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At this point I'm voting Wizard even though I kind of like it. Its got the elemental grab bag stuff I hate, but I think it gets the controller job done better than anyone else. Sure, its at wills aren't quite as controller-ish as some other controllers. But so what? You don't need that sort...

Fake Difficulty - Television Tropes & Idioms In short, if something is difficult because you need to come up with a good plan or else your character dies, that's real difficulty. If something is difficult because you need to roll a 14 or better several times in a row no matter what decisions...

That's why these are always tough. Barring an absolute railroad, the players and the DM both did something that led to the final situation. Its particularly hard to recreate these things on the internet, especially with one sided self reporting from one party in the scenario. But there are...

Everyone's going to tell you that this doesn't match their experiences, because that's what people do in these sorts of threads. This DOES match my experience. I think there are two issues here. First, dark, gritty worlds tend to have a lot of "shades of gray" choices. And its easy for...

1. I don't care about serious threats of character death, I care about serious challenges. There are many things which pose a serious threat of character death but which do not pose meaningful challenges, because to be a challenge my own choices have to be the primary determinant of success...

...right, but that's median. By definition half of the country makes less than that. Or is unemployed and doesn't fall into the statistic at all.

The Fighter does his job efficiently and effectively while *feeling* like a Fighter. He deserves top two. The Rogue does his job efficiently and effectively while *feeling* like a Rogue. He deserves top two. The Wizard is a little tougher, since his at wills aren't as controllerish as the...

I buy no books because of the DDI. Or do I buy all books because of the DDI? That's an interesting conundrum. I have bought some adventures and dungeon tiles though, and some system neutral Paizo accessories.

... sort of. Its also possible to reach an equilibrium in which the current business model is used, the general reticience people hold towards violating the law combined with the occasional high profile lawsuit against infringers operates to keep infringement at a manageable level, and things...

Different forums have different styles and different cultures. This creates positives and negatives. I hang out in multiple forums as a result, including this one. Mostly I hang out here and in the WotC forums. The positive of ENWorld compared to WotC is a better signal to noise ratio in...

Its not. Again, the issue is that some people thought that these specific individuals were penalized with greater damages than those given to normal infringers because someone decided to single them out in order to send a message to other potential infringers. That is incorrect. That's all...

Or worse, cost of production theory of value. Its kind of weird to me that debates about copyright law seem to always boil down to people asserting that they're doing no harm under a cost of production theory of value, and other people asserting that they are doing harm under a labor theory of...

Read back through the thread. People aren't saying what you think they're saying. Earlier people were suggesting that the particular damages were set high because someone decided that these particular defendants should be mounted on pikes as a warning to others. That is incorrect on...

I voted all cycles and supplements forever. But that's a little misleading, because its based on the one VERY IMPORTANT detail this survey didn't include: The DDI subscription. I don't buy books. But I keep the subscription active. So I have all cycles and supplements. Forever, unless I...

Theroc- Alright, fairness requires that I admit that the dragon sorcerer has some incentive to go to close range, and to do so in a rather unique manner with a build centered around close blast attacks. Though this isn't as strongly woven into the build as you might hope. But that's one build...

I think its sad that the ranger got kicked out because one build has a reputation for sitting still and being a point and click damage dealer, and the sorcerer is being kept because people were so happy that WotC released an arcane character that can sit still and be a point and click damage dealer.

I originally brought it up because people were discussing whether or not the settlement amounts reflected a decision to punish or send a message to other infringers. I pointed out that the settlement didn't reflect any decision at all, because there was no decision maker- it was a negotiated...

This is factually incorrect. Anyone may represent themselves. The only time a lawyer is legally required is if a party is a business entity, which, not being a person, cannot represent itself without sending a lawyer to do the job.

I think you have a flawed understanding of both the Constitution and of the weighting of penalties to offset the inability to catch all those who commit an offense.

Not precisely. I mean, to start, we probably shouldn't classify or reclassify our legal enforcement regimes based on whether people use the word "theft" inappropriately. But more seriously, the civil system has always had punitive aspects. There's a lot of overlap between civil and criminal-...