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No need to confirm or deny, but I'm imagining playing D&D with Shigeru Miyamoto. That would be totally awesome. :)

What I take from the quote in the OP is that Jester is replying to someone that thinks not having a Cleric of Life in a party dooms it to failure. Which obviously is not true. Anecdotally, my group's 4-member party includes a cleric of war that can heal when needed and a paladin that can back...

I've been running the game I want to run since March, starting with the final playtest, then replacing that with Basic, and adding the books as they released. So, no, not required, but nice to have.

Regarding HeroLab being expensive, that depends how you use it. If you want to buy all of the official Pathfinder material for it, yeah, it sure can be. But using the content editor isn't that difficult once you mess around with it for a bit. I'm using it for my Savage Worlds game, which...

...and now I'm flashing back to stats class, lol. Okay, given, but that wasn't the point of my post, which remains. And while a sample of product reviews by users may produce a bell curve, I still believe it will skew high, as consumers tend to consume products they prefer rather than random...

ENnies are fan-voted (after nominations, of course), so no, the only bias is fanboy bias, the reason I just look at nominees all as "winners" (aka stuff I should take a look at) and ignore the actual winners. That said, 13th Age has "only an 85"? I'm flashing back to high school... :p

Exactly. If you think a product is "Excellent", you give it a 5. The system may be nebulous in how one defines "Excellent," but this isn't a scientific survey, it's just a bit of fun.

Once again, opinion isn't fact. Someone else may hate something you love. That isn't absurd, that's how we humans function.

I'm not saying one should sing, "Everything is Awesome," while posting reviews for every book one has used in a game they enjoyed. But posting one 5 and 37 4's probably isn't the best way to go either.

LOL, I was going to write that exact line and backed off. Thank you, sir. :)

It's not a rating out of 1000, you get 5 choices. Statistically, 20% of all RPG books you read should get a 5. Logically, you're only going to read stuff you tend to enjoy, so that will go up, especially if one isn't a collector and only buys games with intent to play. The rating for 5 is...

3 out of 5 rating for 13th Age Core Book 4e-style codification of abilities with indie game narrative elements is an interesting mix, but not really my cup of tea. Nice book and a few interesting ideas that can be stolen and imported into other games.

4 out of 5 rating for Legacy of the Crystal Shard I don't use a lot of published adventures, but I do like setting info, and I bought this to read while setting up my FR Silver Marches game. I really wish more published adventures were set up like this, good stuff.

5 out of 5 rating for Roll20 Many of the players in my original group have moved away and playing online is the only option to keep the band together. After trying a few different options, Roll20 came out on top. There were some hiccups in the early days, but games run really slick these...

4 out of 5 rating for Hero Lab Very useful char gen program, especially considering the different systems it encompasses. Also quite useful at the table as a combat tracker. UI is functional, but could use an upgrade, as does the pdf creator (sheets don't always print out the way I like).

3 out of 5 rating for Fantasy Grounds Tough to find room on the screen for everything the software offers and game prep to take advantage of the perks of the system is very time consuming.

5 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide Excellent art, great advice and interesting possibilities for a campaign.

Almost never, I have enough to deal with as DM with hogging the spotlight further by having an NPC around all the time. Once in a while, though, the players insist and I don't have a good enough reason not to. But it's always a very temporary thing.

I was going to post this, myself. But don't forget where we are. On the internet, righteous indignation flows like water. :)

This is definitely a rule where you'll get more than one opinion. You can steadfastly keep to the RAW (say, if you're running AL, or just like sticking to RAW, as a rule), or come up with something that makes sense. Personally, I think I can come up with an explanation as to what happens in...