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I'm aware it got mixed reviews, although I liked it. Really, I was just trying to use it as an example of timing.

If I had a nickel for all the stuff I should be doing, I'd have my student loans paid off by now. :D

In another thread, I brought up Swords & Sorcery Studios' Creature Collection beating the 3e Monster Manual to market by being released the same day as the 3e PHB. I believe that this kind of thing can and will happen again with 4e's release. Just for the sake of discussion, let's say the...

There may not have been mechanics for it, but every DM has made decisions similar to it at one time or another. Intelligent creatures/monsters will focus on what they perceive as the biggest threat. If the fighter is hacking down one bandit after another, they'll gang up on him. When the...

Couldn't buy and use the setting? Hang on a sec. Yep. I have a WotC book titled "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" on my shelf right now. Plus, I think the generic adventures, like "Sunless Citadel" and "Lord of the Iron Fortress", were supposed to be somewhere in Greyhawk, but I couldn't swear to...

I'm not sure we're on the same page here. As soon as the 4eSRD and 4eOGL are out, we don't NEED WotC to add anything else. Under the OGL, you can make all that stuff yourself. Moving from the example I mentioned about the 3e release and SSS Creature Collection, if you think there's a big...

Oh, as far as WotC's IP goes, ya they can pretty much insists on whatever they want. Its theirs, after all. I think there's just a common misconception about all fan stuff that would be OGL compliant being forced to go to Gleemax. As much trouble as people had understanding the OGL in the...

I understand being excited. People like to try new things. I like the idea of things I didn't like in 3e (grappling, AoO) being fixed or removed. I'm excited, but I'm not ready to pronounce it the next best-thing-since-sliced-bread. I understand not being excited. No more "official"...

I'm pretty much thinking the same thing. When I got into a 3e "playtest" session at GenCon several years ago, it was pretty much in its final form, about a year before it came out. Assuming WotC really does have people working to continuously improve the game, I'd have to think everything...

In posts on WotC's boards, their 4eOGL FAQ (how's that for initials?) says: 1. There will be an SRD on a free site. 2. There will be NO fees for the OGL. 3. The state of the d20 license (which only let you put the d20 logo on your product and say "For use with Dungeons and Dragons") is...

I don't understand how. WotC has made tons of alternate 20-level classes. None of them have seemed to restrain the production of OGL products or content. Heck, if anything, WotC is giving 3rd party publishers something akin to the Oklahoma homestead land-grab. It seems unlikely gnomes will...

The only things I've absolutely despised in every edition of D&D are any mechanics that reduce or remove levels and/or experience. I mean, to a degree I could understand level loss as a consequence of dying. I didn't like it, but I understood. Plain old level draining attacks just blow. In...

Change the "4"s to "3"s or "2"s and you can copy and paste that in about 30% of all threads about D&D. Every time a new edition comes out, the sky starts falling and everyone goes for each others' throats. Aren't we all taking this a bit too seriously for a hobby where we roll dice and pretend...

Crap. I can't believe I read this thread. Anyhow... Just a bit of editing there. My question is, what prevents any of us from running a game face-to-face one night, online (by WotC's tools, OpenRPG, or whatever) the next night, and face-to-face the next night? I mean, time and distance...

Since D&D was the first rpg and WoW is an rpg (not interested in debating that), they will always be similar in some way. Honestly, I don't care who they steal what from. If D&D ends up being a faster, better, and more fun game in the process, I'm happy.

Really there were only a handful of 3.5 books I genuinely wanted. A couple of the "Races of" series, Sandstorm, possibly Cityscape. If anything, this has encouraged me to increase my buying a bit. I haven't bought anything new since late 2005. Now I'm starting to check eBay for deals on...

I know you put a lot of work into your thoughts, Elfan, but I think this chunk is really the core of what is going on. It's easy to assume at first that the changes in 4e (that we know of) are mostly profit based. Sure, everybody wants to make money. But that shouldn't get in the way of what...

Probably a psionics supplement. I'm not a huge fan of psionics, like a couple of my players, but if it was something we used from day one, instead of bolting on later, it'd be easier for everyone. I know there's a lot of "keep your sci-fi out of my fantasy" feelings about this, but I think the...

The only thing I can add is that James Wyatt was also a pretty cool person when I met him. He DM'ed our second round game in the GenCon D&D open the first year Eberron was the setting for the tournament (2004 or 2005?).

Others have already suggested Simple Green and weak solutions of alcohol. The only one I'd add is the household cleaner Fantastic. I've not used it myself for this, but it's been recommended to me by others. Whatever you do, don't start in the middle. Try whatever you're using on a Q-tip out...