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You still seem unable to dispute my points on their own merits, though, so maybe people will begin to take notice.

Yes, and if the warlord were not part of the core and I was arguing for it's inclusion, you'd be saying "you're the only one who wants this class." :) You can't dispute my points so you're getting desperate and attacking the man and not the ball, as usual.

It's implied in the warlord's powers. The problem is embedded in the rules.

Why worldbuilding? Because actually creating adventures is too much like hard work. ;)

In combat, and with instant effect? Like the guy dying on the spot? Details like that kind of matter to suspension of disbelief (for some of us at least).

The "warlord". Doesn't fit an adventuring party where there are no soldiers to order around, name not appropriate to level or definition of term "warlord", no D&D archetype except if we redefine D&D conceptually as no more than a skirmish wargame, undermines the independence of other PCs and...

Why not? It doesn't let me tell the stories I want; the implied setting's all wrong, for starters, with an all-core grab bag that includes some seriously goofy PC races and at least one contrived class that doesn't fit the core. Then there's the implausible mundane abilities and the unmagical...

Oh I see, it's MMORPG players we're talking about in particular, now. With multiple degrees in game balance, and who read the entire ruleset of games they'll eventually decide they'll not bother to play. Gotcha. Must be millions of them out there, all immediately noticing the brokenness of...

I have multiple degrees. Big deal. I also don't like Star Trek, even though it's a stereotypical geek thing to like. Who cares? People have different tastes, and a lot of people I know who were up to the hilt in M:tG wouldn't give D&D the time of day, and vice versa. I think you're...

Is this conjuring images of a D&D Iron Chef for anyone else? "And here they are, the immortal champions of culinary skill, your Iron Chefs!" "Which Iron Chef is our challenger going to take on tonight?" "Iron Chef Illithid!" "Tonight's theme ingredient is....flumph!" "And the Iron Chef appears...

And I've never met even one of these, nor ever found a party where everyone wanted to be the mage or cleric. Ever. Go figure.

The same could be said for game balance, but that's been made an all-consuming false idol. A semblance of believability, suspension of disbelief and verisimilitude got sacrificed on the game balance altar, for instance. Hit points, mundane "magic" etc all have to be handwaved until your wrist...

Being compatible with 3E is not "staying true to it" unless everyone must be subordinate to CODzilla? That's "staying true to 3E"? Being purposefully broken with CODzilla, and anything that corrects this is no longer "true to 3E"? :D More nonsense, but I applaud you for attempting to...

I still consider your comment utter nonsense, even within realistic design parameters. Reductio ad absurdum was just to show you a possibility or two, to expand your notion of what is "possible". You made no such qualifications when you made the statement. "I don't see how it's possible...

Um, that's complete and utter nonsense, IMO. You could give fighters +20 BAB per level, crits from 2-20, 10 attacks per level per round, spell resistance, regeneration, d100 hit dice, plot protection and a permanent protection from losing combat, 15" radius aura, and they could own...

And they can, because that's suspension of disbelief for you. Rationally it may not make sense, but in terms of believability, a hippogriff flying is more plausible than a 4E class's "I Can't Believe It's Not Magic". No, it's not fair, but the effect is cumulative (i.e. one hippogriff versus...

I don't consider it a valid one. Consider the music industry pre-1980 and post-1980, and your point is all washed up. There is more information being created and recorded each year now than there was in the entirety of human history beforehand.

You're conflating the problem with the only solution you see. Instead of falling back on "it is what it is" as if it were the only way things could be, maybe you might consider that there may be better solutions than the one you've chosen, which involve less intrusive metagaming.

But the PCs are level 14 now, and they heard that rumour when they were 3rd level. The Mountains of Dorn suit 8th level characters, which would kill 3rd levellers but are a romp for 14th levellers. The PCs skip the Mountains of Dorn completely or forget about them having written them off for...

I disagree, there's no way to "warn" the PCs in time, every time, and for them to always get the hint without extensive metagaming from both the DM and players. There's also no way to make sure they escape every time without plot protection (even a faster movement rate can equal TPK every...