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Changes are necessary. If they didn't change anything, there would be no reason to go to Pathfinder. There are also some who see a major disconnect between 3.5 and 4e. Pathfinder will not be 3.5 by a new name, but it will be closer to 3.5 than 4e is.

Why no option for "pirated, didn't like it, bought it anyway"?

In my setting, halflings are renowned gunslingers, and count a significant number of paladins amongst their heroes of old. My setting's equivalent of King Arthur, for instance, was a halfling. This made sense to me, due to their size - they have to be hardcore to get by in the world, because...

Yes, I am treating it that way. I feel it necessary to continue explaining that I do not actually think it is real because there are some folks who would pounce upon that idea and spend hours arguing with me about it. Like the whole "how can you care about realism when there are dragons that...

Oh! I thought you meant in my setting, when I'm running a game, not the game I'm playing in. Initially, I did. The reason I stopped up is because the DM took our backgrounds (which I spent a good deal of time on) and pretty much threw them out the window. Our characters had no real reason to...

It's not like I'm saying "Oh yes, this really is real somewhere." It's like... the difference between a movie and real life. You know that, when you get towards the end of the movie, things are going to wrap up. There is going to be finality to it, and then - that's it. Reality keeps going...

I'm not really certain where you get the idea that I'd be against character development? There is plot completion. Why is it so hard to envision playing in the same setting after finishing up one plot? As for running around and doing unbelievable things... though I try to restrain my players...

I find it interesting to try to make fiction deal with the ramifications of the game physics. It makes me really think about the system from an in-world standpoint, which is good for immersion when at the table. Because then - for me - there is no point in gaming. Right now, I'm playing in a...

Why would you want to separate the two? I enjoy working on my setting. I also enjoy gaming. The setting is not anathema to gaming, and since most of it is written with 3.5 in mind, gaming functions rather well in the setting. I enjoy the idea of gaming groups having an impact on the setting. I...

For it's own sake. Because I could. Because I wanted to. Because I find the creative exercise enjoyable. Yes, because clearly there is no other reason to exercise one's imagination and construct a fictional world other than for the playing of a rather specific game in a rather specific manner...

I'll admit that your interpretation makes more sense than my initial one did. But yes, it could have been clearer. Oh yes, we most definitely have a philosophical difference. No, it doesn't. I DM for multiple groups, which means that the world needs to matter when a group isn't adventuring...

Halfling Monk : Large Creature :: Human Monk : Huge Creature. If you can accept the idea of a human monk besting a dragon, it's really not much of a stretch to say that a halfling monk can take on an ogre. And as has been pointed out earlier in the thread, halflings have more strength, pound...

If I did not enjoy the purpose of gaming, as I have defined it, then I would not game. If the purpose of gaming is "to have fun," then why would anyone - in their right mind - not join in? I know what it is that I want out of gaming. If I get what it is that I am looking for, I am having fun.

I stand by my original statement - it is my take that the purpose of gaming is experience and immerse oneself in a fictional setting. I also happen to enjoy this, which makes the game fun. Some would say that the purpose of playing football is "to have fun." I would argue that such a definition...

I don't see that noted. I'll be honest, when I first saw that table, I assumed that you intended for it to be read to say, "The DC for the same lock is different for people of different levels." Based on the rest of your post, that is not what was intended, and fair enough; but that is how I...

To be fair, I'm unemployed and a philosophy major. I have a lot of time on my hands, and have no problem spending hours committing rules to memory. For me, gaming is not just about killing things and "racking up the XPs," a phrase that irks me to no end. The purpose of gaming is to experience...

Which is fine. Internal consistency does not mean that A causes B, no questions asked, always. It would would mean that, in general, A will usually cause B. There are all kinds of random things that happen IRL that seem strange, such as a lighter taking five clicks to light rather than one...

*shrug* You're welcome to your opinion.

You and I clearly play the game for different reasons. If the Green Fungus Acid is something the DM has deemed important enough to have it affect the characters, then it is something that is important enough to warrant time to determine its effects. Whether it is part of "the action" or not is...