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One other thing that occurred to me- the glimpses of Libby and her telling Michael "don't do it" in regards to the bomb. I'm still of the mind that the "dead people" are actually manifestations of Jacob, but this one seems to put Jacob at odds with Ben. Why would Jacob (or the Island) have not...

That was bugging me too. I will say, I liked this episode. Didn't think I would, because I've grown to really despise Michael as a character (after the turn he took in season 2). For all that I think his character sucks and is a despicable, treacherous murderer though- Harold Perrineau did an...

One of the big differences between then and now that I recall is that, prior to the release of 3E we had actual playtesters who would weigh in on things and give some reassurances or at least their take on how things worked. Not as much now, certainly not in any concrete way. It's more of a...

Take a look here. Those go back to September of '99. I think the list archives pre-Oracle went the way of the dodo, though. I've been trying to find the pre-September '99 Mystara archives for a while.

The Black Eagle Baron, aka Ludwig von Hendriks. A nasty villain of the classic "moustache twirling" mode.

Well, during the course of D&D, he went from 3rd level or thereabouts (the introductory module in the Red Box) to level 15 by Gazetteer 1: Grand Duchy of Karameikos. Then he went (somehow) from 15 to level 28 by the time Poor Wizard's Almanac AC 1010 came around (about 13 D&D levels in 10...

Likewise. I was going to weigh in and echo Psion's recollections somewhat, but Eric's post got me to thinking that- yeah, this site (as well as the numerous other 3E tidbit sites I used to visit, that ultimately caved before the power of ENWorld :p), probably were catering more to the pro- (or...

That's an interesting point (hadn't considered it that way for some reason until you mentioned it :p), although I do have to wonder how many alts may have been used to cast votes. Then again, even if there were a Name-Check function (like I proposed earlier to discount multiple votes in a...

Again, I'm not sure this sample is anywhere near as telling as it appears on its face. This is the 4E forum, after all, and is thus likely skewed towards pro-4E people. There may not be many non-4E people even peeping in this forum any longer.

Thought I saw something in there- haven't gotten that far in my reading yet (just a preliminary perusal, now I'm going in depth from page one down).

Before you duck completely out, Joshua, a quick question for you (or any of your cohorts at Paizo): Is Paizo limiting this playtest and feedback to the community, or are you all working with/talking to other 3rd party publishers who may have an interest in additional 3.X rules support for their...

D'OH! You're right- that's what I was thinking of. Still, there isn't the explanation of what CR and EL means in the SRD, though, right? Like there is in the DMG? If not, then they could conceivably still do some work to define it on their own terms, and thus possibly achieve a better balance...

If I'm not mistaken, the CR and EL stuff isn't part of the SRD in any event, is it?

I think it's also a bit more than just a loss leader- at some point when the PHB/DMG/MM are out of print and unavailable, the Pathfinder RPG will be an in for new players to become indoctrinated to the system as well. That is, if I understand your term "loss leader" correctly (which I may not)...

I don't know that I'd say this is the first major example- IMO, the announcement of 4E was the first major example. There have been other demonstrations of it along the road to Paizo's announcement as well. And I think that's right on the mark. I understand why WotC decided it was more...

Does it need to? When I read that statement (and the part you bolded), I get- "We believe that 3.5 core will continue to be the best system to tell the stories we've got planned for Pathfinder." They know what kind of stories they are going to be telling. They know their product, their staff...

There is a also a reason why tabletop RPGs* have seen their numbers dwindle over the years as the video game market has grown exponentially during the same time period. I don't claim to be knowledgeable in the demographics to say definitively why that is, but I'm willing to bet it doesn't really...

I don't disagree with this statement at all. At the same time, though, as one of those who was absolutely disheartened by WotC's (inevitable?) announcement of a new edition of the game, I wouldn't be nearly so anti-4E if 4E didn't seem to be such a completely different game from previous...

Or like saying that Linux vs. Microsoft is significant? Yet, there are many, many Linux users out there.