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OMG, skulls do not work that way!

Look, this is basic human psychology. The very point of Tieflings and other exotic races is that they seem positively groovy because they've reached a state of self-actualization, as their alien cultures and mannerisms leave little room for development of feelings of belongingness and...

Only infantile gamists able to peel their fat, fleshy forms away from World of Warcraft for a few minutes to get off looking at breasted wapanese Dragondrow in the Crisis on Infinite Faeruns Campaign Setting book wear those ugly pieces of cloth.

I also voice some apprehension about the discussion of low-level mechanics this late in development, though I wonder if a good deal of that discussion was over whether or not the potential issue was significant enough to warrant examination. I also wonder how current this post is.

For what it's worth, I like title 'Wurk Mode'. Sounds like something that involves the Orks from Warhammer 40K More Dakka an Choppa confirmed for 4E.

The half-fiend part makes sense, as that's what a cambion is. I have a vague suspicion that wings are unique to the Ascendant Hellsword though, since there's no better way to 'ascend' than to fly. Also, can we merge this thread into the other? I feel a bit silly posting in the redundant thread.

The Hydra makes an interesting poster-child for 4E mechanics. It's a solo monster, and it benefits from being reduced to a bloodied state. What's more, the implementation of both mechanics works fairly well with the mythological concept of the monster. I wonder, though, what the difference...

The reason they gave for their uncertainty about using iconics - that the artists get tired of drawing them - seems reasonable enough. I remember reading Matt Cavotta writing about how illustrators for Magic: The Gathering eventually began to loath painting the Weatherlight crew.

This statement is significant, not only because they're from an excellent designer experienced in roleplaying games, but also because it's one of the first appraisals of the new system we've heard that's not from the developers themselves. Edit: it also leaves me feeling extremely positive of...

Out of curiosity, does a ring suggest any magical powers by it's very nature? I find it odd that the Ring of Warmth keeps getting invoked, since a ring is worst thing a person normally wears at keeping them warm. I've never taken adventurers for ironists. I would think that Trousers of Warmth...

In this thread, we act as though there's some basis for magical items and how they function in real life, that designers have no right dictating how those relics, entirely divorced from the realms of logic and physics work, and that Lord of the Rings was a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. You're...

Guys, Mr. Bonner's sample character obviously needs a preponderance of magical items because he's a gimped Gnome that doesn't have the benefit of racial feats since they're also-rans from the Monster Manual! More specifically, he's a Gnome Warlock...like they have in World of Warcraft! Also...

Legitimately fixed it for you. Also, the Redcaps, a small fey from the Monster Manual III had the ability, which I thought was cute.

I do not think Half-Elves will work that way, as Elves are already essentially Eladrin who lost their 'fenyness' - i.e. their magical connection to the Feywild. Double-plus Elves doesn't seem the best use of design space.

Didn't the Eberron Campaign Setting book literally have rules for 'plot devices'? And when I say rules, I mean something to the effect 'design whichever machine will make an encounter or adventure more exciting and use your discretion to determine how it will effect the difficulty and rewards'...

I would imagine they'd apply the same standard to themselves as they would to their licensees. The most risque book Wizards published in 3E was the Book of Vile Darkness, and they licensed far more edgy products throughout that same generation.

Aren't the rights to publish Dragonlance roleplaying material owned by another company?

This is the second instance today I've seen you state that racial abilities improve with character advancement. In Races & Classes, and perhaps in a Design & Development article, they've stated that racial ability progression is reserved for feats. Also, while they've never 'explicitly' said -...

My mental conception of Halflings has been informed by a few key pieces of art - most recently this one: While they're not the stout Hobbits of old, they're also not the tiny dreadlocked humans Dungeons & Dragons has occasionally embraced. I like this depiction of them - their child-like...

I like this potential division - the arcane abilities are more flashy and tricky, and the psionic abilities are more sinister and subtle.