Search results

The 4e mechanics in your link seem off. Is Arthur meant to be a PC or an NPC? At one point, you label him a "Warlord," which is a PC class. But he's stat-ed as a monster (a level 21 leader). As mentioned before in this thread, NPCs and PCs use different stats in 4e. Also, as a standard...

As others have said, you don't need a perfect racial match (or even a primary score match) to work fine. We have a dragonborn assassin in my party who works it perfectly well, for example. However there are certainly iconic combos that don't work as well as they probably should. There is also...

I agree that we are probably at an impasse, so moving on makes sense. I definitely wish you good gaming, especially with your kid. New players is always a good thing, and I applaud engaged parenting. :) I apologize if my argumentation style can get a little -- intense. I'm a trial lawyer...

ShinHakkaider: I think it is great that you play or don't play 4e based on how much you do or do not like it in a situation. If you don't like playing it with adults, then that's fine, if you do like playing it with children, that is fine to. Also, I don't know why you keep accusing me of not...

I dunno what to say, exactly. I've been reading other people's posts and trying to respond to them politely (to the degree the internet supports etiquette). I've been having what I think is a very constructive dialog with Wicht, for example. I don't understand your anger. I'm not sure why...

I'd largely agree, though I think the premise of the original question was "why does WotC get more flak for changes than other companies get for similar changes?" Many of the posters here who play Pathfinder have disputed that the changes mentioned in the OP are of the same magnitude of the...

This is a neat idea, and probably more appropriate for the Houserules forum (not meant to be overly strict or anything). You want to make sure that the rules are balanced, both for fights against defilers, and for fights that don't include defilers. Basically, something that gives bonuses and...

Xp and gold will not directly translate. Actually, gold can kinda translate, but the gold system in 4e isn't strictly realistic or balanced with gold economies in earlier editions. Again, when translating 2e to 4e, you need to throw out most of the mechanical stuff (xp, hp, specific spell or...

People who say 4e is the only right version, and 3.5 should never be touched and whoever made it is immoral b/c the 4e types don't like it are wrong. (IMHO). People who say 3.5 is the only right version, and 4e should never be touched and whoever made it is immoral b/c the 3.5 types don't like...

It is definitely true that you cannot convert 3.5 directly to 4e. They are two different games, though set in the same genre, and with linked titles. But definitely different games. In switching from 3.5 to 4e, WotC stopped making new material for one game, and started making new material for...

Good idea. I'd give you some xp, but the program won't let me b/c I've given too much xp recently. :p

As others are saying: 2e and 4e are sufficiently different games, that you cannot do a direct point-to-point mechancial conversion. It would be like trying to convert checkers to Scrabble. However, 2e and 4e have nearly identical flavor, so all you would need to do is keep nearly the same...

Thanks for the link. Ugh, $63.99 used! Oh well, I'll have to pay if I want it enough. :)

I like this car talk. :cool: Any disagreements about D&D aside, you sound like someone it would be fun to have a chat with. (I was going to give you XP, but the system won't let me give new XP right now b/c it says I've given too much xp in the last 24 hours).

I see what you are getting at, in terms of explaining why a fan of an earlier edition (whichever) would be angry at 4e. By releasing 4e (and other new editions), Wizards is stopping or slowing the earlier editions from gaining new content. Also, players who might have played the earlier...

@ ShinHakkaider We shouldn't be raising out voices. :p I don't say that you aren't allowed to comment on 4e if you don't like 4e. I was asking a different question -- if someone doesn't like 4e, and doesn't play 4e, why do they have an opinion on whether 4e uses errata or not, or at one pace...

If you aren't critical of 4e errata, then I apologize for saying you are. This is a thread about how 4e errata is (allegedly) criticized according to a different standard than non-4e errata, so I assumed that is what you were talking about. Well you know what happens when you assume... ;) On...

This doesn't really scan. And old game DOESN'T need new parts to be played the way it was when WotC/TSR stopped supporting it. You can play 1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5e or any version right now as well as you ever could in the past. All the materials still exist. You can buy them on Amazon. Nothing has...

Good point on putting damaging stuff in the pit, that is another way to keep the threat heightened by tier. However, what if you just want, narratively, a pit, but not the pointy stuff on the bottom? OTOH, maybe that's just part of what you should expect at epic tier! As you elude to, just...

Interesting point, and perceptive analysis of your position on this issue. However, is this really a flaw with 4e, or simply that you don't personally like it? You couldn't port material from a World of Darkness adventure into 3.5 without going through the same monkeyshine you'd have to go...