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Yay! The majority agrees with me. This is a feeling I am unaccustomed to...

I chose "always" because I will always use one if a combat occurs. However, it's entirely possible for a whole session to pass without a battle, so of course, in that case, I wouldn't be using a grid for anything. I like to pre-construct maps of the entire dungeon/adventure location which the...

I'm not sure why the mythological symbols of a handful of cultures from one rather small and specific part of the world count as "generic". Also, I understand why the original D&D implied setting was based heavily on Tolkien and European mythology, and the few other fantasy writers who existed...

I consider this a feature, and a very good one!

Anyone can cast rituals from a scroll. And if you're the kind of big, powerful personage who is looking into real estate in the Elemental Chaos, you can afford ritual scrolls.

I thought of that, but ultimately, the difference would be small enough to be negligible, I think. The damage difference isn't that great, and there are only 4 out of 70 Swordmage powers (none of them at-will) which are Implement-based and do [W] damage. The vast majority are Weapon-based...

Could you explain what, exactly, about the core implied setting in 4E is inherently wrong, or a betrayal of the traditional spirit of D&D? I don't see a serious departure, really, at least not on some deep, fundamental level which would make this version of D&D "less D&D" than the previous...

1st Edition AD&D and earlier: No Dark Sun yet, so campaign settings were weaksauce. 2nd Edition AD&D: Foolishly wasted time and resources printing supplements for any setting OTHER than Dark Sun. 3rd Edition D&D: Would have been really awesome . . . but they neglected Dark Sun! 4th Edition...

Man, the quality of these recent Dragon articles is fantastic! I absolutely love getting all of this really nice new content every week. The subscription price is totally worth it. Gnolls are so cool, too. Great article!

I dunno, I like Eladrin. It's funny, actually. I never cared much for Elves in the earlier incarnations of D&D. But now, the way they've set up the division between Eladrin and Elves, I suddenly find them (both races) much more interesting and cool. Half-Orcs do rock, though. One of my...

Yeah, wow. That's crazy good.

This: Jai.Hordelings: Jai's Secret Stash ...might help you.

I have no complaints so far, you guys did a tremendous job. 4E is awesome! However, I've got a complaint prepped and ready for future use, should the need arise. It's a readied action I suppose, with the trigger being "WotC announces their next campaign setting after Eberron to be anything...

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I'd say that if you took away proficiency in military light and heavy blades, gave them proficiency in one other group of military weapons, and then just replaced any reference to blades in their class features or powers with the new weapon type, it would be fine and not broken at all. A...

More or less the same, and largely a good thing.

What I found interesting was the statement that you could travel REALLY FAR through the Astral Sea and reach the Astral Dominions of the deities of OTHER WORLDS. Neat.

This.

I'd say that it takes a constant barrage of working to CREATE the problem, in the form of assigning impossibility to occurrences which the game itself does not declare or hint at being anything other than the status quo. The game itself never states that for the protagonist heroes in its epic...

I submit that Dungeons and Dragons has never, in any of its core incarnations, presented a "low fantasy" game. Wikipedia has this to say about the term Low Fantasy: That doesn't sound much like any version of core-rules D&D. Now, of course, a bit of lip service to the idea of using the D&D...