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Ew :confused: I don't know if this anonymous poll is reliable, but i am appalled at the thought that so many people on these boards may actually like dragonborn. Tiefling, i could see (with a different look, fluff and name) but dragonborn? Even if wotc hadn't gone out of their way to make...

A good proverb (Voltaire?) or a good excuse not to try. But then why would they? as long as 4e sells... :angel: Abstract rules have always been a way to simplify or balance things, never a goal in itself. I had the impression that every edition until 4e was actually trying to reduce them. And if...

I am not buying it. Neither 'narrativism' nor abstraction in itself have ever been a goal in dnd. 'Player narrative control' is counterintuitive in a game with no other narrative mechanisms (apart from the recently added action points). It's just a poor after-the-fact justification. I'm sure...

Tieflings would make an ok player race if they didn't look so ugly/stupid (and no, it's not a trivial issue when i can't open the phb without seeing a red elephant-man face or alligator tail) Dragonborn looks dorky too. Tail-less and dreadlocked? (it took me a while to realize they had the...

Meh, that may have been funny if it wasn't so one-sided. The first few entries may pass as "laughing at our own foibles", then it's just mocking things that happen to be some 4e sceptics arguments. To me, that's laughing at the "other side"'s foibles. Maybe not an edition war thread, but...

:1: WFRP - it's mentioned in the OP but i don't see it in the poll options. (or maybe i'm still drunk from last night's parties. yay pride!) :2: HARP - heard lots of good things about it, so i may give it a try.

How is Vancian spellcasting gone? I keep reading this and I know it was announced at gencon. But to me it's still here (and worse has contaminated every class) Yes, there are some at-will powers and yes, some are per-encounter, instead of daily. But it's still the same basic system of "prepared...

I'd say 4e has reached the point where only the quantifiable, codified mechanics are relevant and the descriptions are even more vague and generic. The powers remind me of MtG cards: A vague theme and description, only remotely connected to the mechanical effects. The powers' explanations and...

I dont' think those classes were flawed because they were rushed. The problems that became apparent after a while were simply things the designers hadn't thought of. Holding off on them wouldn't have changed anything. And it is a bit premature to assume that no such issues will come up with 4e...

Well, they came up with Golden Wyvern and Emerald Frost.

:lol: maybe you should have stopped at "period" then. I mean, questioning the validity of other people's opinions and slipping questionable affirmations about the game in your wife's list of likes and dis likes that are awfully similar to those you have made yourself in other threads... may not...

No female player I know would ever play a dragonborn.

:1: Magic items (30+ pages) They belong in the DMG. At least that would make it a bit more useful. :2: Epic Powers and Destinies (20 pages) I'd rather have 20 levels of the class I want than 30 levels of classes I don't care for. That would make room for 4 more classes. But I don't think the...

You'll get them sooner. As i understand it the ddi subsribers will also serve as playtesters.

I don't care what roles or power sources are filled, i just want interesting classes. The existing ones feel way too similar and don't support the concepts I like. Making classes (spellcasters in particular) more narrow for balance's sake is all well and good but then there should be many more...

I'd say biggest complaint people used to make about Sorcerer in 3E was that he was underpowered compared to the wizard. Tons of threads! The description of lasting elemental auras in R&C instantly reminded me of some marvel mutants (iceman, storm, magma et al) I would have loved that, when i was...

True20 Is it "D&D 3.5 / OGL" or "D&D like system"?

controller and striker were speculation but everything else (hybrid role, focus on shapechange and weather control rather than elemental powers) was mentioned on a designer's blog.

All this. Plus they wanted to pimp their shittny new classes Warlocks & Warlords. And unless things have changed, the Druid will be a hybrid class focused on weather and lightning (controller) or shapechanging (striker?).

:\ that was the etymology. I gave a brief description and historical sources in the next line, too. Roman Gaul is part of the history curiculum in french schools, i just tried to keep it short. But please do enlighten me with your in-depth knowledge. What's the basis for your idea of a "celtic...