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Thanks for the winkie at the end. It's actually a big concern of mine, but probably journeying too far off the main thread....my big concern is based on a definition of business ethics given to me by a business professor that explained those ethics as rules for behavior that are 'ethical'...

Actually, you're misinterpreting what I said. I won't call you 'ridiculous' for it, but what I used were phrases like 'CAN easily lead to' and 'CAN drop in' (caps new). I don't believe that I am 'accusing them of planning to drop in the poison pill' - - I believe I am correctly stating that it...

I don't know that I am (and of course, neither do you): The GSL is a legal document. I'm a fairly reasonable person, and if I was working for WOTC and was asked by someone if a clause was p-level or c-level, I would absolutely NOT say that it was company level unless there was the perception...

I wish I could share your feelings. For me the concern stems from the facts that: 1) there WERE interpretation issues within WOTC, and 2) the document apparently did NOT change a bit in the recent weeks, and 3) the document is revocable, and 4) WOTC is clearly trying to move away from Open...

I guess I have a hard time 'blaming' the slashdot poster, Clark, or anyone other than WOTC. All kinds of credit for them for TRYING to resolve the problem, if they are indeed making an honest effort....but the real fault for this state where rumors run rampant rests entirely with Wizards. They...

Agreed completely...while I don't like posting rumor as fact, posting rumor as a highly likely possibility in a wide distribution to a fairly reactionary group (basically everyone I've ever met on the web) might be an acceptable tactic to get the right thing done...assuming WOTC doesn't get...

One person asserted I believe that it could be a GOOD thing, because we'd get a 4E/GSL version of M&M. First off, I dispute that it would have to be better, but more importantly - doesn't the new license basically FORBID you from creating a non-D&D game. Unless you're suggesting that this new...

If you're truly baffled I don't think that you're thinking it through enough. I've published nothing, but I play a lot of D&D and use a TON of 3rd party materials - far more than WOTC stuff. I also plan on continuing to play 3.5, and may or may not ALSO play 4e. So how is it baffling that I...

Actually I meant GSL, but it could apply to the D&D game too - don't laugh at me - I'm not saying that it would be vastly different, but different enough (4.01) for them to make a sales pitch to the 3rd parties that it's worth doing...and if they DID come up with 4.01, you'd basically be in the...

I only read the first 8 pages or so, and I think it's possible I missed some backpedaling or clarification, but I did want to just tell you how dismayed I was by this, and how if it truly is a company-wide All-or-nothing decision, it is absolutely worse than having 4e be completely closed. Two...

Yeah...I guess maybe that's another flavor stretch I'm having trouble making - that your status as someone with a destiny renders you immune or partially immune to a vast array of powers, rather than just 'more able to be resurrected'. I've still got the core books on order, but I think I'm...

I understand it was said a bit tongue and cheek, but still... "And if ihe and his minions kill you, you'll not only be dead, but ACTUALLY OLD! You will die young, but leave an OLD corpse!" - - doesn't really fill one with dread - piling an effect on top of death, it's along the lines of...

I'm with some of the other posters here - - to me this seems like the bad side effect of the 'no save or die effects' philosophy. Yes, it absolutely stinks to lose levels, or ability points, or die outright, or AGE...but I think that you kick a lot of the dramatic tension right out the window...

I guess that will have to just continue to be the source of our disagreement, perhaps. First off, I have OFTEN played characters that did NOTHING better than other characters, and did just have a lot of 'decent' skills...I might be in the small minority, but I had a hoot - my enjoyment isn't...

I guess I'm not seeing how it has to be one or the other - seems to be a continuation of the flawed logic that says that the fix for a balance problem is a complete redesign rather than addressing the root cause of the balance issue. I think with actual game design thought, instead of just...

I absolutely don't want to turn this into a 4E pros/cons thread, but keeping to this subject, this poll and the article point out what I see as a flaw in the 4E egalitarian approach that makes MY favorite kind of druid (which would be a combination of many of the above - - all things natural is...

Then I guess I'll stick with my plan -- the NPCs run things as typical, the PCs play with EoM magic - - I could see issues with Dispelling, but I'll play it by ear a bit.

Has anyone run a WOTBS campaign with the Elements of Magic system? Here, I mean War of the Burning Sky, and not Warren Oates' Teen Bible School. I guess the question could be generalized - what do people who use EoM do with pre-written modules/campaigns? I was thinking that the easiest thing...

Actually, while you said that 'at will' sounded analogous to sig spells, I was actually thinking that it might be possible to translate not all sig spells to 'at will', but perhaps add the notion of 'signature cantrips' -- single action-castable spell effects that take no magic points...

My own opinion might be summarized in this way: There is no need for a RULE to adjudicate long-term damage, but there is a need for an EXCEPTION to adjudicate long-term damage. It is this philosophy that has guided my campaign since about 1983, in any game with truly abstract hit point...