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That's what the American Revolution was about - freedom from unnecessary "U"s ! It's buried down there in the Declaration of Independence: "...he (King George) has inflicted silly spelling upon us, to unfairly increase the profits of those who make movable type."

It seems to me that WOTC is in a bind. If they don't make a complex rule system, the RPGA crowd (who enjoy mastering complex rules, and can be counted on to buy books) will get bored, and perhaps move on to complex systems like HERO or GURPS. If the D&D game is complex, however, WOTC can't get...

Actually, I figure the city elves have even MORE reason to live that way. After all, there's a lot of money to be made selling entertainment, drugs, and sex to humans! I see elven neighborhoods in human cities as similar to Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love. And I also see human clerics...

I figure elves spend most of their childhood (and most of their lives) taking drugs, having sex, listening to music, and making art. When death is a thousand years away, and you live off of the bounty of the forest, what's the need to do anything else?

Even in a world where the gods can be proven to exist, it doesn't necessarily follow that the gods will be worshiped. It is still possible to simply treat the various gods as little more than ultra-powerful spirit beings. None of the gods, as traditionally portrayed in D&D, are omniscient...

Its true that 1st edition had some rules in it (like the " sign being used for distances) that were legacies of wargaming (and therefore implied miniature use). The big difference between 1st ed. and 3.x ed is that the 1st ed ruleset was modular. It was easy to ignore rules you didn't like, and...

You must be looking for a man, to sell him to other men, and then sell him to other men, at ten times his prize. Belgians: Odd songs, but great beer.

Which is why I've recently switched over to C&C. I wanted the consistency of a D20 system, without the game-slowing complexity of 3.5 Edition, and I also wanted to to still be able to easily use stuff from my library of D&D materials.

I definitely believe there are better and worse ways to play RPGs. I define "better" as leading to a game that is more satisfying, on more levels, for a longer period of time. For example: playing PCs with motivations, DMs adjudicating PC actions without favoritism, running campaign worlds that...

Some clarification of my position. A player who creates a mechanically strong character, with a complete personality that is role-played well, is not a powergamer. They are a Good Player. It is not knowledge of the rules and the ability to apply them that makes someone a powergamer. Nor is it a...

I'm certainly one of them.

I hate powergamers. Let me rephrase that. I hate carrot cake. I hate Euro disco. I hate liver. But I can understand that other people like these things, and their opinions are just as valid as mine. I simply don't tolerate powergamers, on the other hand. I would rather not play at all than...

My problem is with the combat rules that assume the use of miniatures, and are written with miniatures in mind.

I would like to see skills and feats as optional add-ons for the system, but not as vital parts of it. D&D at its heart has always been a class & level based system. The whole "updating" of the rules always struck me as ironic, because the "more modern" games that the designers of 3rd edition...

I think that its a great storytelling idea to use NPCs to demonstrate the deadliness of a trap/monster/spell effect. Not only does it allow the DM to use deadly situations without players whining about getting "no warning", it gives the players a real feeling of accomplishment when they do...

Amen!

I've found that the use of mini's draws all player attention to the battlemat, and away from the DM and each other. It works against roleplaying, by emphasizing the tactical aspect of play. I am not saying that a tactical game is in any sense "wrong" or "bad", just that it's not the game style I...

When I think about it, it seems either the test is over-generous in assigning ability scores, or a lot of us are fibbing about our abilities. After all, 10 is supposed to be Human average, but there are an awful lot of 15's and above in the assigned ability scores. Of course, maybe we...

True Neutral Human Wizard/Sorcerer (2nd/2nd Level) Ability Scores: Strength- 12 Dexterity- 12 Constitution- 14 Intelligence- 15 Wisdom- 16 Charisma- 16 I always saw True Neutral as the "right" alignment, as a DM my campaigns have tended to emphasize that opinion. The PCs were never crusading...