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I agree with you that his writing must be examined in context, and I have to point out that Howard is one of my absolute favorite authors, so I'm not trying to smear him and persuade people to not read him. On the contrary- I think anyone who enjoys D&D really should read Conan to see where...

Those were mostly later writers who tried to soften the edge. Howard's original stories generally portrayed non-caucasians as wicked, sub-human, amoral or all three. Love the material to death, but the racism and misogyny is there in spades. As others said, you read it through a filter.

One more quick bit of advice, which Jeff stuck to in his reply. Address his actions and their effect on others in the group (including you), don't address his motivations or desires. Saying "You try to make my players feel like crap when they don't know stuff that you know" is going to make...

There's a difference between roleplaying and building on a theme. He wants to play a goliath who is an air pirate. That sounds great to me, personally. He could use a "fish out of water" scenario. Or maybe he could say that the human lowlands are too stifling for someone used to the...

While I will certainly agree with you that such a situation certainly sounds absurd, you're arguing from a position that 4e is fundamentally more absurd than 3.5e, which is wrong. 20str human (attainable using 30 point buy) + 4 skill ranks in jump + skill focus in Jump = +12 in jump. DC for 30...

A couple of observations. (1) This is a thread about the survivability of a wizard, not how effective a wizard is when dueling a fighter. At 7th+ level, my experience- and the experience of quite a few other people, I might add- is that a wizard's ability to survive attack is at least...

I wouldn't exactly call them ordinary in 1e or BECMI- they were definitely better than commoners. a 1st level fighter with average equipment and average hit points was still better than the average orc at fighting, putting him well above common humanity. The orc can still win, though. 4e 1st...

Logic and D&D rules don't always mix, unfortunately. It's there for balance. Imagine if you could take a feat like this: I Can Has +INT Choose a wondrous item. You may spend half the cost of the item in order to obtain it. You gain an amount of experience equal to the cost of the item...

I had the same initial reaction. But if you look at the numbers relative to your level, it really isn't painful if you stay within reason. Let's say you're a tenth level wizard and you want to make a teleport scroll. Since the beginning of the game, you've made 10 1st level scrolls, 8 2nd...

Do the tokens include new options for PC tokens? Those are in rather short supply.

That's certainly possible- having not seen a wizard played that way in 3.5e, I can only speculate. However, notice that of the spells I list, only two (greater mirror image and dimensional portal) are not in the PHB. All the offensive spells are straight PHB. If I hadn't had either of those...

Hmm, maybe I'm misinterpreting you here. If I am, apologies. You do indeed lose the experience points. If my 2nd level wizard with 1400xp wanted to scribe a scroll of feather fall, I would spend 12g5s and 1xp, taking me down to 1399xp. Frankly, the cost is fairly negligible. Scribing...

I certainly wouldn't characterize them as super-heroic, in any edition. Compare a 1st level character to an ordinary orc: From BECMI through 3rd, any given character would be taking a great risk by fighting it in a straight battle- a solid hit by the orc will take him out. Wizards who...

Wizards come equipped with the Scribe Scroll feat for free. By definition they can leverage scrolls better than other characters can leverage potions. Pulling equal to the wizard means sacrificing a precious feat. Aside from that, I think some posters painted themselves into a big of a...

That's certainly the intent, but not the reality. Designers basically threw what looked to be a fair trade-off out the window when they designed a slew of spells that had no vulnerability to SR in the original PHB and were just as good as other spells that WERE affected by SR. Evard's Black...

You're a bit behind regarding what's happening on the Wall, Hand. If you want a bit of catch-up regarding Stannis, read on... Stannis took Davros' advice and marched his army north to help defend the wall. Davros is the only person of influence to take the appeals for help from the Nightwatch...

An attempt at balancing the two already came out and met with mixed reactions: the Tome of Battle. Instead of nerfing wizards, cleric and druids, it buffed martial classes to the point where they could reasonably contribute at higher levels. They still didn't compare very well to a well-run...

I don't understand how a thread discussing Mike Mearls' preference regarding the use of miniatures in D&D, which is in line with a majority of BECMI/1e players' experience, transitions into people arguing about whether Mearls' views in general are old school. He's advocating opening a door that...

I got really lucky at the one in Frisco right next to Stonebriar mall. Found copies of Pharaoh, Day of Al'Akbar and Horror on the Hill in really nice condition for $6 each. So is 2e earthdawn good enough, or is 3e a really big improvement?

I have to disagree on the time, but I totally agree regarding playability. Phoenix Command was really no more complicated than Rolemaster. Though tons of people (including me) think that Rolemaster offers far too much complication for very little return, I can say with experience that...