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With respect to it rolling dice, adjudicating rules, or other things that make it like a video game. Yes, the rights to D&D computer games were sold. But Hasbro is a HUGE company...despite the fact that the rights are owned by another, if they really wanted to they could either purchase the...

My apologies for implying that FG did rules...my point was the DDI's table SHOULD, and since it doesn't it seems like it has less value than FG - at least in terms of announced/real features. FG lets you chat and whisper, I can push maps and other documents to all players or individuals, I can...

(EDITED BAD MATH) Maybe an example is in order? Earlier editions: Commoner hits my Level 1 wizard with a club, doing 1d6 damage...assuming I haven't done something weird like take Toughness or make Int my dump stat to focus on Con, this equates to a 50% of knocking me to zero hps. I can...

Maybe an example is in order? Earlier editions: Commoner hits my Level 1 wizard with a club, doing 1d6 damage...this equates

I wasn't ignoring it - the power level of the NPCs guarding a castle has no bearing on whether or not the PCs are more powerful than the average goatherd. In fact, I would suggest that if I owned a castle, I wouldn't hire a guard who fought like a mighty goatherd. I was simply noting what...

Allow me to append to the tail of SweeneyTodd (okay, that was bad)... That's a good suggestion. I just think that in the minds of many who want the 'weak start', the issue is not that in 4th edition it is completely impossible to introduce a 0th level or whatever, but that the difference...

Well, we've reached the 'pig seems to like it' part of the argument about opinions/facts -- I can explain that if you'd like, but I'm not calling anyone a pig. Those who don't get what we're saying about feelings are seemingly choosing not to. If you can't tell the difference between someone's...

One thing that I'm wondering is this - - are they charging now, and is it locked down to non-paying viewers? My concern is that they told people time and time again that even though it was a monthly investment roughly the same as an MMORPG, there would be a 'grace period' where people could...

I'm not following a lot of this, which I'll just assume is my own failing. The dimension stuff might need a bit of rewording, but moving on... There might not be an Elvis 2 just because there was an Elvis 1.0, true, but if some media company introduced Elvis 2, made money, introduced Elvis 3...

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What is interesting to me is that I BELIEVE that these posts you label whining are part of this thread...I would have thought that most people who don't like the contents of this thread would have gotten to the point where they would move on to threads that only praise 4e if they aren't...

"Stating that the 4E classes feel homogenous and can't be made as distinctive as a 3E class is just an outright falsehood " It's this kind of statement that seems to derail things - I'll give another shot at explanation. Stating that anything FEELS like anything else cannot be called an...

I have to ask...why were you hoping someone else would answer? Are my questions that dumb? What you've said made sense - I was reading it differently and likely incorrectly, which was this: ''Matter enhancement is the ONLY way you can turn a force into a substantial thing of any kind - the...

I'm with a lot of the other posters above in terms of comparing versions. WOTC put 4th edition forward as the replacement for 3.5...and in fact took actions that were openly hostile toward it and those who supported it (the GSL). They put it forward as the replacement and are saying it's an...

Transform Nature in Elements of Magic allows for the Matter enhancement, which allows you to force Fire, Time, etc. to take on a physical form. Where I'm confused (okay, one of the many places where I'm confused!) is where this links to the Different Element enhancement. If I use Transform...

I don't know that a DM is ever written into a corner. As far as opportunities to run 20+ levels on a single island, look to the idea of an infinite internal frontier... what is beneath the island, and how far does it go? Add magic to the mix, and the interior size of the island is potential...

Yes, I'm grateful to WOTC for greatly simplifying combat and making it all so much easier to explain to new players. If you're offended by my sarcasm, I suggest you read the last phrase of the quoted passage five times fast.

it is interesting that 4E WAS successful in getting me to think about things I didn't like about 3.x (there are many things, believe it or not), but the unexpected result is I looked around and found True20 (which admittedly has its own warts). I would be more than willing to try to play...

It's just a bit jarring that either A) you ARE good enough to do it exactly when you think you'll need it the most (a bit odd), or B) as you say you aren't good enough, but you have taken control of the fiction in a way similar to the Plot Cards. Not saying this is bad, but it is a radical...

That exchange, though, is again that weird phenomenon where some claim that wizards were too powerful because they had so many 'utility' spells, and others claim that they were not powerful because that huge list of options was meaningless in practice. Which is why, in the experience of my...