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It clearly is collector stuff. Anyway, I like Pathfinder from the time I've read, but there could be some improvements. This new edition sparks my interest, but I'll wait the full release. Bad memories from D&D "Next"...

Well, that was a significant change in tone to not only was you saying, but also to what everyone “let’s have less splatbooks” have said since I’m around here. However, I agree with most of what you said here (although I’m not familiar with Star Trek Adventures). I’ll just comment on a few...

I’ll take a look at that, but it seems very weird. I haven’t seen this work in real-life at all: most new players who don’t want to get into splatbooks just say “I’ll stick with the basics” when I offer the books for them. And, honestly, I’m not sure I can trust the phrase “there’s a study that...

I’ll be honest: I’ve never seen a beginning player actually feeling intimidated by the “wall of books” thing. What I see all the time are old players ranting about splatbooks endlessly because… I don’t know, they just don’t want to feel “forced” to use addition content when a player ask, or...

As optional as the 2e proficiency system. Yes, but where is the fun on that? One of the reasons people buy splatbooks and such is for the fantasy kitchen-sinkery. They may complain about “bloat” as if it was from the Devil, but they buy it regardless. In addition, honestly, I think we have...

I agree with you in the overnight healing thing, but I don’t know if that could be truly done with the Hit Points system. Sure, you can have tons of healing magic to cover up damage, but that rather makes the entire point meaningless. That would be a Huge change. Both D&D and Pathfinder have...

I thin these are valid suggestions, but let me comment something: 1) Magic is harder than it seems for the players. Saying “being smart is all it takes to be a wizard” is like saying being smart is all what takes to be a medic or a nuclear physicist. Well, in theory yes, but in practice… 2) If...

Ok, now I’m worried. It has been quite some time without new classic pdfs being released. Did WotC said anything more about this subject?

Great advice! Especially the last conclusion. Sometimes a sla... I mean, a paid worker is very useful.

I think you misunderstood me... Ok, I’ll explain. There are many points to me made here. First, fantasy (and, on a broader term, speculative fiction) tends to be much more about popular imagination than really History itself. There are numerous historical mistakes in the popular conception...

You are right in at least one thing, Celebrim: the term "Witch" depends on the author, sure. However... I won't even meddle with History, and I'll make this short: please, leave your science/history away from my fantasy, sir. ^^

Yep, pretty much. My own conception of a “Witch” class is very close to the last option. I just loved the Witch from Heroes of the Feywild, and have spent some time clarifying its fluff; especially by comparing similarities and differences from normal Wizards. The process known as Witchcraft is...

Honestly, that’s why the shaman (the animist version) is so hard to fit into a setting. I like those guys a lot, but such spirits need to be an important element of the cosmology, and often I just don’t know how they fit. My cosmologies may seem to be a huge mess, but everything is organized in...

Hahaha well, logic would say that, but I don't quite agree. My mental fluff on witches make them very different from warlocks, especially when dealing with the 3.5 version.

Guy, in one 3.5 campaign I used to participate, I remember seeing a Witch Spell list, but I think it’s homebrew. I also like this archetype, and I love when a proper Witch class appears. It’s a concept that doesn’t fit exactly in any pre-existing spellcasting class. Outside this edition, there’s...

Mostly system for me. I often run my own settings, so any pre-published setting is a source of inspiration and place to mine ideas. In the end, I actually tend to dislike systems too much attached to their setting. For example, 13th Age is a great system, but it’s so attached to the Icons and...

Oh, guy, I just don’t want to go into post-Essential territory. The edition’s goals changed excessively to consider both states truly as one solid edition. I take everything after Essentials with serious caution. Ok, jumping over/breaking through a castle wall is not supernatural, sure, I agree...

Honestly, at this point, I cannot tell you what is “natural” and what is “supernatural”. In the pre-scientific conception of the world, magic was an integral part of it, present at many places and events and such. Again, only in the sense Primal is a sub-source to Divine and Elemental and...

Honestly, I feel like I’m talking to the walls here, but... “Qi” isn’t just a fancy oriental name for RPG “mana” or stuff like that. Qi (or Ki) has a much deeper meaning, which actually relates to D&D since its earliest days. We aren’t talking about your regular Arcane Magic – which is the...

Honestly, that’s garbage. A significant amount of people want Samurai/Bushi, Ninja/Shinobi, Wu Jen and such as proper classes and I cannot see a reason why we couldn’t work with an oriental concept such as Ki or the Kami. I truly dislike the idea of folding many different, interesting classes...