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Hmmm, yeah, that's really weak for a 20th-level Daily power. It only deals damage without other effects, takes up a Minor and 3 Standard actions, and you're disarmed for the rest of the battle at the end of all that. I know that my own player doesn't look at the explosion as a benefit, but as a...

* (citation needed) Also, there's a fantastic documentary on Netflix you should check out called "Hot Coffee." (In other news, I am super busy. If this is still going when it settles down, I'll pop back in.)

Ah well! We managed to get through it, and we're about to start Last Starry Sky! Which brings up another question - 4e Mad Shootist. All the Attacks are meant to be additional Minor Actions like the power block says, yes? There's no mention of Standard Actions anywhere that I can see. It...

By 'strictly run by,' is there any mechanism in your license/contract/whatever whereby Kevin Simbieda or Palladium could decide to delay the project for any reason? To change writing, art, whatever? In other words, what are the odds that this could go all Robotech RPG Tactics on us? I trust...

Yeah, this needs to be a news article. Morrus ? :D It looks really professionally done.

Let's drill down into the Buddy Steve example, actually, because I think it might illustrate where I'm going with that and why I think Steve and Hasbro have different duties. Unbeknownst to you, there is a reality competition in town called Fastest Movers. Steve has enlisted you and his other...

Handling all of this at once - it's the process of soliciting that's the initial ethical breach. It's not like Jimmy is just setting up a tourney in his backyard. WotC solicits for these volunteers, making a choice to use unpaid labor instead of paying them. This is why the company scrip example...

Sure, it's different. Both legally and ethically. Think about miners being paid in company scrip that can only be spent in the company store. Can we agree that that arrangement was unethical? Why is it such a leap from that to an unpaid labor force for a commercial venture? I can imagine...

I'll grant there are lots of ways to abuse the law. I can't see this as being one of them. "My employer has wronged me" is, in fact, one of the reasons we have a civil system of justice in the first place. "Personal gain" is a really tricky standard. Of course there's personal gain in a civil...

Because WotC runs these tournaments to drive MtG card sales, these are inherently profit-driven activities. I think a more charitable way to view this lawsuit is that they are stepping up and taking personal responsibility right now. This is them doing exactly what you're expecting them to do...

So... not paying judges is more ethical than paying them? The deception is in calling an employee a volunteer, and preying on their enthusiasm to recruit free labor. (Oh, sorry, paid in printed cardboard which has no value outside a speculative, unregulated market.) I'm not claiming any...

I am also not a lawyer, but from my understanding this is correct - an illegal contract is not enforceable. You know, I am actually fairly sure playtesting would not hit the level of 'employment'. I may be wrong about this, but something like the 5e Playtest is very different from the sorts of...

Then you're making a weird conclusion that filing a lawsuit against an employer that has taken advantage of you is unethical? The size does matter for one very big reason: They knew better. A legal team that big? At some point someone made a decision not to pay them a wage. And the con comes...

A for-profit company cannot replace their employees with volunteers. If they are using volunteers in a capacity that should be filled by employees, they are in the wrong. If you love a restaurant, you can't volunteer to wait tables for them in exchange for a free meal. Why not? Because the...

I don't believe they do, after Browning-Ferris, but then again IANAL

Oh goodness gracious. These laws are here for completely rational reasons, and they curtail employers' abuses of a 'volunteer' relationship. Yes, I am completely positive many judges are perfectly happy with the current arrangement. That doesn't actually make it okay for WotC to treat them as...

A lawyer weighs in. http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/top-legal-news/magic-card-game-judges-sue-for-lost-wages-claim-to-be-employees/ The key quote? "It’s difficult to envision a scenario wherein a federal judge, bound by the NLRB’s decision, somehow determines that these judges...

Okay. So why did you ask for documentation of her claims, then, if it isn't important?

You complained about the lack of "documentation" and the ability to verify her claims. I provided it.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/taking-a-stand-against-abuse-284204591.html