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<girly voice> When I heard the Essentials line announced I was all "Ohnoes! 4.5! :eek:" Then I saw class progression tables and no melee dailies and then I was all "Mhmm, 3.9 :erm:" Then I saw the latest excerpts and the assurances of compatibility and I'm all like "Oh, mebbe its a 4.15 ;)"...

Congratulations Paizo I am not a Pathfinder player (I love 4E at the moment), however the production values and quality of art and writing in Pathfinder products is undeniable. Well deserved wins guys! You really set the bar high for the rest of the industry.

Damn! I am going to have to buy several copies of this product... One for myself, and a couple for some people I know This is just perfect for people who always wanted to play but never had access to a nearby gaming group

I understand you perfectly, but there are a lot of other people, who are a bit intimidated by the actual roleplaying part, having learned during childhood that playing pretend is "silly" and that games are "played to win". My wife was one such person, when she made her first character, at first...

If I understand correctly, this particular set (with the 80's logo, etc) will be a limited edition for the collectors and the nostalgia factor The second printing of this box, which will have a more modern design, will be marketed to new players. As such, I would expect WotC/Hasbro to put it...

Good Idea! I already updated my previous post with the XML Ok guys, since we cant upload the .monster files as is, here's how to do it. Add a ".txt" to the end of the monster file, open it with a text editor (wordpad, etc), and just copy everything and paste into your comment using SBLOCK and...

Count me in How about making a community effort? Here's my contribution: Monster XML inside the spoilerblock: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Monster xsi:type="Monster" xmlns:loader="http://www.wizards.com/listloader" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">...

I was initially puzzled by this change as well, however, upon further thought I feel the new/old version more-or-less fits better with the controller aspect of the wizard class... It is now a "minion-killer", and as mentioned above, sometimes it is exactly what is needed to remove an obstacle...

Which is why I think that the best place for WotC and D&D to be is as a tiny part of Hasbro, where they are not known for selling off a division after an underperforming quarter. Now, I am more concerned about the awful WotC managerial style, where they fire valuable creative people every June...

If this happens, it would be bad news... There is the chance of a buyout by a private equity firm bringing better management of core assets, leading to better products and soaring sales... However, in most cases, these buyouts only produce profits for the private equity firm and, after they...

Oh certainly, and I am sure most real-life Sheldons play GURPS or something like that... But, as product placement, it would be in WotC/Hasbro's best interests to purchase product placement for their "introductory" line. #justsayin

I have been posting everywhere, since season one of this show, that WotC/Hasbro should pay for some nice product placement here. Maybe using the new D&D Essentials line so that fans of the show can go and buy it edit: And yes, the only bad thing about this show so far is the laugh track (even...

My wild idea is not mechanical/rules-related, but marketing-related. Sell the Essentials D&D boxed sets in Department Stores / Toy Stores, along with the Hasbro boardgames Get product placement in movies (Remember ET?) and TV Shows (like the Big Bang Theory) Laugh on your way to the bank...

My group more or less made Kathor into a sympathetic figure (kind of a "worthy opponent") and I was wondering if it was worth it for him to survive the gauntlet encounter. Thanks a lot for the info

That's ok, those books (at least the first three) brought a smile to my lips... Back on the AD&D 2nd Ed days, I used to play a spoony Bard called Amphimir in every table I was invited to. He was exactly like Jaskier (Dandelion in the English edition, IIRC)! A lovable coward with a heart of...

Is this guy supposed to survive Adventure one? He seems an interesting character and I would be interested in keeping him around, as a possible rival to the PCs... Does he appear later on in the story? Thanks in advance for any pointers

The entire world of The Witcher is strongly influenced by 1st and 2nd edition AD&D, and except for the main character, it all can be straightforwardly converted into 4E... However, the whole Witcher class was created wholecloth by Sapkowski and it seems a tad too powerful ...which is ok for the...

I have become quite used to 4E "roles" I could enjoy a semi-classless system where you could pick from Defender, Striker, Leader and Controller and add "power source" flavorings to taste. ... But then again, in order for it to "be D&D" we would need character classes. More specifically, we...

Current favorite: "Last breaths of Ashenport" Least favorite: "House of Cards", a very old AD&D Dungeon module, where every door in the dungeon is enchanted with a card from the Deck of Many Things, and you must draw the card to open the door... I believe the module is for PCs of 12-14 level...