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Yep. Who gives a gnome's turd what half the folks on Paizo's board think? That's not the issue. The issue, gentle readers, is that juvenile vitriol and ad hominem arguments have made those messageboards a quagmire of useless, negative banter.* Could this be a result of the fact such behavior...

Or perhaps they realized free speech can be detrimental to a company when the level of the casting of dispersions and hurling of invectives reaches a certain level of immaturity that causes toddlers to weep? While Paizo should not be held accountable for some of the jackassish comments found on...

Good point, Treebore. While (most) people won't need the info to play games, there was a wealth of information that's version-independent: maps, stories, and other such articles. Those don't lose their validity with the release of a new edition.

I could be wrong, but I bet most of the people who don't like 1-1-1 movement have never actually tried it in game. If this is you, please do yourself a favor and give it a shot. I was a 1-2-1 guy until playing a few sessions in a 1-1-1 game (not D&D, but that's immaterial). Bottom line...

The Lost City Damn, just saying it makes me feel like I'm 12 years old again. I loved that module. Not sure how it'd play in today's game, but it was fun back in the day. W.P.

Same here on all. Though I'm at 26 years, so I guess there's a slight difference. :) Lifeline is as an apt a word as I've seen describing 4E.

I just spent 3-4 minutes reading the OP's post. I'd give anything for those minutes back.

Oh lord. Lizard, FTW. That is some funny stuff. Ok, let me reiterate: How can a "different version of the same ruleset" prevent someone from writing "the stories they like to write"? Yep. W.P.

An addendum, I have three friends (whom I've never met, only gamed with online, not that it matters) that went to DDXP. Two were anti-4E and one was pro-4E. The pro- stayed pro-. One anti switched 180 deg and is now enthusiastically supportive. The other is much less opposed to 4E, but seems...

Seems to me (despite my poor Spot check) that there's a significant number of folks who entered this weekend anti-4E (or, at a minimum, very cautious about it)...and yet are coming out the other side as believers (or, at a minimum, encouraged with what they've seen). I'd like to hear some...

Interesting. I just realized I disagree on just about every point Rodrigo made. For example, I like the idea of 1 square instead of 5 feet. I'm happy as a little girl they're tossing the 1-2-1 movement stuff. And so on. And yet... ...Rod has played the game. I haven't. Sorta makes me...

Started 1982 1E (and some Basic/Expert D&D). Skipped 2E. Came back for 3E. Moved to 3.5E. Will move to 4E - and very much looking forward to it!

Same here. But our games tend to be more "realistic" and less "fantastical" and so this kind of thing helps with the whole suspension of disbelief. To each his own.

Good points above. In particular, I know that I love 3.5 as a player and sometimes have issues with it as a DM. Since I DM 80% of the time I'm gaming, I tend to see more warts than I otherwise might. Also a good point on the higher level failings of 3.5. While I grant not every group runs...

Nietzsche said madness in individuals was rare; in mobs it is the rule. So am I mad because I love both 3E and (what I'm hearing about) 4E. I don't understand, truly, why these two subjects have to be mutually exclusive. And if you say "They don't have to be" then I ask - "Why are they?" At...

I know you didn't ask me, but I'll answer anyway - I think 3.x was a better game prior to the onslaught of splat. I know, I know - a company wants to make money and if I don't want those books, then don't buy 'em or use 'em at the table. I started no less than three 3.x campaigns with a...

Which statement is true: (A) Monte read the updates and previews of 4E, liked them, and has decided to package them as his own "house-ruled" version of 3E in the hopes of paying the rent while he dips in his toes in the realm of writing fiction. Or: (B) The 4E design team perused Monte's...

We just added a random roll to the core rules when dying instead of a standard 1 hp/round. Takes away the metagamey aspect. So you lose 1d2 per round. No one's quite sure what the player of the dying character is rolling, so no one can be confident to sit back and wait X rounds before...

Fact: I'm pro-4E. Fact: I was temporarily banned by the mods for being too rough on anti-4E posters. Fact: I deserved to be temp banned. Assumption: There's no EN World bias one way or the other. Assumption: You don't get banned for being anti-4E, you get banned for being stupid. Opinion...

The trick here is to not name the Pit Fiend a Pit Fiend. Change his description just a bit, too. And - wallah! - you have a "new" critter your players haven't met before. Heck, give him a glaive and keep the attack stats of his normal attacks. There's all sorts of little changes can you do...