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Static bonuses no longer scale through the roof when you wield weapons in two hands. Lots (most?) of characters now get static bonuses per die that don't scale out with 2h, and strength doesn't scale either. That DPS bonus isn't as big as you think it is percentage-wise. A paladin with...

The training boxes everywhere are godawful. This reminds me of when software companies put out brilliant software packages wrapped in a UI slapped on by the developers. Not everyone is in sync with your thought process, guys. This definitely won’t help sell the game, and it might be the...

60 is definitely Alias from Curse of the Azure Bonds. Nice to see Priam Agrivar- seriously old school realms history.

This post was written less than a year after the release of 3.5e. Eberron came out the month this post was written. World of Warcraft wasn't even in open Beta when this post was written. I was still running through Lost Dungeons of Norrath (in Everquest), my one year old daughter sleeping on...

We can make a basic analysis of wizard contribution vs. fighter contribution in terms of damage dealing. Before we do, there are some basic observations that would be difficult to argue against: 1) In terms of casting spells allowing saving throws, the wizard is close to at her worst at 1st...

We wouldn't be getting such a good 5e without pathfinder. Let's point that out. I'm a longtime d&d player who lapsed in the middle of the 4e cycle. I'm not interested in pathfinder at all- I tried it and found that it took everything I didn't like about 3.x to 11. I'm NOT a pathfinder homer...

You only need to look at the 2e/3e handover to see the power of the D&D brand name. You can even draw quite a few parallels between now and then, honestly. The late nineties were a bad time for D&D, at least from my perspective. I think D&D was in dead heat with the Storyteller system in...

I have to point out that you were most likely not getting away from sports geeks. Much like your definition of what constitutes a "geek" and what constitutes a "fan" of Star Trek, there is a wide- WIDE- gulf between what constitutes a sports fan and what constitutes a sports geek. A sports...

There's clearly room for compromise here. I think most people would agree that regaining everything in one night isn't absolutely necessary for maintaining dramatic tension, and that most would also agree that regaining 1-4 hp a night is also unnecessary to reflect pseudo-reality. How about a...

Maybe someone mentioned this here, but just to reiterate: the cool thing is that the particles are in a quantum state that is not supposed to be able to be predicted. Let's do another example. I have two d20s. I "entangle" them. Then I start them spinning in little boxes and give one of them...

However 4e defined it, I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that an encounter ability is one that can be recovered with a minor rest. Like some previous poster said, a one minute break where one is (reasonably) sure that combat isn't imminent sounds reasonable. Note that 3e had some...

No, that's not the case. Rather, the world is the way it is for a reason. The characters, by definition, are the fly in the ointment that MIGHT be able to change something. It's sort of like saying "what's stopping me from grabbing some diamonds in the South African mines and setting up...

Well, I'd ask the same thing about the rail system here in our world. Someone can take a jaunt over to an isolated portion of the railroad track, rip it out and watch trains crash. So what's stopping hordes of people from calling Amtrak or NTSB and demanding $1,000,000 in unmarked bills? Yes...

I still remember going there the day after I moved to Dallas in '98. Great crew. I really hope they find another place to set up shop.

Another one, for the Mixed Martial Arts fans among us. BECMI 1e 2e 3e 4e

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If you're not overly concerned with increased damage, then the fullblade is optional, at best. However, any superior weapon that is +1 to hit is absolutely worth it, for a variety of reasons. (1) It is a big damage increase, yes. In many cases a lot more than weapon focus or other +damage...

The first part of Scurvy Platypus' solution is the way to go, IMO- no raise dead, no resurrection, nothing. The -10 hp threshold in 1e-3.x could be expanded to a percentage or a character's hit points in order to prevent massive damage deaths. 4e already does this to a certain extent, but...

Here's the bottom line, in my opinion: You can build a ranger that will work extremely well in both melee and archery. A difference of +1 attack is significant over the long term, but will not be observed as impactful in most sessions. The ranger, more than other classes, can get away with a...

Definitely re-read the original story- there are several editions of Howard's work that have come out over the past few years that even include unfinished manuscripts, character notes and the like. Great stuff. I agree with you in terms of criticizing the character's POV, but you see the same...