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Darjr, it's great to hear from you, as well! I concur that SWSE and Gamma World both lend a certain element to 4e that were somehow missed with the actual MONSTER of 4e's PH, DMG, and PH. Simplify. Elegant = superior, if done right. I LOVE the quick character creation add-on in GW. I love...

RangerWickett - it's great to hear from you! Thanks for chiming in. I'm hoping to spark some interest and thought around the topic. Wycen - excellent feedback, and I thank you for your thoughts. As to your point about socialization, have you found the ability to play with your friends? It...

I would love for the base game to be very, very simple. I would love for there to be "web enabled" content that is compartmentalized that can ADD ON to the game. For example, in most instances, it's A-ok for me to run a big "adventure" and to roll through the battles with basic and simple...

So, let's pretend for a second that the Facebook game is a preview of 5e. If you'd like to criticize the theory, please go hit the "New Thread" button. I'd like to see what we could learn about D&D and gaming if HoN was a preview of 5e. I've played a character to 10th, so I've seen more than...

PCat, 4e is a game of attrition. Make it EVIDENT and scary that they will NOT win this war of attrition under any circumstances. One way to do that would be - you can't hit me at all. Not very fun, though. I get it. Another way to do it would be to turn the actions of the party to your...

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Here is what excites me about this dialogue: 1) Take the BEST aspects of every edition and every tabletop game 2) Core game (temp is 72 degrees) that is D&D purity 3) Segment all aspects of the game that can be added, ignored or turned up/down 4) The game can be turned down to freezing (almost...

Is this for a PC or an NPC? I did a search for a F9/T11 and didn't get any results. If this is for a PC, I'd also consider a lvl 10, 11, 12 Duskblade. If this is for an NPC (villian) 4e really, really hit the mark on creating villians. Don't have heart palpatations about following the...

5E Love Child On the outside chance that our favorite designers closely follow critical social media outlets, print out some of the good ideas, and kick them around the bullpen. Here goes: LOVE FROM PATHFINDER Character building, optimization, multi-classing, prestige classes Adventure Path...

TerraDave very accurately hit the highlights. I ran the "original" Tomb of Horrors for 14th level 4e characters. Deaths flying left and right. By the spirit of the original game, the point is two-fold: 1) Raise the stakes through the roof. Play wrong, miss a roll, you die. 2) Challnege the...

Absolutely! In several campaigns, in multiple editions of this fine game. The most recent was the dropping in of a slightly "spruced" version of the 4e Tarrasque in a 14 player highlander game (3.5) we ran at Gen Con this year. Everyone was playing immortal 15th level fighters with vorpal...

Balance We are working on something very similiar for our gaming group, who also haven't played in quite some time. A couple key variations worth calling out: 1) We will be using a condition tracking chart, which will feel familiar but puts things into a better perspective. 2) We will be...

Now what I find interesting is that the SPICE can come in several forms. Fitting your character race, classes, and feat choices to build an interesting narrative. Using your character backgrounds, quirks, and flaws to put SPICE into your character's design. Now this latest suggestion also...

Undoubtedly a good reminder to us all. Start from a character that you find interesting to begin with, and build from there.

What in the world happened to Nightfall? Man, that's crazy...

I love it! Along with the rastafarian star-gazing dwarf, and the fertile shaman. All much more spicy, characters. AmerigoV is onto something here with the SW bene system. These make for a more interesting character, ones that you'll want to come back to. I'd argue, that in most of these...

Paragon paths, and their prestige class predecessors are an interesting design element that allow for more character differentiation in the game, usually some specialized bells and whistles. They definitely add to the otherwise bland charcter roleplaying aspects. You were just a dwarven...

Wow! This is the way to come out swinging on a new thread. This is a great point and clearly highlights one of the downsides of D&D (by brand) over many of it's rivals. Most of the RP aspects to the game happen with no "rules" to support them and boil down to some vanilla sterotyping: dwarves...

Pow! What puts some spice in your characters? I APPLAUD what the designers did in 4e to make the players playable from 1 -30. Amazing! Groundbreaking. An unintended side-effect/consequence. Too vanilla. Largely the same character through the levels, just a few new bells and whistles and...

Has anyone else ever used rituals in 4e?