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I admit I only read a few pages of these threads, so it's possible that someone has beat me to this, but... I find it really strange how many things pop up as examples of being "video gamey" that are things that video games stole from tabletop RPGS (mostly D&D).

Introspection vs Extrospection is not the same thing at all as the whole "Type A / Type B" stuff... It is also referred to as "intuitive vs sensing", and kind of cooresponds somewhat to a general preference for analytical, abstract, and theoretical thinking vs practical, literal, and...

As far as how I view them in game... I think of Intelligence as relating to academic studies, understanding theories and principals, critical and analytical thought. Kind of a scientific and introspective type of mind suitable for understanding the mysteries of the arcana. Those with this...

You keep using that term... I do not think it means what you think it means. Edit: If anything, what you are describing would be better referred to as "option creep", which is not a bad thing.

That's neglecting the fact that D&D has often been a gateway game too. D&D was my first RPG, but when I learned about other games I became very interested in trying others too. When I was a teen, that meant games like ElfQuest, which drew me to other Chaossium games like Call of Cthulhu and...

I think you answered your own question. You won't find a clear answer on this in the rule book, however I think that reading between the lines would give the same answer as your DM gave. Your DM's ruling is a reasonable one, and trumps the opinions of strangers on the internet. ;)

Really, the only reason I can think of that they created the +1/2 Level Attack and Defense is just to make lower level monsters even easier to kill and higher level monsters harder to kill, and for opposed Skill checks to also be affected by level difference. However, that said, it's a pretty...

The Spirit of the Century game that I played in we had a really fantastic GM (Sam Chupp, who I didn't realize until much later who he was). He also implemented something he called "Fan Mail", which I believe he said was from Prime-Time Adventures (which I'm not familiar with). Anyway, it...

Thanks for sharing Weem, and being generous with answers, especially given that it appears you may have had to give more in depth answers than you originally intended. ;) I've also been interested in incorporating Fate Points into a 4E game. I played a one-shot of Spirit of the Century at a...

I get it. I never had a problem with the flavor of martial power flavors. I was saying that it would have been nice to have it earlier to shut up the absurd "Everyone is a caster in 4E now! This sucks!" nonsense that I kept seeing parroted on the boards. People would give reasonable...

Front? Behind? By rules, there is no front or behind. However, in animation and in movies, it is quite common to see someone make a 180 degree arc with a sword. They might start slashing on the left and then follow through and slash through someone on their right, or they may lash someone in...

I think it's kind of a mix. I think there are a few fluff reasons why these remained, but I think it is primarily for gamist reasons. I'm ok with that though. I still see them in 4E games, but they probably are easier to avoid. On the other hand, I think 3E sometimes went a little overboard...

I kind of wish they had included the section, "What is a Martial Power", which gives a fluff explanation for the power source. Another section describes in character ways that one might describe/explain regaining of your expended exploits. I didn't need such a thing, however maybe the...

I really hope this isn't an attempt to troll with another 4E is like an MMO comparison... but I am probably just paranoid. I've never really heard "aggro" discussed *except* in MMRPGs, except in jest. I don't know what game system they might be talking about, but if it is 4E, I would say that...

I think it's been said over and over again already (at least in a round about way), that WotC isn't encouraging it and have attempted to balance for the assumption that it will happen (and it does happen in practically every game), but yet tried to make enough interesting options that can still...

Professions are necessary to roleplay. This is why roleplaying doesn't exist in 4E. (I kid, i kid, and completely disagree with such a statement... but I've seen it implied before.)

I sometimes toy with optimized builds, but I also liked fun roleplay concepts. Sometimes, I like to build something that can do both. Usually, it's not about optimization but rather doing something fun or interesting mechanically. However, when I do build a character that is either...

Your group is playing it right, no reason to feel guilty. I wouldn't consider it being very powerful unless you have a DM that likes to interrupt your rests all the time. On the occasions it does help, that's what bonuses are for, to be used. Should a human feel guilty for using his bonus...

Brilliant! I've used this source book since the first time I saw it a few years ago. I found out about it through a post from one of the 4E WotC guys, who mentioned that they were big fans of the book.

I don't think there's really been much that has been game-breaking added to the errata. I think that you're elevating the importance of the errata too much. In my opinion, it's just simply not that big of a deal if someone doesn't even get erratas at all. The people who care about erratas are...