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You'll have to take me out, I'm afraid. I was looking forward to the B/X game, and to playing either Vir Cotto or The Terminator in the d20 Future game. But MarauderX has scheduled the grand finale of his campaign for the DC EnWorld Game Day, and I just have to make it back down for that.

Not that I know of, but I'll see you at the game day and then we'll know. The only gamers I know in the Boston area are from the MIT Strategic Gaming Society group, and I don't know if any of them are on ENWorld.

They've learned that they can sell splatbooks, collapse the system under the weight of power creep, and issue a new edition. I mean this seriously (if somewhat bitterly); I don't like the business model, but I can see that it works.

Hell yeah. 3.5 has left me thoroughly disillusioned with rules-heavy systems that focus on "character builds," splatbook power creep, and variable math ("Let's see, I'm raging, charging, Enlarged, and have Bull's Strength and Inspire Courage, and I'm Power Attacking for 4..."). I am very much...

I like breakfast and SilverMoon's d20 future (the mish-mash sounds entertaining). I really only know BECMI, 2E, and d20 (D&D and Star Wars), but I'm willing to give some other systems a try.

I remember a great deal of enthusiasm for 3E, because TSR had gone bankrupt and most people I knew had already stopped playing 2E around the time when 2.5 (Skills & Powers) came out. 3E had a mathematical elegance in its additive multi-classing that made a great deal of sense (and I still...

I'm still here because somebody thought I was too drunk to drive and took my keys. Also, I'm looting ideas.

MarauderX has been a master at keeping the pressure on (starting with a seemingly endless goblin siege at level 1) and it's been by far the best D&D game I've ever played. Real risk of death, no guarantee of "4 CR-appropriate encounters and then you get a nap." Attrition is fun, and I say...

I grew up in Newton! I'd be happy to meet the local ENWorlders now that I'm back in the area.

I never humor players' superstitions, but if you wanted to, here's what you might do: let them roll the enemies' attacks and saves.

How is this going to make combat faster? IME, movement and measurement were among the biggest time-sinks in 3.5. Starting to move, counting squares, realizing you don't have enough movement, going back to where you started, considering another option, checking range... I can see that 4E will...

Don't tone down the difficulty and don't fudge anything. There's no such thing as luck and their d20s are just as likely to come up high the next time they roll. A d20 is simply a piece of molded plastic. It has no memory, no soul, and no malice.

The point wasn't that the enemy was SO far out of their league, but rather that he wouldn't be the kind to let mortal enemies live. Sometimes the challenge isn't tantamount to suicide per se, maybe the PCs even have a ~75% chance of winning, but the PCs tactics are flawed, something goes wrong...

Okay, let's say that due to your house rules, the barbarian stabilizes at -9 instead of dying, the rogue is captured, and the other PCs escape when they realize they're in over their heads. What now? Is the super-genius wizard-prince-general of Glantri going to let his two captives perish in a...

The reason that this is so much fun for me as a player is that it can be turned on the NPCs. To use a phrase from the Moldvay Basic Set, "There's always a chance." If the NPCs' resourcefulness, preparation, and luck fail, the PCs might triumph. Maybe we aren't SUPPOSED TO take on Prince...

Looks too much like "Dokken."

Why should anybody ever take that as a joke?

One thing that was clear to me was that power creep sells. 4E could hold the line on this, but I fear that they will repeat the 2.5, 3E, and 3.5 "Splatbook Power Creep --> System Collapse --> Reboot" cycle. Maybe I will be wrong. I thought Lords of Madness was the best-written...

The problem is that spells do most of what "The Big Six" do. So are you talking about removing the spells as well? * Magic weapon * Magic armor & shield With GMW and Magic Vestment, PCs have the same power, spellcasters a bit less (if they're using up some spell slots here). Without the...

Combat, in particular, should be lethal. If I want a low-lethality game, it better be a low-combat game. If there combat with no risk of my PC dying, I'd just as soon not RP the fight. It's a scene where the PCs are slaughtering helpless opponents who have zero chance of winning, and...