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Rust monsters that swallow items then basically spit them back out; protests against save or die poison monsters; protests against level draining monsters ... Lots of players don't really want scary monsters, in a game mechanics sense. They want monsters that sound scary that roll over and...

LN (E) Lawful Neutral with Evil tendencies. You can do wonders with tendencies. ;)

D&D is a game of cameraderie and atmosphere. The way the game "feels" to you is just as important, if not more than, the actual rules themselves. My systems of choice are (in order) AD&D1E, Moldvay D&D, Holmes D&D and BECMI. Pieces of later editions serve to clarify rules, offer new monsters...

Yes, I would cite collaborative storytelling without mortality as a lesser form of play. Basically, if no PCs die, you already know the plot - the good guys win. It's then simply a question of filling in the details from point A to point B until the inevitable conclusion is reached. It could...

Well, perhaps it's my pre-sentiments but I feel the poll is frontloaded to imply that character mortality is a bad thing. I'm all for the play style in which the PCs are only slightly stronger than normal people, and need to organize henchmen and men-at-arms to enhance their survivability...

Three elements - Greyhawk, Gygax, and a DM that refuses to be bullied by players who are afraid to have their characters face actual death. I'm a grognard in that sense - that's where my fondest memories are, and you can't compete with nostalgia if the nostalgia is entrenched in the people...

Well, your players split the party. (Error #1) The halfling instigated in a 4v1 that could have been avoided. (E2) The fighter, realizing that the halfling had got himself in trouble by facing bad odds alone, rushed off to face bad odds alone. (E3) The fighter outpaced the group. (E4) Dice...

I found this rather amusing, considering I spent over $20,000 on Magic: The Gathering cards from 1993-1997. Concerning the word never - I do not think it means what you think it means.

I'd like to point out the personal aspect, since a lot of people seem to be glossing it over in favor of tsk-tsking people who won't accept random product shoved down their throats on the basis of a brand name. A lot of us grew up with this game. Before the Internet, community was very much a...

Because I believe the challenge calls for 3 examples of anime art, not 3 examples of anime artists.

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A focus on mortality and impermanence. A real possibility of character death. Variable-power encounters that the players need to assess, to determine if they should run, outwit or fight. Magic items that can be destroyed, and not purchased in towns, that have to be won through adventuring. A...

It seems strange to me that the threat of instant death is abhorrent to so many people. In earlier days, character death was commonplace and just something to be dealt with. (Hence the Constitution rules on maximum number of resurrections.) But there were resurrection spells, wishes, and...

In my campaign, the move would be called Backslash or Felling Strike or something descriptive and non-flowery. But if the player performing it wants to cry out, "Dragon Spirit Moving Over the Waters, Ho!" more power to them.

If I'm going to be sold virtual minis, I either want (a) the ability to legally resell them, or (b) preferably, the ability to import image files into a 3D modeling program for changing as I see fit. A tie-in to NWN2 would be nice there. When I buy real minis, I can trade them, re-sell them...

My primary problem is the obvious money-grab, compounded by the thinly-veiled attempt to encroach on World of Warcraft's dominant subcription audience. The third thing is the fact that in doing so, they're moving away from what D&D is, and waving away the game's time-honored traditions. I...

Sure, I’ll try to clarify and keep it anime-related if I can. Keeping in mind of course that anime is a highly kinetic style and it’s as much about action as it is about art. ;) I do recall playing GURPS (and Man vs. Man?) ~1985-1987, and seeing how everything was individually quantified; I...

In a perfect world, I would have to go with Alan Lee.

The style does not appeal to me, but I am enthusiastically in favor of moving away from the "clasped and jeweled tome" look of 3E. I feel that kind of art does absolutely nothing to convey the spirit of the game. I prefer scenes to portraits or illustrations, but as long as the books show...

Well, I believe the contest to be impossible to win, due to the predisposition and inherent bias of the OP. That being said, this is one of the best discussions of the topic I’ve seen. For me personally however the “anime” feel in 3E+ is not just about the art, but also the dynamics of the...