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If I recall, you could move up to 1/2 speed and still attack in 2e. There was also some silliness in that a 2e round was a minute or so in length, so facing presumed that for the entire minute you had your back turned. Third edition tried to streamline things down and also presumed that you...

Something that I've been thinking about lately is the idea that changing an attitude is problematically vague. Social skills are often resolved into "change beliefs" but all that is needed to propel the game forward is "change behavior." If a good Bluff convinces the guard to let you into the...

The 1/4 inch might be even better and is where I went at first, but I split the difference at 1/2. One trick with a recess is that the bottom might have to be solid and right now it appears hollow, which might not be possible. At any rate, interesting product; I'll keep watching. Best of luck.

I started a blog a month ago and am going at a quick clip of nearly a post a day. To be fair, I started the blog because I had a lot already prepared and needed a place to put it, so I'm not necessarily generating new content each time I post. At a post a day, the few folks that have become...

The height still sort of turns me off a bit. At ~1 inch tall they represent a larger variation than I use in most combats. I'd be more interested if they were 1/2" tall and then I could just stack two for those times when I need something taller. I also wonder about the raised square at the top...

In general I agree with gusto. It strains the suspension of disbelief a bit to cross through that many tiers of power unless it also spans enough real world time. If you want to begin a campaign fighting off a pack of wolves from a stray herd of cattle at level one, it is an odd juxtaposition to...

My home campaign has three races of human that fit general stereotypes with one being a hearty people (Elmon) and another a fair people (Taris). In the Elmon section of the writeup it includes the phrase "Elmon laugh at the ornate livery of Taris nobles, quipping that the poorest among them...

BK as Knowledge: All is pretty much how we end up playing it but I am not really opposed for two reasons. First, the kind of stuff knowledges typically return is often flavor that can't really be provided any other way. I'm happy if a character is able to act as a vehicle for exposition. Second...

We must be seeing different pictures because I see a nuanced analysis of each edition likely to foster a robust dialogue in areas not yet trodden.

Here is the general class format that I am using to build the classes. There is a table in this link that helps visualize how these work together across levels, but it can be pretty easily understood without the table. I guess what I'm looking for in addition to a general critique is if you...

That sounds a little more cumbersome to adjudicate on the fly because it requires people to parse out their skill modifiers. They have to check their athletics, subtract their strength modifier, and then add back in their dex modifier. If that is what you're looking for I'd actually recommend...

Alright, that sounds perfectly reasonable. Basically just allowing adjustments of the class skill list with GM approval. Sounds like everyone wins.

I think there was a movie committed to this topic... Like many topics, this seems to be largely dependent on the desired flavor of the campaign. If you decide you want to allow dragons to be trained, go for it. There are a handful of guidelines for establishing DCs, but it is hard to gauge the...

I don't fully follow. Are they swapping the trained skill for the untrained skill just for the action, just for the scene, or permanently?

I wrote up the general idea for affinities more formally and attached it below. I think it should slide pretty seamlessly into a 4e game without altering DCs, class skill lists, feats, racial abilities, or anything else. It still has the added benefit, in my opinion, of encouraging more creative...

Just for clarity- I didn't mean "limiting players" to sound pejorative. I think it is the DMs job to limit players in creative and dynamic ways. I was merely pointing out that some DMs like to avoid limiting players in certain ways (such as stealing equipment) and that has ramifications on the...

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I recognize that we are getting into semantics and since we are probably using different definitions we are probably talking past each other, but, what the hell... I think both editions allow you to develop a character in so much as that as you proceed through play you get to continuously...

You and Raven both got really close. The answer I had in mind was a Canvas. Begins as a plant until transformed into a canvas and sits upon the easel until someone finds their inspiration upon it and begins to paint and when it is done all who look upon it see the vision of the artist instead of...

I agree with a lot of what has been said above. The power was balanced with the idea that the effect would trigger when successful. The monster was described to be *cool.* That cool-osity shouldn't interfere with the balance the power sought to achieve. So just because it is more cinematic for a...