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Actually, each of these items, IMHO are from what I would consider low-magic worlds. Magic is NOT by any means common. This has 2 possible emulations in D&D: 1) Even a "+1 magic" weapon is considered an amazingly powerful item. OR 2) There are no such things as "common" items like a +1 sword in...

Sadly, the polls are not necessarily very effective as a source of market research since we all know that active posters are only a very small percentage of the player base. It is interesting though to see just how many people are actively responding (and sadly just how SMALL that number really is).

For me, the Bard should be a bit of an umbrella class like the fighter. The bard should encompass all forms of Performer based builds, from Celtic Bard to Nordic Skald to Roman Orator to the English Minstrel to the French Jongleur, to the Elven Spellsinger, the Dwarven Warchanter, etc. etc...

IMHO and from what I've seen stated on this board and others, the most major contributing factors of the major problem with 4E and the way people assumed magic item wish lists and purchasing is... putting magic items in the PHB. By putting Magic Items in the PHB as part of the "Equipment"...

This entirely depends on how you look at magic items. In the common D&D trope, your are correct that its basically a junk drop. "Oh gee, another +1 Weapon... toss it in the bad with the other dozen". However, it doesn't NEED to be that way. A +1 magical sword is many things. It is lighter and...

I ran games for decades without ever having a "wish list" but still had a clue what would be useful to each player. That's the DM's job IMO. I think the problem is in the statement of the DM only giving out what the Player wants. If a player wants a very specific item, that should become a...

IMHO, this scenario is purely a failure on the DM's part, not an issue of whether magic shops should exist or not. Part of the DM's job is to make the game fun for the players and make the PCs feel accomplished while telling a joint story. I personally dislike DMs who think its their job to...

I have to say I agree with separating magic items from standard progression. I also don't see it being all that difficult. For items there could be a set of "Magic Levels" such as: * No Magic * Utility Magic (potions, non-combat bonus items) * Low Combat Magic (+1 to +2 items) * Intermediate...

Personally, I love what Fantasy Craft did with the archetype in the creation of their Priest class. One thing to keep in mind is that the "power curve" in FC is quite a bit lower than in D&D, especially in magic. For instance a mage can cast "cantrips" at no cost all day long, but don't get...

Ah.. the joy of races.... to each their own. I actually liked that a setting had the guts to take a new path and say that half-dwarves were: A) Relatively Common and B) produced something other than the already existent "mish-mash" half-races as they had been presented up to that point in D&D.

I have to add Shardmind and Wilden. Just did not work for me. For me... a "Crystal Being" should have been more of a sub-species to warforged (a living crystal golem) and a for a plant being, a sclaed-down Treant (aka ent, rootwalker). JMHO.

Kind of both. I thought it out both ways before making the decision. 1) Personally I like Static HP+CON Mod per Level. 2) I'd personally like to see Fighters at 12+CON Mod/Level. (Because I think that as the main warrior/soldier of the game best HP should be part of their shtick.) However...

Here is a system I’d like to see (as a general idea and starting point). ARMOR Basic Armor Partial Armor (torso; 10-40% coverage): Covers breastplates, coats, cuirasses, jacks, jackets, shirts, and vests. • Types Table: Padded, Leather, Studded Leather, Chainmail, Hardened Leather, Scalemail...

I went with that fact I'd like to see static HP+Con Mod and I'd like to see fighters at 12+Con. Using the poll's assumed 14 Con that's 14h at level 1. Assuming a Level 1 monster doing an average of 4 damage, that's 3 hits before going down on the 4th.

It doesn't marginalize anything. It is simply my "opinion" on he way certain people have expressed their opinions. How you read that viewpoint.... I can't control. That is your personal preference and more power to you, but what the majority of people know as D&D has always been multiple books...

There will always be detractors. The problem I have seen posted so many times in the past weeks on these forums is that apparently there is a rather vocal group who only want a book that is the "baseline of classic D&D fantasy" and don't want "modularity" anywhere near their "baseline" games...

I'll see to each there own, but IMHO I see way too much ME vs THEM mentality in some of these posts about DMing. To me the entire point is to tell a collaborative story and for everyone to have fun. Yes the 15-minute day can be annoying but there are plenty of ways to avoid it without it...

We already know the game won't be shipping this year. So even if its meant to ship Q1 2013 (which I doubt), I wouldn't expect open testing (non friends & family) to begin for probably another 3-4 months at least, if not longer.

Eh.... I wouldn't go near this with a 10' pole. There are a LOT of people who be offended by this, most especially those who consider themselves to be witches/pagans.

Constructive comments on what you like and would like to see however, is different than the approach various posters have used which basically equates to "if every aspect of the game isn't identical to X version of D&D, it's a deal breaker and your new version is going to suck". That isn't...