, that's a different thread and covered in detail elsewhere.

I guess it all depends on what your definition of is is.

I suppose you'd be surprised to find out that you did, in fact, very clearly state you would allow this, way back in post #39: "I of course would allow the tactic, and any foes with domination clever enough to think likewise will attempt it too."

No, I disagree with you. What you should strive for (as DM) instead is to nip this attitude at the beginning. Don't let the players think that they should strive to come up with "creative" ways to screw up your game. You as GM spend a lot of time to come up with interesting stories and plots...

No, absolutely not. This only leads to an arms race, which truly sucks. This was my biggest gripe with previous versions and is the only reason for "builds" to even exist. I absolutely frickin' hate this suggestion. This is not about yes vs. no or even realism or verisimilitude or anything...

I disagree because players will always gravitate towards the most powerful exploit allowed by the DM. Always. Allowing lots of freedom to twist and exploit rules makes the game unmanageable. Even worse, it leads even more to one trick ponies that forcing players to use the rules and also...

Instead look at 17 pre-racial. Not a huge cost and still valuable so you get an upgade at 4th level.

What y'all are failing to realize is that out of combat a barbarian should be spending all his time trying to get back into combat. ;)

Says you!

DEFCON 1, good post but I have to offer different suggestions for a couple of items. Instead of WALK, call it a HUSTLE. A different word that correlates at least to a previous version. Instead of POSITION action it should be even more generic, such as MAJOR or better yet LESSER action...

Wait, dungeons have levels? Explicitly? Not!

30 seconds? Whoa! That's like 30 minutes each to come up with those ideas, and you do that for EVERY magic item bought? That's an insane amount of effort that I couldn't possibly reproduce, let alone not use repetitively, which would kill the idea in the first place.

And total concealment is -5. Are you saying that "hidden" is not total concealment? Maybe I missed something, though, since your comment had nothing to do with who you quoted.

First of all, let me point out that I don't care if you dislike the idea of purchasing items or have some derogatory things to say about magic item shops and the like. I'm not policing the thread, but please don't reply to me that you don't let the players buy things willy-nilly or anything...

It's epic, generally speaking. Heh, get it? :lol:

When caught red-handed you can't bluff. Why don't you talk to his bigger sibling? You shouldn't feel responsible for handling it.

But, that's a lot different than your original assumption of "without any compensation." Regarding #2, the opposite is also true. Large creatures easily block passages. I found that to be very useful and was a great use case for a gelatinous cube to drop down out of a trap door in the...

I suppose it could be done, and has been done, but I would argue it's not worth the effort, as Aulirophile points out. What's keeping you from using a grid? It can't be money because there are a lot of very cheap options.