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Well, it appears that it was Gary who was first, historically, to establish a pattern of giving player characters silly names. :p

Hmm... Maybe you're right. Then again, there are about twice as many arcane spells as there are divine. So, do clerics and druids really need to have a "spells known" limitation? And the spell lists for paladins and rangers are pretty short; surely they don't need a "spells known" limitation?

Diplomatic demons. Heh.

I'm sure there are some former marketing executives for TSR out there who'd respond to that by saying, disappointedly, "Been there. Done that."

Ah, yes. Well, sometimes a writer's economy of words leaves the reader with a superfluity of ambiguity. ;)

What, are there still some Pygmies in the heart of Africa who haven't heard of D&D? Well, by golly, get them on board! :D

To hear something that I'm so passionate about -- still, after all these years -- being talked about this way... I don't know whether to yawn or to take umbrage. Whatever: Que sera, sera.

I've re-read your sentences, again and again, and I still cannot follow their exact meaning. Your logic escapes me.

I cannot think of anyone -- anyone -- I personally know who'd be interested in D&D who hasn't already given it a try. Decades ago, back when I was in my early teens, D&D was relatively unknown and very hard to find. But nowadays? What 13-year-old with an inclination toward sci-fi and fantasy...

Didn't TSR try to do this sort of thing with AD&D, back in the '80s, i.e. to make RPGs a truly mass-market hobby? And didn't TSR eventually come to the realization that there is a ceiling to the popularity of RPGs, a boundary which is defined by the time and effort it takes to play them? It may...

Do bonuses from skill synergy stack? For example, if you 5 ranks each in Bluff, Knowledge: Nobility & Royalty, and Sense Motive, do you get a +6 bonus, total, to Diplomacy? Myself, I'm inclined to say no, because the rules under Skill Synergy (page 66 of the PH) state: "It's possible for a...

Having to choose and perpare (i.e. "memorize") spells ahead of time never did sit well with me, even back when I was DM'ing 1st Edition AD&D. To me, it just doesn't make for a plausable magic system -- it's too gamey. The only fantasy fiction I've seen this sort of thing in is Jack Vance's...

The one and only time I purposely tried a TPK, I did not fail. But how could I fail, if a TPK was my purpose and I was the DM? Anyway, that was back during my first days of DM'ing, which was with 1st Edition AD&D. I had given the group's fighter an artifact sword that was similar to Elric's...

But I don't want to eliminate those spell altogether. Nor do I want to delay the spell progression of casters as a way to keep them from obtaining those spells. It's okay for a 3rd level wizard in a "limited magic" world to have access to 2nd level spells like Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace, Gust...

Oh, to make money, for sure. But caveat emptor, and all that. :)

What percentage of those consumers who bought the WotC miniatures did so solely for the Skirmish game? A very small percentage, I'm sure. Now, what percentage of those consumers who bought the WotC miniatures did so solely for use in D&D 3.0/3.5? A very large percentage, I'm sure! And I'm also...

WotC is a giant compared to WizKids, so maybe "success" is relative, i.e. what would be considered a big success for WizKids is just chicken feed to WotC.

From reading the posts here, it appears that some players are passionate and even polarized about what kind of campaigns they prefer. But from taking a look at the poll results, it appears the reality is that, as of this moment, roughly 35% of the players here prefer their campaigns "low-magic...

I voiced similar concerns when WotC's miniatures line first came on the market, but mostly what I got in response here were the fanboys telling me to quit raining on their parade. :\ Myself, I think the whole "collectables" marketing strategy of these miniatures is a crock. Some here have said...

But with those changes just to the NPCs, you'd still have player characters flying over castle walls and blasting scores of soldiers on the battlefields with fireballs. What I'm striving for here is a quantified system that affects NPCs and PCs alike.