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Every version of D&D has its own quirks, design features, and shortcomings. Rules bits don't tend to bother me as much because you can use house rules to play the game how you'd like. What tends to bother me are the assumptions about play style that are commonly held, but make no sense when you...

Maybe I wasn't clear before. Please allow me to clarify... I have no problem with humor at the table, in and of itself. For example, our tiefling warlord and our dragonborn ranger have a good-natured rivalry (both the players and their characters), trying to out-do each other in every...

Am I the only person who has a problem with "gamer humor?" Back in the 2E days, players constantly quoted Monthy Python and the Holy Grail. Every NPC in plate armor was a "knight who said Ni," major temples were suspected of harboring a "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch," and every damage roll was...

This is an important distinction. Just because a DM makes all his own rolls openly and doesn't fudge on them doesn't mean that he's a hide-bound dictator who follows all the rules to the letter. Whether or not he wants to "cheat," he still decides what rules he's going to follow to the letter...

I tend to agree with that assessment. It was part of the setup to deliver the "nerdrage namehater" joke. But it's okay, either no one else got it or thought it was funny. :)

Rarely. My DMing style is a bit old-school, so I'm a big proponent of "let the dice fall where they may." As both a player and as a DM, I feel that the DM should be an impartial arbiter of success and failure. A big reason that I play D&D is the sense of challenge--the more challenging, the...

Keep in mind that concentrated populations don't necessarily result in faster social or technological development. In the modern day, we've grown accustomed to rapid change in technology and society, but it's very recent as far as history as concerned. This may skew our perceptions about social...

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Part of me wonders what the game designers would think of this thread. There's a part of me that thinks it would probably be dismissed as "nerd rage," as the vernacular would have it. Part of me also hopes that the portmanteau phenomenon significantly declines. Count me as one of the "nerdrage...

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I appreciate the responses, thanks everyone. I just wish that the people who use these terms would be as gracious. No attempt at trolling here, I'm dead serious. I keep hearing the terms bandied about by certain players, and when I flat-out ask them what the hell they're talking about, they...

I realize that I'm dating myself as an old dude when I bring this up... But bluntly, I don't understand what some of my players are saying to me. I've gathered that a "toon" is a character. I also understand that "aggro" is a term for marking creatures. Could someone tell me what a "sherrop"...

If you've got it available, I'd recommend Into the Shadowhaunt, the 4E adventure played on worldwide D&D game day in 2008. It's got pre-generated 1st-level characters, a basic search-and-rescue story, exploration, a dungeon, and a dragon. One-stop shopping for new players. :) Barring that, I...

Congratulations Klaus and Zaukrie, you're responsible for making Oryan77 a richer man by three figures (and probably more, when I get some more discretionary cash). I appreciate getting a lead on a good place to buy single miniatures and I'm sure that Oryan77 appreciates the business.

That's awesome! Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

I know this is probably a topic that keeps coming up every once in a while... But I actually haven't purchased D&D miniatures in about three years. The quality took a nose dive a while back, but the newer sets actually seem to have good sculpts and paints and I wanna buy some. Unfortunately, My...

In my games, there's definitely an absolute, clear-cut good and an absolute, clear-cut evil. There's plenty of room for shades of gray, but good and evil aren't just ideas in a D&D setting--they are forces that strive against one another and shape the cosmos. In previous versions of the game...

Yeah, it's a 4E thing. The DMG actually tells you to solicit wish lists from players every level. I don't think it absolutely says you must... Something like, "the best way to do this," or "a great way to do this." Still, I like the idea and want to implement it. Why? Because players can take...

My current batch of players do not seem interested in the game outside of combat encounters. I've been playing with them since June of 2008 and I still can't tell if it's because they just dig fighting and nothing else or it's because my narrative and plots don't catch their fancy. When I give...

I appreciate everyone's insights and suggestions. I think what I'm going to do is go with the inherent bonus thing. That seems the simplest solution to implement. Conversely, I could just knock one off of the defenses of every critter the characters fight... But either way, I'm done with asking...