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Korgoth said: "I'd also avoid anything about Freud, Jung or comparative religion because in general they're the exact opposite of education." With all due respect... what? I would advise exactly the opposite. The religious studies courses I took as an undergrad were some of the most...

For someone who's never played an RPG before, it's far from self-evident. Everyone learns Rule Zero somehow.

A lot of people are saying that we don't need Rule Zero in the books because everyone knows it already. It's an intrinsic part of the game. But I would say that actually, the only reason why we all know it is that it's a tradition that has been passed down to us, either orally in writing, as...

This is a question for the 4E designers or someone at WotC. Hopefully someone can get permission to answer it. Basically, will Rule Zero (in other words, a foundational rule stating that the DM is allowed to make on-the-fly rulings, change or break rules in creative ways, et. al, in order...

I'm still on the fence, but I checked every box except video games.

And then reverse engineer it into a rules-light RPG. On a more serious note, it depends on what kind of 'options' you want. Feats? Skills? PrCs? Those are all fairly easy to add into C&C. I could also see using C&C as a base and then adding in something like Aspects from Spirit of the...

Classic Dungeons and Dragons Game, 1994, followed shortly by 2E.

Actually, the Monk does get Stunning Attack, Deflect Missiles, Ki Strike, Quivering Palm, and several other class abilities. Paladins of level nine or higher can smite evil once per day.

Well, I like the idea of having a bard class in the game. Who knows, maybe they'll get it right this time. The way I see it, performance, enchantment, and loremastery are the three aspects of the class that really need to be played up. Oh, and diplomacy. Bards should be the ultimate...

Of course the real fatal flaw in 4E's design, and the real reason why people are getting so upset with the changes, is that the designers are intentionally moving away from both Retro and Stupid design features, thus shifting D&D from Retro Stupid (which is really fun) to some new abyss of...

Well, I'm just going to say something that seems really obvious to me, and I can't believe no one has come out and said it already... This whole discussion is a confused mess because certain posters have failed to define their terms. Half of us are talking in Forgespeak (not necessarily a bad...

I'm going to ask you for some DMing advice. What do you do when, in the middle of the session, the PCs start heading for Whatzisnehm's lair but you don't have any encounters statted out? Several years ago I was running a sandboxy FR campaign, and the PCs would occasionally do something...

What Uematsu said. Also, get a 'wish list' from each player. Talk to the players openly, OOC, about what kind of stuff they want to do in the campaign. Have the players give you lists of long term and short term goals for their characters. Sandbox play can be challenging for you, as a DM...

I have to agree. I have read both of the preview books straight through now and they have converted me from pessimistic to stoked. I especially liked the landscape art in World and Monsters. This book has given me all kinds of awesome ideas for plots and campaigns. I can't wait for 4E to...

Characters sometimes use recreational drugs in my campaigns. Aside from alcohol, they are always fantasy drugs that we've made up, even if they might be based on real-world analogues. Most of the time we gloss over the effects in the same way that we do with drinking (i.e. "Okay, Bargle...

I have a strategy that has worked surprisingly well for me over the years. First, I realize that a particular friend, who doesn't play D&D, might actually enjoy it. Second, I invite them to come play D&D with my group.

Can't argue with that. Nevertheless, I wonder why these games don't sell. Is it because they're less fun, or appeal to less people due to some other factor inherent in their nature? Or is it because they have no marketing or brand recognition behind them? Or is it both? Personally, I think...

I'm surprised they didn't include... Steel Dragon. Now that would be METAL.

Awesome. I approve.

My guess is that WotC wants to promote FR as their main setting for 'vanilla' fantasy, with Eberron as the quirky alternative. The PoL setting will be left mostly undeveloped, except as a backdrop and implied setting for core adventures and splatbooks. WotC probably knows well enough not to...