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That's what I thought you were doing. Let's see if we can get them to move it back. Maybe change the title. Umbran. can you move this back to D&D? PS

Did you want this in the Rogues Gallery, or were you making more general points about mages thru the ages? PS

I remember from my 1e days "kill the hell hounds! Fire giants can't hurt us." PS

That doesn't stop the 20 minute work day. Blow all spells, rest 8 hours, memorize for 12 hours. Repeat. You need something else to stop the 20 minute work day. IMX, (I only played 1e, not 2e, but they were pretty similar) about half of your spells were spent on "just in case" spells, and about...

I think classes has a lot to do with it. A lot of the other games you list have freeform or points based character creation, so if there's a broken option it's available to anyone. In D&D the decision "what class do I play?" dominates everything about your PC for the entirety of his career. So...

It is, in fact, the only reason D&D has a dozen humanoids to fight. Need one with less than a HD, one with exactly a HD, one with 1+1, one with 2 . . . PS

Oh, and I've yet to actually pull off a "wave" encounter. If I start with too few targets and too few attack actions my PCs rip thru the encounter, even if it's XP budget is right. PS

I have 7 PCs, so combos start to stack up pretty quick in my game. If I were looking to make a "L+4" encounter for my 11th level party, that would be 3 L15 Elites and 4 L15 Standards. That's just how tricked out my players are. So by my players standards you just threw a speed bump encounter at...

It seems like we should come up with a checklist of features a solo ought to have, and sublists of options that have that feature. Example: Action denial counters Begin turn saves automatic condition removal Free minion attack when denied (idea from the Queen's Pheromones) . ...

This is a pretty key idea. Well expressed. For my part, I hope to still be playing 4e more or less forever, so I hope not! PS

I like lots of variety. Human Dwarf Elf Halfling Half-elf Half-orc Gnome Changeling Warforged Dragonborn Tiefling Deva Goblin I could see replacing Half-elf and Half-orc with some sort of "halfbreed background" that could also be applied to dwarves giving Mul. PS

That's my situation. I just re-upped my sub for the year. I know some in my group have let their subs lapse, but I don't think it had anything to do with the magazines. PS

My players are about to wreck the fledgling nation of New Cyre. In my Goblins of Eberron campaign the PCs have restarted the Last War. Breland and Thrane are fighting each other, Darguun has invaded Valenar, Karrnath and Valenar are also fighting, and New Cyre has seized the moment to establish...

I was impressed with how many things I didn't like about my previous gaming that didn't bother me until 4e showed me a different way of playing. PS

Despite the OP saying "arbitrarily" it seems his friend is really thinking "capriciously". This is a whole different ball game. PS

The things that would really improve 4e are, IMO, beyond simple houseruling. In my perfect world there would be far fewer worthless feats, and some way of scaling powers so you don't need quite so many redundant ones. In other words, if you just cleared out some of the dross it would really be...

Still trying to figure out how I'll be running my 4e game when I move away from my gaming group in July. :erm: PS

How do you deal with keeping all the players engaged? What is Leia's player doing during all those dog fight scenes? Essentially complaining about Han's dice rolls. This is something I've struggled with in naval combat in fantasy rpgs. Unless your character is essential to the flying of the ship...

IMX, the rules seem much more transparent in 4e. We almost never open a rule book at the table, and we never have rules arguments at the table. In 3.x, the game came to a halt just about every single time a non-damage spell was cast. Someone broke out the rules and we figured out how the spell...

Favorite in any edition is cleric. I love the instant hooks into a setting. Campaigns usually spend an inordinate amount of time detailing their gods and faiths, and I love being able to play off that. I'm hard pressed to come up with a least favorite. Barbarian? I don't think I've ever played...