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"If you are confident you can go alone, I will not object. But, if you'd like, I am aware that my appearance is not terribly intimidating."

catsclaw227 I pretty much agree, except for one nuance. E-gaming tools, even for 4e, aren't required. I doubt they will be for 5e, and probably not for 6e, either. They'll be available, and probably widely used, but to make them required for play is a step that would alienate a lot of...

Howler reflexively tries to cover his ears as beats a retreat from the room. He lets his hands down, though, to cover a more important task as he does; Grabbing Nave by the collar and dragging him through to the exit, all the while shouting an impressive looking tirade that gets completely...

As Noriaki looks over this camp, it's similarity to the party's own strikes him. His thoughts immediately turn to those left at the camp. Would Ishirou be enough to keep them safe? At Takahaan's announcement, and Kane's subsequent advance, Noriaki speaks up. "Kane, wait. Let Hu Li and I...

Canus slashes again at the fleshforged, to no avail. But as Belanaar's arrow distracts it, he finds and opening and drives his blade home. As the life fades from the fleshforged, it flows into Canus. His skin looks flush with life, his eyes sparkle, his shoulders perk up. With a cutting...

Song nods. "I think it is best to keep moving as well. What ever we find should better than to sleep in the swamp."

Is there an exit other than the one we came through, or this is a dead end? And now that we can see it clearly, how deep is the pit? How steep are the walls?

I've only been part of firing one bad DM, and honestly, I wasn't thinking about helping him be a better DM. During the five years of playing with him regularly, during which time myself and other members of the group gave our honest criticisms and feedbacks, I was trying to help him be a better...

It seems to me, as someone who has put a few years in playing each system, that 3e looks more like 1e, but 4e feels more like 1e. 3e(or 3.5, or whatever) has a lot of elements one can point to and say "That was also in 1e!". You open the books, and you see alignment restrictions, you see...

With an impatient snort, Howler turns and approaches the wide edge of the pit, hugging the wall as he does. He moves with surprising stealth for a man of his size.

I narrate it that way fairly regularly. If I have an orc down 30 Hp, and players ask me how he looks, I'm not going to cheerfully pipe up, "Oh, fit as a fiddle!". I'll say something like, "You guys have been pressing him pretty hard, his breathing is heavy, sweat drips from his brow. But he's...

With his original target dropped, Canus slides back up behind the second fleshforged. "Now, where were we when you so rudely interrupted?" Move: to j63 Standard: Icy Skewer on FF3 Attack Roll:1d20+16=32 vs AC. Yeouch! Damage Roll: 1d10+9=13 cold damage, and Canus gets a +2 bonus to defenses...

Wait, 4e took its flavor seriously enough to actually reflect it in the rules, and this is a perfect example of 4e not taking its flavor seriously?

I don't think a behavior restriction, like a paladin's code(hereafter called a roleplaying restriction) is comparable to a purely numbers restriction, such as a d4 hit die(hereafter referred to as a mechanical description). Here's why. The d4 hit die, the lack of armor, these are pretty much...

Ah, old school fantasy art can be great. It tends to be really hit or miss with me, but it hits, it hits hard. [*img*] url [*/url*] Sans asterisks.

Well, as your poll found, a lot of us did pull out the kitbash tools, and ended up just cutting alignment out entirely.

I tried to ask you this last time it came up, but the thread got drowned in ugliness before we could discuss it. My objection is this. Hit Points, in every edition, are abstract. They don't just represent physical damage, but also divine favor, random luck, will to fight, and pretty much any...

I thought it was more like saying fans of blue don't like red, and fans of red don't like blue, therefore everyone will love purple. But other than that, yeah, I pretty much agree.

Same basic idea still. You can fight, lose hp, then regain HP swiftly, but there is a limit on how often this may happen.

No worries. But as such, I didn't play a paladin. Not during my 1e years, not during my 3e years, not until 4e. Which is a shame, because it's one of my absolute favorite character archetypes. When I say I don't want mechanical restrictions, I'm not saying I want to play a paladin like a...