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I'm hoping to get the greatest breadth out of S&W, because it doesn't give rules for class subsets or how to resolve challenges, which means I can introduce some simple mechanics instead. I only wish it didn't have the races-as-classes thing.

I'm a full-circler. Playing 4e has reminded me what it's like to play fast, on the fly and sometimes even with the books closed. But I now wonder why I would do that with a system which is a de facto superhero tabletop wargame and thematically pitched at an audience half my age, when I can use...

I mean the layout and presentation of the books. I've become too accustomed to professional editing! Part of the appeal of OD&D is in having only 3 base classes, so that the players can (and must) define their PCs narratively instead of through "builds". I also want a system specifically...

...apart from OD&D, of course. I just can't deal with the scrappiness of the original books, and BECMI/RC is too prescriptive for the rules-light game I want to run. I checked out Swords & Wizardry, which seems fairly faithful to the original - plus some good tweaks to the rules. What other...

So they're actually proto-democrats, not Communists. A good thing, since a dwarven dictator be in power a long time.

I won't get involved in the mechanics debate, but I disagree with this fluff entirely. The basic concept of a disarm is to force an opponent to retreat or use an inferior weapon - all part of a fun tactical fight. I would have little respect for a DM who allowed a disarm to be an "I win"...

I don't know much about the APG, but isn't it going to follow the 3E conventions, which means 3E-style halflings?

I got the Fiend Folio when I was about 14 and I loved the drow. It was a cool idea that somewhere, hiding from the light, were the evil cousins of the surface elves. I thought it would be fun for an a campaign to include an encounter with them sometime. But everyone else thought they were...

When I asked the question a year or so back, I was surprised to find that hairyfoots had largely survived the 3E Kenderkrieg and still featured in a majority of campaigns. So how about now? Has the resizing and recasting of halflings led you to drop the Tolkienoids from your game?

82 BC By A Good Salesman http://www.flickr.com/photos/leannaphotography/2642852121/ I like it.

I resent this trading card model of miniature packaging. If I want a blister pack of dragonborn, just let me buy one. I can see why WotC would want to emulate the distribution of MtG cards, which led to individual cards selling for thousands, but it's insulting to customers who know what they...

For me, too. Other than that for fantasy settings, I'd like to see something Rifts-ish but not as Palladiumated.

I agree. I always considered the wizard to be an "advanced" class for players who knew how to make the most of its complexity. I enjoyed having to play with extra smarts to get to a level where the wizard's power came into its own, and it worked from a narrative perspective, with the PC who...

I agree with Terwox's definition, and self-identify as such. In time, young man, you will find that a lot of the things 15-year-olds like are really stupid.

No surprise he likes it, then. As Chris Pramas pointed out, "The roots of the new rules are not in MMOs at all, but collectible card games. Building your character seems much like building a deck in Magic: the Gathering. You have a selection of powers and special abilities that are...

Cheers. Regarding the 4E/3E thing, I think it's more like walking into a restaurant and asking if there's a non-smoking section to eat in, and being savaged for it.

I agree. I've waded into the debate myself, but it seems like some people are on a hair trigger when it comes to edition wars.

While we're on a related topic, where do most BECMI grognards hang out on the web?

Maybe I've just been conditioned by Vbulletin, but I agree. I think the problem with Paizo's boards stems from a simple lack of colours and icons for navigation.

Deal. Just as long as you don't burn any of us at the stake for lack of puritanism or shoot us with one of those guns that are mandatory for everyone over 8 years of age!