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I had an odd brainstorm over the weekend. Wouldn't it be fun to play chess where your king is a lich and can't die until you destroy its phylactery, which is carried by one of the other pieces? Okay, so maybe I'm the only one who finds that sort of thing fun, but I thought I'd toss it out there...

I'm guessing that players can probably relate to being a rogue more easily than being a fighter or wizard. Fighters should be big, strong warriors. Wizards bend reality to their will with a thought. Rogues, by comparison, are more like regular human beings. They don't have to be super-muscled...

Nope, nothing specific like that. There are the Aid Another rules, which can let you give someone else a bonus to their own Athletics or Acrobatics check to escape, but that wouldn't help someone who's unconscious. If you have a power that would push/pull/slide either the monster or the PC...

Chapter 1 is 35 pages if I remember correctly. And if you plan to run a campaign with a lot of elemental-themed PCs or that heavily involved primordials, then it's probably worthwhile.

Assuming PAX East is like other conventions I've been to, the DM is responsible for their own game. The organizer will probably provide a PDF of the module you're running as well as any award sheets for players, and that's it. You're responsible for your own maps, minis, dice, etc. Now, if it's...

I've put my impressions of Heroes of the Elemental Chaos on my blog. In a nutshell, I feel that it's just okay. - I like the info on primordials and the whole first chapter for people who want to run elemental- or primordial-themed adventures. - I was a little bummed to see no actual racial...

Well, if you start analyzing it, you'll find that monster defenses go up by 1 each level. This means that player attack rolls should also go up by 1 each level in order to hit an even-level foe on the same die roll. So, your to-hit bonus at level 30 needs to be 29 points higher than it was at...

I said "game design" as a catch-all. I almost said "spells" because of how desperately I want there to be at-will spellcasting for wizards (yes, I know this is in direct opposition to an earlier poster's desire!), but it sounds like they've already got that covered so far via a feat. I can live...

I'm honestly not sure on this one, either. I think folks are referring to feats being a separate piece of the character creation process - I've got my class features, I've got spells/powers/whatever, and I've got feats. The feats don't interact with the others - that's what I'd call "siloing"...

Well, whatever the problem was, it seems to be fixed this morning. So yay!

I'd post this over on the Ennies site itself, but the problem I'm having seems to prevent me from doing so! I'd like to submit an entry for the 2012 Ennie Awards. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble with the web site. All of the formatting is missing, and I'm not able to actually open the...

Transformer: Could you provide some examples of what you DO want feats to do in D&D Next? What feats from 3e or 4e would you like to see show up as options in 5e? You've given some good examples of what you DON'T want feats to do, but I'm not sure what you DO want them to do instead. If they...

Looks like fun! I only have two suggestions. First, since you mentioned the possibility of an upside-down 6 being mistaken for a 9 and vice-versa, maybe you can make them more visually distinct (underlining, fonts where flipping 6 doesn't give you 9, etc.). Second, in your Super Tip for using...

The problem here is that you have wildly divergent power levels in the party. It's fine to have a party that's optimized to the teeth. It's also fine to have a party where no one has anything higher than a 15 in any stat and there are no combat-related feats taken. The problem comes when you...

While I see that this guy has some ways of getting combat advantage via his powers, I really think a foe like this will appreciate having buddies to flank with. Thus, I agree with the earlier suggestion of just making him an elite with a pack of pals. He doesn't feel "solo-y" to me. If you want...

Is the question just, "Is this a weak striker?" If so, the answer is "Yes." A rogue without any super-special optimization would probably have something like this at 5th level: - 18 Dex - +3 proficiency weapon like a short sword - Light Blade Expertise - Quite likely a feat to bump sneak attack...

I run a whole bunch of 4e and am perfectly happy with it. That said, I'm still curious about D&D Next and will certainly participate in the play test when it opens. I think there are some great designers working on the game, so my bet is that I'll enjoy what they come up with.

I think there's some truth to what the original post says. However, I think the bigger driver for this next edition is to try to convince the RPG community at large that WotC isn't horrible. Yes, this is because they want to get onto gamers' table rotation, but I think a big thrust of their...

Nope. Check the last line of the original post - the OP was asking as an aside whether prone party members can flank. Yes, they can.

I'll also share that my initial version of the Room of Runes puzzle from Descent Into Darkness was too hard. It was one of those things that totally made sense if you came upon the right way of thinking, and was otherwise just not going to happen. The current version is sadly somewhat similar...