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Depends on whether you need conflict resolution, which, in my opinion, you don't for the purposes of the OP. If the character actually fails to reach Heroic tier, then that kind of undermines the entire bildungsroman. As such, this needs to be a foregone conclusion, which to me means removing...

Seconded. I don't understand why you need a mechanical construct to represent the bildungsroman. If you really want this theme of really weak characters, it seems to me what you should do is not use any mechanical rules until the characters are sufficiently powerful to become Level 1. I mean...

Objection. Anyway, seems like good news to me -- Monte's rules are of variable quality in my opinion, but he definitely is innovative, and I think the 3.x lineage could use a shot in the arm.

I argue that there is more to D&D than being an easy-to-run agreeable power-accruing beat-em-up. Anyway, back to the topic at hand: I like epic destinies to be honest. As a GM, it gives me Plot to work with. I don't even mind the metanarrativity -- it gives me a mechanical construct around...

It's clear to me what the controller specializes in -- it takes advantage of and manipulates battlefield shape and texture. Identical to one of the really good 3.x wizard roles, really.

What I might try doing is something similar to what has been happening in the City Watch game I've been involved in: associate the Heroic, Paragon, and Epic tiers with a commensurate increase in the characters' rank and responsibility, and possibly even give them some low-ranking soldiers to...

I play with mostly casual gamers, so as a result, in all my 3.5 games there's a lot of "What's the attack bonus for fireball?" and "Hold on, let me reread all my 20 spells so I can figure out which one I want to cast" and "Oh shoot, I forgot that I could use Swordsage powers because I did a...

I'd like to know his opinion on the 4E planes, actually.

As a general rule, enchanting something for armor purposes has no effect on its use as a weapon, and vice versa. So it doesn't affect shield bashing/armor spikes.

The flavor text for "Throw Caution to the Wind" amuses me, I have to say.

Hah! Yeah, I thought that paragon paths weren't so class-specific based on what I'd read earlier, but notice that the Prerequisites say things like "Paladin class" and so on.

Thoughts: Wow, I'm amazed at how compact Paragon Paths are. I guess we'll be seeing a lot of them. Huh, you can do multiclass stuff instead of taking a Paragon Path. Hopefully this doesn't preclude multiclassing before Level 10. Looks like each path is associated with a path. I wonder if...

1. Will publishers be able to publish both OGL and GSL products simultaneously? 2. In general, can you describe what the contents of the SRD will be? Will it have the same scope as the 3.5 SRD? 3. Will Wizards continue to maintain the 3.5 SRD on their website? 4. Will third-party publishers...

This is possibly just my players, but I had the following exchange occur at a 4E demo: "Oh, just use all your daily powers and we'll rest afterward." This for three encounters in a row. Next time, I think, their characters will be getting savagely mauled.

You'll enjoy this, then. Men's Testosterone Transmutation Level: Clr 1, Drd 1, Pal 1, Sor/Wiz 1, Masculinity 1 Components: V, S, M Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Touch Target: Creature touched Duration: 1 round/level Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless) Spell Resistance: Yes...

Female You are unathletic and your butt is enormous. Effect: You take a -2 penalty to Strength.

A very lifelike statue of a halfling. Possibly a sufficiently clever party member will have a Stone to Flesh spell.

Well, yes. It's called "Death." That aside, I have to admit that I tend to dislike death spiral mechanics -- it tends to screw the players over in the long run.

Good luck on the Outer Planes, Gary. We'll miss you.

I think that would make Careful Attack not worth taking in your game. I wouldn't take it, anyway.