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Nice try, d20Dwarf! :) If you fail the roll, then you're probably captured by the orcs or, at the very least, spotted and chased/attacked. If you change your mind in camp, then you can state a new conflict ("Alright, I'm gonna stab the orc chief in the face!") and make a new roll. I'm not...

There are no rules in D&D that directly influence or support player goals. There is alignment, but there are no rules that reinforce alignment or support alignment. There are rules that rely on alignment, like a paladin losing his class abilities or categories for bypassing damage reduction...

I'm glad that Luke arrived to defend his own game, since he'd do a better job than I ever could. :) I'll reiterate at least one thing which Burning Wheel has which Luke mentioned and is possibly the single best rule in RPG design in quite some time: the Let It Ride rule. As Luke points out...

The system outlcasses the regular magic system (arcane and divine) in every way. I'd never go back to playing a wizard and I would use the XPH system as the only form of magic if I were to run a D&D game. If the players got all finicky about the scientific theme in the terminology, I'd just...

I'd love to, but I don't know which are worth the time. Enlighten me? :)

I'm surprised to read that you don't think the system is well-designed, since good system design is one of the things that even detractors seem to agree upon. Criticism is usually against the flavor of psionics, but rarely the system itself. What is it about the system that seems poorly-designed?

I hadn't thought of the caravan guards hook to get the PCs involved. I had two others in mind. First, the PCs are out for riches. This would differ markedly from the usual D&D campaign which is more idealistic. The party would be out to make their fortune. Each character could have personal...

I'd like to see a "Silk Road" adventure path. The campaign would feature an extremely long (and dangerous!) trade route that winds across an entire continent. It crosses every type of terrain and, perhaps, every type of climate. It is the road to the exotic West, where wondrous civilizations...

That's all well and good, Jester, but there still remains the silly "one step foward, two steps back" nature of the +5/-3 bonuses in the same item. Surely the great minds of game design at WotC could have come up with another balance mechanism that doesn't look so sloppy and clunky? ;)

Wait, wait, wait. Blackrazor, when fully powered-up, is a +5 greatsword that bestows a -3 to your BAB? So there's only a net +2 to your attack bonus from the sword? Am I missing something or is that just loopy?

It's the illicit couple who destroyed the marriage (if the marriage is even destroyed at all, since folks can work through these things), not you. There is no strict moral duty to inform the husband about the affair, so don't feel that you must. If you feel your friendship with the husband is...

I don't see how you arrive at that moral conclusion.

I see this question arise every month or so around here and it points to a deep problem in D&D. The game is ostensibly designed for 20 levels, but people invariably stop short of that level when playing. There is something deeply wrong with the rules of the game when people stop playing short...

Boot them both and explain to them (briefly if you're uncomfortable) why you are booting them. I wouldn't tell the truth to the cuckolded husband if he asked, but I would ask him to have his wife explain it to him if he's curious. There is no way this can end without drama. If you like...

Nevermind the oil rig. If you have any military experience, you can get a great summer job working "security" in Iraq. ;)

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I'm pretty sure that Jared Sorensen is going, but not sure what he's doing while he's there. If you're a fan of his stuff, you might keep an eye out for him. He might wear custom green and white "Inspectres" Chuck Taylor sneakers. ;)

I'll go with the psion. Unmatched versatility in deploying spell effects and none of the hoary hermetic magic cliches like verbal, somatic, and material components. :)

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What the industry needs is more games designed as one-shots, rather than adapting regular games into one-shots. We need games that you just play once. :)