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XP for goals works for me in tournament play, but I still favor XP for monsters, treasure, goals, etc. in home play.

Here's what I do: I run Pathfinder so awarding XP based on defeating monsters, traps, or anything with a CR gets XP. This is a group XP in which is it divided up by players. Players who are absent can arrange to have their character played by someone else, but assumes all risk just as if he...

Power gamer is me. Creating one-trick ponies is probably the few things that I enjoy in playing a rpg. However, I rarely play and I haven't played a character in the past 4 years. I enjoy DMing the most.

It depends upon what core rules will be. If it's really simplistic where weapons don't differentiate between damage types (bludgeoning, slashing, piercing, etc.), then I think descriptions and mechanics should be very simple. Otherwise, I'm all for including weapons and armors that provide a...

Agreed!

Oni I have a fairly flexible viewpoint about hp. I can easily play in a game where a fighter has 6 hp or a fighter has 50 hp at 1st level. Hp for me was never a hangup. Even when I play "gritty" I can swing across the spectrum because there are other ways to express grittiness in a campaign...

I actually like the compound names of 4e even though I don't play it. There's something about being in a dungeon facing off against a Bonesplitter Ogre or a Skullcrusher Rocktroll that makes me pause and wonder what kind of hurt these guys are going to dish out on me as opposed to a simple ogre...

I only wish my players knew about this, but we don't even hang out or celebrate each other's birthdays and I've some of these guys longer than a decade.

I'm going to be buying at the bargain bin.

I never played a bard. Don't think I will.....ever.....:p

I like Amiri's story and I enjoyed all the art from Wayne Reynolds. Looks like I'm a minority on this thread though. :ducks:

I would like to see a good deal of compatibility between the next D&D version and PF. Whether I see WotC adopting CMB or CMD is another matter (for example), but if WotC gets "back to basics" where the base game is simple, very stream-lined, then compatibility should be easy on many levels. With...

In the OP's rant, it looked to be an example of bad DMing. The "Because I said so," fails on so many levels. Granted, it's good to have Rule 0, but it's not so great when it's used heavy-handed and arbitrarily or even worse-yet, in the middle of the game. Nothing is more frustrating than...

I see your point. The slope of the line is also a good approach toward flattening the power curve. Good idea!

I guess equipment can be classified as situational if it applies to combat or ability if it applies to both combat and skill checks that are not necessarily combat related. Or it can be its own category too. The idea is that if one wanted to, there can be only be one bonus within each category...

I currently have them in a bookshelf in the garage. The miniatures and dice are in containers. When my kid is born and he / she learns to crawl and walk, I'm going to have to lock all that stuff up or put them in boxes (particularly the minis and dice as I don't want them to get into the little...

I heard of Dread and Don't Rest Your Head.

With my group, if it's law enforcement, they usually go along unless the law enforcement is clearly representative of an evil group or monsters. If it's monsters, this is where it gets really tricky. They have to be completely overwhelmed and outmatched in order for them to see the writing on...

In my take of the OP, I have to assume many contingent possibilities: 1. The desired result--the PC stays in town, answers the allegations, bribes the guards, whatever. But he does it peacefully. 2. The optional result--the PC flees or attempts to flee. However, all is not lost here so long as...

I kind of figured I would get at least one protest from writing that. ;) That's okay with me, there's tons of other ways to make the system scale down.