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Sure I get that- min-maxers always find a way to make better stuff. I guiess the question is how much better. I guess the question is how much less effective do you consider woefully. I'm not saying I dislike your idea- just confused by how you see much of a difference. But the end result...

1e Strength Strength is a measure of muscle, endurance, and stamina combined. For purposes of relating this ability to some reality, assume that a character with a strength of 3 is able to lift a maximum of 30 pounds weight above his head in a military press, while a character with 18...

Sometimes yes. I disagree that it's always so. Whoa I'm hesitant to say NEVER. Speed of generation. I'm en experienced player but I tend to go with suggested options and stuff because I'm also lazy. This is the part that I'm confused about. No matter what you want to call it, it's still a...

I'm interested in what you want/your thoughts- which is why I asked. Do not read anything more into it. :) That answers the above question. Ok so you want either you pick feats or you get a thing that gives you feat like abilities? (If I'm reading that correctly?) What's the difference? In...

So are you suggesting doing away with Feats and Skills and powers/abilities gained anywhere but in an actual character class?

Not sure it's Guaranteed. It runs the risk of that happening, but I'm not sure it will be a forgone game screwing conclusion. I guess it kind of goes along the lines of, in any game where you can pick whatever package of abilities you want, there will be a combination that works better then...

Mix of both? I like it when I can sit down and read the books, but not being able to use them quickly and easily at the table is a real PAIN.

I prefer it m'self! :)

I think this is kind of the heart of the matter here. It's a system that tries to give you a way to resolve actions without getting too specific. For instance, we have an Intimidate skill, for when you want to intimidate someone with Charisma (force of will) but what if like in the example, you...

Yeah pretty much. Now you know there's a problem and when it crops up tells you something valuable. Without the baseline to work off of, you know there's a problem, but a million different variables that could be causing it.

You're insinuating a lot with little information. By adding more and more variables you're less and less able to clearly see where a problem that crops of is stemming from. This Does NOT mean that you do a small test and assume everything is cool. You do the test, and if everything is good...

I have to say I like this... It feels a lot like what we (we meaning my group) used to do in 2e and before with stat checks. I'm trying to do X- "Ok make a STR check." I'm personally much more of a fan of the rules being a lot less "specific" and more covering overall categories with room for...

I wonder if "they're not doing the play-test right!" will become the new "this poll isn't done right."

My worry is that people will see the play-test, tune out because they think it's not for them, and then be convinced that WoTC was just pretending about the play-test all along, and not actually taking anything people say into consideration.

From the stuff they've said about skills I almost want to say they will be just a bonus to doing the action with the DM deciding what to add it to at the time... Though maybe not.

I tend to dislike sports that rely on one guy to do everything. If that's the case here, I probably wouldn't have liked the game too much. :P In any case the more important part is I doubt he was fighting some kind of crazy battle against everyone else in the group. I'm pretty sure they're...

RPGs are a team effort. To think there is one guy there fighting to make it something you want vrs all these other guys wanting the opposite for some reason is silly. They're going to produce a game they think people will enjoy no matter who's at the helm. The added public play-test means we...

How about breaking them down along the lines of how close to human they are? kind of an uncanny valley sort of thing Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2

In my opinion it's only really a useful tool when presented in say a setting book. The core rules shouldn't present a "true" way to play D&D. They should provide you with options, and you get to pick. As it stands all they really do is provide a way for someone to tell others how D&D should...

Yep. I think A is more important to them then B as even if you have an awesome product that a lot of people love, if you start getting a lot of negative publicity, it starts eating away at your ability to grow.