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4E: Interesting choices that mattered in character creation/leveling up, Balance amongst classes, Combat was interesting and engaging, less trap choices than previous editions, better structure for skills, Mechanics leading to more engaging Roleplay in general (I.e. the rules didn't get in the...

No, you can't. People can like any ole thing and have no obligation to explain why. But people liking a thing has absolutely no bearing on the quality of a thing. Thats a huge issue that trips up otherwise very smart people. They conflate "I like this" with "This is good" I'll use myself as an...

I appreciate the analysis and think it was very well thought out. That being said, talking about 4e as to whether or not it was financially successful (the focus of your argument) is...well, largely missing the point. Unless they owned stock or shares in the company producing it, whether or not...

The best non-mechanical part of my favorite DnD edition (4e) was the cosmology, the World Axis, as well as the base setting background. It was vague enough to be very customizable, but had a wealth of different ideas and concepts you could delve into it. It was unique and different and it...

I think a mixture of both styles is probably best used in most d20 systems I play. I begin by narrating the scene's description...BRIEFLY. I then go to a more conversational approach and talk with the players and encourage them to further explore and question and interact. The beginning...

I think that as a culture we have decided that violence in general is something that it is okay to pretend at. It is in our books, our movies, our games...our very lives. We watch people fight on the television for real with boxing and MMA and such. We sit in fascination as we watch nature...

I disagree. I think its quite newsworthy. But the news isnt 'GM at a con does a skeezy rapey thing'. The news is that, finally, someone DID something about it instead of just shrugging and saying 'dats life, kiddo'

Its also a bit telling that you seem more upset that someone might be 'attention seeking' by overstating how much an incident affected them then someone in a public venue telling/implying to the players that their characters were Raped.

I am quite frankly at a loss. Is my position that 'People shouldn't run rape scenarios in a public venue like a con, and if they do should be banned from running games at cons' an extreme position or side? If it is an extreme position to take...I am unsure I'd like to be part of a group where...

Somehow I am reminded of the quote by Orwell "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." But then I think: "Oh this is just D&D thats a bit like...extreme and doesn't really equate..." Then I remember the time someone spit on me, actually spit on...

Theres a lot of talk about how we should be careful about jumping to conclusions based on second hand accounts. I think there IS a danger in leaning too hard into the 'Internet Outrage Machine' and simply automatically believing anything negative said about someone else. I think that lives CAN...

I can only answer for the style and type of game I like. That caveat in mind: 1- Someone who takes the game seriously. They put in the time and the effort to make sure that the game runs smoothly for all involved. They work (and thats a key word here) to develop the information they need for...

My biggest complaint about 4e was how difficult it was to use TotM to run. It was far, far better as a game if you used at least a battlemap. So those people who love TotM? I totally get why they didn't get into 4e. Could it be done? Sure. But it wasnt easy. However, 4e is also my favorite...

To me, the question isn't about torture really. Its about 'how do you, as a DM, disseminate information that is important to the PCs?' If it is almost always in the hands of enemies that are captured, and must be pried from their hands, then torture is much more likely to be a thing the PCs...

I think theres another thread to be pulled on/discussed here that has been brought up in a couple recent posts. Whilst what this guy did is pretty terrible and his defense of it just does not make sense... There is such a thing as disproportionate response and we must be careful not to engage...

Oh don't pull that crap. Don't bust out 'everything you like that isnt this is not as good and shouldn't be run' and then when someone says 'um friend, that doesn't make sense and isnt a good argument' cry harrassment and try to shut down dissenting voices, as if you are being personally attacked.

I've done a campaign loosely based on the Crusades...with the Elves trying to take back their holy city from the Humans who had set up shop there after the Elven Exodus. Classic racial/religious tensions, allowed for a bit of factionalism for the players to choose from within the various sides...

Edgar Allen Poe's work wasnt popular either, back in his day. Moby Dick was roundly panned by the literary community at a time. And the books popular then? No one has heard of them today. Just food for thought!

How something 'feels' to one person will 'feel' differently to others, based on how it is presented at the table. Table presentation and how its sold by the DM and how the players treat a concept is 100% more important than the concept itself.

Man this thread is making me miss 4th Edition something fierce. I'll need to go bully someone into running it, or get someone to let me use their fantasygrounds to run my own campaign lol