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Never. I've never seen or heard of anything even remotely like this. It's not even particularly plausible. You might want to rethink your comparison here.

So they should have sent a letter threatening a letter threatening a lawsuit? "Cease and desist" is pretty strongly-worded stuff, but it's worth noting that "Please stop doing this, we'd hate to have to resort to legal action" is just as much a C&D as "IF YOU DON'T STOP RIGHT NOW WE'LL SUE YOU...

Sorry, not my intended meaning. I had intended to convey that... hmm... that trying to find the game you want in 4e was like trying to find an elephant in Alaska, perhaps? The thing you are seeking exists, but if you're on the wrong continent, you're not going to be getting anything except a lot...

Any suggestions involving the warlock's use of weapons isn't cool, because the most interesting things going for warlocks are the tactical combinations opened by double rods. I was partial to using a Rod of Reaving as my implement with a +1 Rod of Corruption in my off-hand; the Rod of...

Kobolds are so freakin' awesome that they deserve an OP racial power. Having two shifts also makes them tactically fascinating, which is wholly appropriate, given their approach to combat.

Would you have preferred "Cheap", "Average", and "Difficult" locks? Or would you have rather had warded locks, disc tumbler locks, bit key locks, and a list of modifiers like double-bitted keys or unusually large numbers of levers? Walls are a list of types with modifiers because everybody...

No, that's what he said: It is 100% true that different people have different ideas of what is fun. GnomeWorks thinks immersion is fun. I think tactics are fun. I don't disagree with anything you're saying here, and I requote, with emphasis: I don't think the different ways in which people...

The Acrobatics skill's "Balance" section lists the DC for moving across a narrow (less than one foot wide) or unstable surface as DC 20. +5 if it's less than 6 inches, +5 if it's both narrow and unstable. DC 20 is a Moderate challenge for characters of level 16-18, so if our characters are in...

To be more specific, the Paragon tier is levels 11-20, so a paragon lock is the sort of lock a person buys if their power and wealth is that of a character of level 11-20, broadly speaking.

The City of Brass and its inhabitants are epic because there needs to be a level-appropriate city for epic heroes to go to. Stop thinking about it, you'll only hurt yourself. You parted ways with the 4e design philosophy when you said gaming doesn't need to be fun.

But weren't you paying attention? Gaming isn't about having fun. It doesn't matter if you're having fun.

I'm pretty sure there was something about this in the 3.5 DMG, too, but I have to find mine first.

This. Anytime somebody lists 4e's limited range of effective game styles as a flaw, they're missing the point. It's better for your system to do a few things really well than for your system to be mediocre at a lot of different things.

This is an extraordinarily dangerous statement, and if I was feeling less charitable about your intended meaning, I'd go so far as to say that it's objectively and demonstrably wrong - but even then, you've still inadvertently brought up an important point. The purpose of gaming is to have fun...

In my experience, the "silly" names aren't half as silly as the Authentic Fantasy Names. When in doubt, spell your own name backwards. "Silly" is subjective, but you can't argue with precedent.

This is your issue right here, and the issue with starlocks in general. The starlock in my game had issues with neither his con nor his charisma being high enough that he could reliably hit things; your player has apparently dodged this issue by pumping both con and charisma up to nominal levels...

I lawl'd. But in all seriousness, if I'm understanding your skills wishlist correctly, you probably want to look into GURPS.

I like how your first post reads like a high school English essay prompt. I'm not kidding here; threads could seriously learn a thing or two from high school English classes. As I said in the previous thread in a vain attempt to address the original topic: 3.5 Eberron. An investigative game...

I think this thread really clearly illustrates one of the fundamental differences in philosophy between 4e and 3e: If a tree falls in the woods, and there are no PCs around, is it difficult terrain? In the 4th edition mindset, mechanics are a means to an end - namely, the adjucation of actions...

I've been sufficiently satisfied with 4e that I haven't been watching Pathfinder really closely, but from everything I've seen, they're using a VERY loose definition of "backwards compatability".