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I don't think it's fair or reasonable to expect the insulted party to be responsible for keeping the peace by ignoring obvious insults, especially in a place where they normally come to relax and have a good time. I'm not saying we have to fetishize our emotions to the point where any insult is...

This is really, really dependent upon the class make-up of your group (especially at such high level) and what type of creature is involved in the encounter. A stand-up fight against a single tough monster might take no more than 10 minutes, whereas a battle against multiple, complex monsters...

Whatever, man. As far as I'm concerned the weather is totally blarfnarg.

There's nothing all that extravagant about Eberron; especially when you consider that within the first decade of D&D we also had games and campaign settings like Metamorphosis Alpha, Warriors of Mars and Empire of the Petal Throne. Compared to ERB's Barsoom and Barker's Tekumel, Eberron is...

Absolutely. People were playing Balrog PCs with the TLBs. If you marketed it as "D&D done Bladerunner style", absolutely! People were hungry for good campaign settings in the 80s, and Eberron is pretty kick-ass. I don't see why not. VtM basically created it's own genre of roleplaying game out...

Exactly. Just like Global Thermonuclear War and Tic-Tac-Toe the only way to win is not to play.

Well, the fact is, they do. And you have the right to contradict them within the bounds of the posting rules laid out by whatever message board you're posting on.

No one is saying it's inappropriate to challenge those kind of assertions, just that it's inappropriate to accuse the person making them of being a liar.

It seems to me that the one who responds in a confrontational manner is the one at fault.

I don't find this surprising. The group I play with has a similar experience to yours (most combats last 20-30 minutes with very difficult encounters maybe lasting an hour). My players tend to be efficient at combat. They aren't in a hurry, as such, but they don't like to waste time or wait...

I still listen to Radio Dramas all the time. You can download a lot of the old radio programs as .mp3s for free. In fact, I was listening to "The Man and the Snake" by Ambrose Bierce as broadcast on the old Sleep No More program on my way home from work last night. Spooky and awesome!

I don't get this. They are encounter powers. The game is designed around the PCs using them every encounter. How could this possibly make them "too powerful"? Unless there is a very good in-game reason (like another room full of monsters just down the hall) yes. I definitely don't try to deny...

Ixitxachitl isn't a difficult word to say. No matter how you say it, it's not going to sound any different to a casual listener. Anyway, it's not like a sahuagin is going to rise up out of the sea and slap you if you don't put the accent on the right syllable. If I were a paleontologist and...

Well, yes, to some extent. However, as the Shadowfell is supposed to be a sort of mirror-realm of the real world, symmetry is a necessary feature for this particular plane. That said, there's nothing wrong with simply calling the Shadowfell's version of the Underdark.... the Underdark. It's...

Not to mention that #3 is almost always #1 or #2 if you look at it in the context of the original language.

Actually, I think what you're calling "placeholder names" often sound more authentic than made up fantasy names. People don't go around calling Dogwood trees Cornaceae Cornus trees. They use the common (portmanteau) name because it's easy to remember and say. Likewise, in a fantasy world, it...

Annnnd... removed by Admin, as it referred to the posts I just removed. Back on topic, por favor. ~ PCat

I voted "not experienced" but that's not 100% true. The fact is, I CAN come up with my own adventures and if I take the time I can do a good job, but I don't really enjoy it and am more than happy to pay someone else to do it for me.

The MitD is V's raven familiar. Think about it, have you ever seen them in the same panel??? Hmmmm?

Edition wars have exactly nothing to do with the future of the gaming industry. Edition wars are about people making arguments in bad faith in an attempt to score points against the other side. Nothing productive or insightful ever came from telling other people why they are wrong to like the...