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I've seen several different approaches to legacy or leveled items. I'd love to see some variation of that in the core. It makes for a decent replacement to constant weapon upgrades. The idea of a father's sword growing in power as the son learns to wield it seems pretty integral to fantasy...

I can't be sure until I have it in my hands, but in theory I *love* the following... 1. Monsters, items, classes, races, and more that are being reimagined. Not necessarily just being made different, but being evaluated and in some cases (like the zombie) made to more closely resemble non-game...

Spellcheckers are only so intelligent, and with large manuscripts the person running the checker needs to be more proficient than just being able to start the spellchecker and hit OK a few times. I've seen a lot of typos that were caused by a spellchecker that corrected a misspelled word but...

I'm already a Mearls fan so I don't see him as the next anybody else, and I don't generally follow things closely enough to know exactly who designed what. while I'm sure he has tons of credits, I don't really know Noonan that well but his design methods in the articles I've read thus far really...

That would certainly make sense when overlayed against our own history. Different regions coming up with their own deities that fit a selection of portfolios that best fit their culture. But what about in a world where gods are real? They are in regular, varifiable, contact with their followers...

I think a little language theory is enough to hand wave a lot of these complaints. Bahamut is "Bahamut" in more than one culture because he is a real, proven to exist, deity. He has told people his name and continues to do so. There isn't necessarily a murky past where his name was translated...

I'm not certain which side of this issue I fall on. I've played with the same people, all in my age range, for the better part of a decade. I don't know that I can keep gaming with them at this point, so I may be looking for a group. I'm 31, fast approaching 32. I work with folks in their...

Lots of IP invested in those names. I'm guessing this makes my hope for a core pantheon that can be easily used in 3rd party adventures less likely. I do like the direction this has gone. I've played it both ways (and down the middle) in my own campaigns: I've had campaigns with a single, non...

So, 3E brought in new blood but 4E can't because of MMO games that make pen and paper gaming obsolete? Those of us left in the hobby should cling to the games we have and guard them against any change for fear that the vocal minority among us who dislikes them will splinter away and quicken the...

I voted for warlord too, but I have to say that marshal could work with the right text. I too get a modern US Marshal image in my head when I hear the term, but I suspect in a setting that models historic rather than modern marshal might have another context, and the image in my head would...

I enjoy morally gray but I'm not a fan of inherently evil. If the class allows for morally gray, cool. If not, I won't use it and I'd prefer it not be there personally. My players are often forced to choose between lesser and greater evils, placing the needs of the many ahead of the needs of the...

There are so many other species that can be used for faceless evil, that I just don't see it as a loss. I tend to use goblinkind as my faceless evil. Anyway, my preference would be to keep orcs AND elves out of the core. Restore some mystery to the elves in the MM, and maybe even make them a...

Very interesting poll, although I wish it only allowed one choice... to better reflect an exact percentage of people who want the half-races versus those of us who would prefer two full-races and some other treatment of half-races. When it comes to the halfers, I'm of two minds. Either eject...

I think assuming that a game that runs any system other than the currently supported WotC system is doomed to die is a little unfounded. Lots of non-d20 games exist now, and are profitable. I don't see why games that remain 3.5 compliant wouldn't be able to do the same in theory. They have the...

I don't get the hate for warlord. It seems absolutely neutral to me, so much so that it isn't even era specific. We had warlords in the dark ages, and we still have them in parts of the world today. Soldier, and many of the other names being tossed around, are less generic IMHO. They sound...

I liked zombies as a template, but I like this idea too. Don't get me wrong: I know that variant zombies aren't anything new... but something about the acknowledgment of it being organized that way resonates with me. Also, from the original zombie article, I'm still just excited to see zombies...

Oddly, D&D is one of the few games where I *don't* feel I need supplemental material. It usually feels playable to me with the three core books. Other favorites (like Shadowrun) have moved towards that model, but still often feel to me that they aren't fully playable until I have the major...

I've never been a fan of half races. It seems some mechanic could be put into place to easily allow mixed-race characters if they are wanted. Subraces too. Just put a list of common subtypes in the DMG (i.e. Deep, Desert, Aquatic, Feral, and on and on) and provide some method to quickly apply...

A lot of folks seem (to me) to want to throw the baby out with the bath water. I loved the bonus stacking rules at first glance. In practice, after time, the concept itself seemed pointless. Sure, two bonuses of the same type don't stack but there were so many different types that it wasn't an...

Neat. tagging this thread as I may just need this service eventually. I've been looking for an affordable printer who can print a poster sized map to cloth. The cloth map that came with the original Dark Sun boxed set has long been a favorite gaming accessory of mine. I was hoping to replicate...