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This is somewhat tangential to the thread, but... Have you ever had a player roll low on an Insight check and as a result believe with all his heart that the NPC was plotting betrayal? I'm not sure if that's good roleplay or metagaming. :confused:

No it isn't. The push is negated. The damage is still halved.

Actually, there was a diceless RPG based on the novels. But I was referring to the world by the same name in both. It is considered real, and all other worlds in existence are shadows cast by it. It's a little hard to explain.

The point of this thread was to say what the essence of D&D is to YOU, not to tear apart what it is to HIM. Can we not go one thread without being nasty to one another? On topic... To me, the essence of D&D is ... not exploration... that's not the right word. Discovery. And challenge. And...

I marked "Returning" but I suspect Pathfinder counts as D&D to many people.

My reading of the rules is that this is the second most balanced edition we've ever had. And yet I acknowledge that my interpretation of the rules may not stand up to actual play experience. You can never (well, rarely) know how things will actually shake out until you've played. I think your...

Don't mind if I do... /yoink Thanks!

... who in turn don't see them as failings at all. Well, presumably. I flirted with ACKS, but I'm hardly an OSR guy so I can't speak for the movement.

Is anyone else suddenly picturing Ronald McDonald's soul-less husk, post Succubus?

Honestly, if the rules remain as light and straightforward as what we've seen in Basic, I don't see the NEED for online rules (excepting perhaps for character creation).

Depends on who her target is... :p

In addition to what others have said... There's more to the tactical fighter than damage. The whole point is that he can sacrifice some of his damage for utility in combat, enabling others to do more damage (via positioning, or warlord-esque granted attacks, or knocking his target prone, or...

And if it's his healing abilities you're trying to emulate, that's better covered by the Medicine skill. He primarily stabilizes the wounded.

Clever. I keep forgetting that we have these little categories to tie into now.

I'm pretty sure those pages will be overleaf from one another in the final product.

1. Give spells full-round casting times. 2. Damage taken while casting requires concentration checks. It should work fine, but it is one hell of a nerf to casters, PC and NPC alike.

A game with pirate ships sans cannons is a game I don't wanna play. ... nah, it's really not a big deal to me. My opinion, though, is that if people want guns, let them have them. Doesn't mean you have to give all the town guards in Hamletburgville AK-47s. Just say your setting doesn't...

Intuitive, counter-intuitive... Go with what works... ... for you and your group. :P I'm just telling you what works for mine. Perhaps you could hack something together using passive STR/DEX scores as thresholds for this sort of thing? ETA: It seems like you'd run into these kinds of...

I'm a fan of the idea that you don't get to try again unless SOMETHING changes. That could be as simple as the villain threatening your family to give you a re-roll to bust out of your bonds or as complicated as gaining a level. Even another character using the help action could give you...

"My first level wizard punches the pit fiend (who is behind 3/4 cover and who cast Shield earlier in the turn)!"