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MY ideal magic system is what we used to have. Vancian ftw.

I'm not sure I have a good answer for this. I know I want there to be a chance that a number of level 1 pcs can take down a level 10 pc, but it shouldn't be easy. I don't like games where the difference between level Y and level Z is so great that it's impossible for the low levels to win, but...

If I was in charge? I would wipe the last 4 years of FR and the attempted destruction of it via Spellplague and 4e off the books. Pull a "It was all a dream, and we are back to where it should be" move on it. I enjoy the novels as good mindless fun, I love the setting for it's history and how...

*shrug* I liked most of what I read, especially the distancing themselves from less immersive things. I don't like the idea of capping scores at 20, but I'm glad to see healing surges gone. So I guess it's a give and take.

Then why don't we have a base system Melee Wizard, as well as the bard, who is "sort of" a rogue-wizard? If we are going to expand the divine into all of the niches, why not with arcane as well? The core should be basic, priests or melee-wizzos, etc etc can come later.

I've never played WoW, so I don't know if they fit what I am talking about. Either way, I don't think we need 3 types of holy man, especially when Clerics already do most of what a paladin can do in pre-4e editions, and do it better. If we need a priest type, then it should be the cleric, imo...

This is true, but I would rather see the Paladin expanded in spellcasting (as it's not what I would consider a strong class to begin with) than add an entirely new priest class. Make give them some support, buff and healing, but not the stuff like divine power/righteous might type spells. I...

I disagree. I think the differences between the two come down to roleplaying how you want your holy man/woman/other to behave. If anything, I think Paladins should be the default "martial cleric" where the generic cleric should be more akin to the priestly sort. (Med/light armor, maces/clubs...

Please for the love of all that is holy (or unholy), no giant elf ears. Keep the giant swords out, or at the very very least make them the proper size for the giant it was "stolen from". SO, the hilt would be much thicker to accomodate a giant hand, the hilt would be longer to handle two giant...

Not sure I want it to matter MORE, but I definitely want it to matter. I'm quite happy with the idea of having the race and class combo matter most. I think a theme/kit/prestige class, with racial restrictions, would be the way to go for how to differentiate a half-orc fighter from a dwarf...

I've been running a party through Rappan Athuk. It's kind of deadly, but a lot of cool stuff in it. It's a setting neutral Sword and Sorcery module.

NO, it was predicated on all the changes they made away from previous editions. It's possible it failed because it just is a coincidence. I'm guessing it's more likely because A) they changed things enough (Vancian magic, alignments, cosmos, rewriting the entire history of elves) to upset...

If 4E was healthy and a great system, it wouldn't be going away after 4 years. Paizo is eating their lunch. Not everything is bad about it, but it's by no means a good system. If you want to take bits and pieces, sure, but it should be the absolute last system considered for any sort of basis...

Agreed. I'm in favor of having weapons that are "magical" but don't confer to-hit bonuses, instead incorporate some of the bonuses/magical effects from the 3.5 MIC (Bluesteel, etc), but I see no reason to get rid of +1 through +5. I personally feel things like "Max of +2 weapons available"...

I want my +1 through +5 weapons.

I don't want any limits, really. I liked how 3, 3.5 and Pathfinder do it. Wasn't a fan of the limits in 1 and 2 at all. I don't like stat limits, level limits, gender differences, etc etc In fact, the more I read about all these changes people want to see, the more I think that if even 50%...

Peronsally, my thoughts on leaving FR for GH are...don't. The amount of material on FR from novels, boxed sets etc etc is so much greater, in my opinion, that I wouldn't want to swap. That's, of course, a personal opinion :D

In D&D it's not perceptions or perspective. Evil is evil, good is good. Just because Orcs don't consider rapacious raids bad doesn't mean they don't fit the D&D definition of evil.

Really? How did that work out with 4e? How much market share did they lose to Paizo, who maintained those iconic things and those "sacred cows"? Exactly. Leave the 9 alone.

Same attitude as in any other edition. It sucks, but sometimes it happens.