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Curses. I approached Dragon about doing the Wyrm-Touched. For the record, it's hardly a novel concept, I'm sure it was arrived at independently.

I know I should've disclaimered myself by saying, "Almost no other role playing game." :) Anyway, the point stands. Hundreds of gaming systems, 3 (or maybe a few more) use alignment. And an even stronger argument: As far as I'm aware no other d20 role playing games have included alignment...

Amen. This sort of thing is unprecidented in D&D. Sure, there's the elf. And the dwarf. And the halfling. And the ranger. And the treant. And the evil spider goddess. But come on. Wizards of the Coast have truly broken new ground in their theivery!

"It's always been there," isn't a good enough reason to keep something. You need specifics. For example, some specifics on why alignment is bad: If alignment were a good, useful, clearly defined and reliable rule mechanic, "IMO" wouldn't be necessary. What is good and what is evil wouldn't be...

Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah, but... No they are not. He can have tried FR. You can not have tried every home brew. There is no equivilency here. You can definitively state that most home brews you've played you haven't enjoyed. It is impossible for you to say you dislike every home brew, because...

You ignored this the last time I asked it, maybe you will have the intestinal fortutide to answer a simple question this time. Please answer each of these questions: Are you allowed to change the world as characters? Example, would you be allowed to defeat Thay as the end of a 20 level...

This is so frustrating. If they did what you suggest, people would've complained about that, too. Or they would've complained about the extra cost. This kind of thing is appropriate for a web enhancement, but complaining that they didn't write the book the way you wanted it to be written, and...

If it ever were an issue for me, I would probably give them divine rank 0, not so much because I have a problem with their being attackable and defeatable by 20th level characters, as because I wouldn't want them to be permanently dead because of those characters. Or I might just give them a...

To deflect from an honest question on a different topic.

Apparently it needs to be said endlessly, but this forum, and all the internet fora in the world, are not even a large percentage of the D&D gaming public. And furthermore, they're not a representative sample. They're self-selecting for people who feel like arguing about stupid things...

If you went to Arabel, and affected a change in the power structure, would you still be playing in Arabel, or would you be playing some collection of 19-year-old geeks' abortion of a mockery of a pale shadow of Arabel? I mean, I don't see how you can use precisely what's in the books, and have...

Precedence is no argument. I've heard rumors that paladins were kept as a core class and shield and magic missile were kept as 1st level to pander to this same concern. We know all-but-for-sure that various alignment restrictions on classes were kept in for "precedence" reasons, and we know...

Clearly, any product can profit, probably limitlessly, from further fine-tuning. There has to be a cut-point however, and things seem to balance well enough for me. That's a long winded way of saying, "Yes."

If I had said that they screwed up by not publishing a book to my particular designs? Hell, they ought to deride me for it. It's a laughable position. Perhaps you'd like to back up this poorly excecuted flame with a specific explanation of what you mean?

Why thank you, sir, but I think the points you made were vital as well. That's not just pablum, either.

This doesn't have much to do with the quote you replied to. Correction: you don't like that they didn't include specific stats for divine versions of the archfiends. If archfiends were improperly balanced for their alleged CRs, or if there was a missing page for one of the archfiends, etc...

Perhaps I should've backed up my statement with specifics. The problem with alignment is any single action cannot be placed on the axis reliably, and where things go is entirely up to individual opinion. Is selfishness evil or chaotic? Individuals may make up their minds individually about...

What does the phrase, ". . . so the verdict is not unanimous," mean?

Should have. Should have. They should have put out a book to your specifications, you mean? There is no "should" here, palie. Seriously. You want divine archfiends, that's just fine. But WotC didn't fail by not putting them in. I mean it's like me saying, "They should have stretched out...

Nothing, as long as you cop to its being about your particular tastes, rather than some error with the game. There's a vast chasm of difference between the two. I submit that your arguments on this thread so far--until they were challenged--focused on an objective failure of the book rather...