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Thirded.

So how, if the name's going to have to be changed, is it better than using a descriptive name?

Ugh.

If the intention is really to have highly multiclassed characters, I think a system more like d20 Modern (where the base classes are Strong Hero, Fast Hero, Tough Hero, Smart Hero, Wise Hero, and Charismatic Hero, corresponding to the six ability scores). When you have classes like Ranger and...

For many reasons: I don't have the time to rewrite large chunks of the core books. I don't have players whose lives revolve around D&D: teaching them the new edition will be MUCH harder if I have to teach them "errata" at the same time. It sounds like your desires for a fantasy RPG are poorly...

Did I ever say Planescape is all I play? I happen to like it, but I've played in Eberron and in homebrews in the recent past. And no, they don't all absorb things as well as Planescape does. --- So your argument boils down to "I'm not happy with the status quo, so other people are wrong for...

Planescape has the nice trait of being able to absorb lots of new additions. :-) I don't particularly like the Red Wizards being in the 3.5e DMG. If I had my way, they wouldn't be. However, what has really pushed me over the edge from "discontent but still holding out hope that it'll be...

D&D is to other fantasy RPGs as GURPS is to all other RPGs. ;-) More seriously though, I don't think my setting and playstyle is particularly abnormal. I generally play in settings that are or were at some time officially supported, and my adventures are usually fairly straight-up fantasy. No...

Really? The first thing that springs to my mind is A Midsummer Night's Dream, followed by Pan's Labyrinth, followed distantly by the Seelie/Unseelie Courts. The first two, at least, are things that a large percentage of people are aware of (Midsummer's has been required reading for most people...

That's exactly what I feel is happening, from the information so-far released about 4e.

For me, the key PRO of the old hodge-podge approach is its flexibility: I can run a very wide range of games in a very wide range of styles from the core rules. Sure, there are suggestions (like the core pantheon), but they are simply that: examples. We don't have "Pelor's Fist" as a core...

I hate it. Absolutely hate it. I don't like most of the new flavor that seems to be coming in 4e, including the new wizard traditions. I'd willing to put up with it if it were nothing but flavor, but here we see it start to impugn on game mechanics. "But you can just rename the feat!" To...

Your wish is my command! Amulet of the Reaper's Bargain The Amulet of the Reaper's Bargain appears to be an ankh made from intricately whittle and interlinked pieces of bone, and radiates extreme necromancy and evil, even when not worn. When worn, the wear gains the benefits of the Lich...

For what it's worth, I went with 130K in my original design. Glad to know that some people at least agree with me. :-)

This is something I had not really considered thoroughly. The idea that undead-damaging spells damage the wearer was a late addition to the design, so I didn't think it through as carefully as I should have. The intended effect was to have the wearer be effectively un-healable while wearing...

So I missed the deadline for RPG Superstar, so I'm asking for your help: how would you price this item?

You might like the stuff in this thread.

I've had good luck on rpol.net.

This mirrors my feelings as well. I should probably clarify my initial post: it's obviously not possible to have fantasy with no mythological/folklore influences, but I prefer them not to be recognizable in terms of "this thing really obviously comes out of X myth." As an example, I have no...

I agree in so far as it's more or less impossible to create any fantasy work (game, story, novel, or otherwise) that does not have at least some influences from mythology and folklore. The question, for me, is one of degree: should the game be explicit in its homage to mythology/folklore, or...