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Brainiacs: Racial Options The races are listed such that those who get a bonus to the primary and either secondary stat (Int/Wis or Int/Cha) are listed first, then the races that only get a bonus to Int, and lastly the races that don’t get an Int-bonus but for some reason rate black or higher...

Powers of the Mind: Power Source and Role You’re a controller, and your power source is psionic. There’s a general opinion among players (almost a consensus, even) that psionics are boring, complicated and have no role in D&D. For a more detailed discussion on those points and why I think...

The Mind's Eye: a Psion Handbook “If a god can reshape the world and I can enthrall a god, what does that make me?” Although the Psion class (and the psionic power source) hasn't seen almost any updates since the Psionic Power book came out in 2010, there’s been plenty of new general content...

Calling me a 5e fan would be a stretch(more like slight approver of 5e), but I want a 5e Warlord. We have the lololol-I'm-mad-so-I-swing-harder-and-take-less-damage class, so why not Warlords? I mean the inspirational commander is probably more of a common fantasy trope nowadays than medieval Hulk.

Our 4e game ended a couple of months ago because of real life interfering on the part of our DM. I found a group on roll20 for 4e with a concept for a campaign that looks really badass that I'm looking forward to.

If we're talking about a 4e type manifesto similar to this( http://www.goblinoidgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1314 ), then I think a few things that should go into it should include mentions of how the character is the star, players should be mechanically challenged throughout the...

I kind of wonder how Celtavian would reconcile his magic supremacist world view with the desire to produce a D&D game in a genre of video games where game balance is of the utmost importance.

I don't understand this reference. What are those games?

Definitely. I think the other DM's force of personality and my tendency to rather play than GM means we'll probably play 4e. Either way is a win. :)

We're starting up a game soon in our local area and the two suggested games weren't 5e, but rather 4e or 13th Age.

We're starting up a game soon in my area and the choice right now is between a friend of a friend DMing 4e and me GMing 13th Age.

I think the Fighter's legacy is going to be what it's been most of the time: the general warrior class people play when the idea for their character doesn't match up with the more specific Paladin/Ranger/Barbarian/Monk. I mean they didn't do anything terribly crazy with the Fighter this edition...

Intimidate could RAW be used to make bloodied enemies to surrender in 4e.

It's probably going to take a lot of mechanical genius to dethrone WoW before their time naturally comes to an end. Trying to make WoW but with a deeper content pool isn't going to attract people away from WoW. The player base inertia is going to hurt you unless you have a SERIOUS hook to bring...

Balance is needed to prevent certain characters from overshadowing other characters in major portions of the game. Being consistently overshadowed often leads to people feeling worthless, bored, or frustrated and often lead to them no longer playing the game in question. While poor balance can...

I mean both WoW and D&D are top dogs in industries that seem to be undergoing some drastic changes and are both doing worse than they were previously.

MMOs using various popular licenses including Lord of the Rings, Conan, Warhammer, and Star Wars have all gone up against WoW and have all failed to take over it's place in the market with Warhammer Online actually being defunct now. Experienced MMO developers producing sequels to popular MMOs...

I don't think that would go over well. Many MMOs with massive budgets and popular licenses have failed to take over the market away from the current leader. Part of the problem, I think, is sort of a population inertia. A lot of people don't come keep going back to WoW because it is absolutely...

I'm in a very negative mood atm so I'll try to keep this positive: 1) Bounded Accuracy for keeping low level monsters/summons/etc still relevant even at higher levels. 2) Backgrounds for providing neat little bits of customization and roleplaying extras from the very start of the edition and...

Don't you need at least a little bit of splat to keep sustainable? I mean after your customer base have bought the core books then what else are they going to buy? I can see DMs buying APs, but I can't imagine catering to a fraction of the customer base can be all that profitable. Shouldn't they...