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Yep, that quote really drove home that 4E was not for me. I kept trying to find something to like about 4E for a year after that in our tryout campaign (lvl 1-26) since my GM was so insistent, but that initial quote had really made me lose all hope from the start. There were other things, like...

I play with a DM that gives us a limited number of "you didn't really die"-points instead of permitting resurrections. In 3.5, Savage Tides AP + lots of extras, Level 1-20 with XP rewards halved, I spent two such points at mid-level and one at 20 (nasty assassin out-sneaked me). In 4E, Rise...

Recurring, familiar villains are often really cool: The Joker, professor Moriarty, The Dragon Lady, Shego, Callisto... Unfortunately, the common RPG meme that all defeats must be kills precludes both recurring villains (unless they are just shadowy figures pulling strings and only confronted...

You don't need planar travel to ask that question: Once you collect a few astral diamonds worth of loot, why don't you buy a small country, employ all the nubile dancing girls or boys you want, and settle for earthly bliss? Or, for that matter, pay for enough food to end hunger and starvation...

Redemption sounds like a very interesting option with lots of challenges and RP opportunities. It is after all a major part of both many religions and many stories. A similar de-monstrification would be something like "Buffy"'s Angel: Curse it with a soul/conscience.

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Well, if the DM balances all encounters to provide a constant level of challenge, then that +1 sword mentioned above is just as much of an empty waste. You will meet just as hard a challenge with or without the sword, since the DM would be adjusting for it's presence or absence... In fact, IF...

Ten foot pole prodding vs Skill Challenge Yahtzee, if you put it flippantly.

Printing costs?

Played far to little of my GM:s Feng-Shui-derivate homebrew: Action - Hastur (really tagged about that one - I so love the character I made for it.) Did some rules-light GM:ing using parts of the same ruleset. And my "Maid the RPG" campaign is edging up on the 40+ sessions, even if it has...

IMHO, if anything this shows how, well, "cardboard" kill-and-get-their-stuff gaming can be. I strongly suspect that if it had been e.g. the site of an ancient massacre of elves, complete with elven ghosts hiding ancient evil necromantic artifacts of elf-slaying, nobody would bat an eye, and...

Isn't the 4E forum a better place for your question?

There was a thread about guilty pleasures a few days ago, and I must say that a good "Grinch moment" is a big one for me; managing to reach the Big Bad and turn it. Redemption and forgiveness make for real good stories. I played in a 4ed tryout campaign as a satyr bard ( satyrs replaced...

Oh, it's a real-world example that worked for a long++ time in one of the most sparsely populated areas of Europe, so I'd definitely say that it is relevant for PoL. In a PoL setting, road-building will be rare. That means that waterways will tie people together, and landmasses separate them...

Minor point: There are much faster signal systems than horseback: Beacons. The chains of beacons along the Swedish coastline were in use before the written laws in the 12th century. The last time such a chain was manned was at the start of WW 1. When the English navy was sighted outside Vinga...

In previous editions, magical items went outside regular character abilities. Give a fighter a Cloak of the Manta Ray, a Decanter of Endless Water, or some Sovereign Glue, and he could do stuff he never would be able to do with his regular class features. You got new capabilities you never had...

Either ask for a wishlist, or give them enough raw material and magical components to let them make their own stuff. The latter could be a fun non-combat activity, especially if you ham up some interesting mishaps and incidents during the making, or if you can get them to discuss look and style...

I've GM:ed a pretty free-form campaign for almost a year now, weekly 3-6 hour sessions. I think we did session 32 last Sunday. Two players with 20+ years experience each, while this is my first attempt at GM:ing. The base system is "Maid the RPG", which has worked surprisingly well. I...

Nope, does not apply to me either. I first came into contact with AD&D 1st ed for four glorious hours, and got to borrow the DMG and MM overnight, dreaming about meeting the wonderful magical beings therein. Then it was four long years of seeking and false starts until I got to play the game...

Most systems have very little in form of a money economy; what you can use money and items for is basically just improving your character in abilities and power. In principle, treasure is just a different kind of XP, which cannot be interchanged with the regular kind - a different "silo" if we...