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It bothered me a little at first, but I eventually came to the conclusion that *everyone* having multiple things they can do starting out at level 1 and wizards having more to do at level 1 than previously made up for quite a bit. Sometimes I did miss the big wizard list (it was fun to have...

The original post here seems so misleading and potentially inflammatory that if I had the ability to take away xp, instead of giving it, I would...

You can put me in the bad GM club, because I think they can be put to great use. However, I disagree that you have to be a bad GM to appreciate them... I'm also going to throw in my opinion that a missed attack with shrouds does not kill minions.

I personally think you're looking at the encounter in too limited of a way when dealing with this confrontation with the watch. Why does a social encounter only have to involve social skills? Does it have to involve skills at all? Why can't it involve skills on the part of the NPC? Let me...

With Facebook.com, the site is their product. With Wizards.com, the site is just to support the product. I'd rather them keep their focus and investment in the games, not lots of gimmicks for the site. That said, I think the way Facebook has become so free with apps is just awful. It sounds...

I've never played a monster. In editions previous to 4E, I always felt that monster races tended to be picked by the munchkins that just wanted some advantage. At least that was the experiences that I had with players wanting to be monsters. However, in 4E, it doesn't feel broken or hard to...

I have a couple thoughts here... Gygax obviously had this notion of balance too. I don't buy into it, but I understand the argument. However, this notion of balance frequently breaks in two very common scenarios. The first common scenario is that often when starting out at level 1, many...

I hope that wasn't an example from an actual game... I have several thoughts on the matter: * Yes, a wizard should get a bonus to Intimidate. Maybe around 1 point per 2 levels... like everyone else. With 8 Charisma, he'd be just as effective as an untrained level 1 with 16 Charisma, and...

There's only 4 classes out of 24 that can have Dexterity as their primary stat? It's funny... but it just so happens there are 6 stats, and if 4 classes out of 24 can have a primary stat of Dexterity, it seems to me that Dexterity is represented exactly in a normal distribution. There are also...

Reasons why people may be against editions wars? Take your pick: Because it's as pointless as arguing about which is better, Coke or Pepsi? Red or Blue? Because we've all heard the arguments before, but yet a jaded and bitter minority (or individual) will end up saying something to offend...

If your plot needs knocking the PCs unconscious without them dying, then do it. It's not much of a stretch to allow NPCs to *choose* to knock them unconscious instead of killing them in the same manner PCs can do, and it's certainly not a stretch for a DM to bend a rule for the sake of the...

Indeed, but there seem to be at least a couple folks that spread misinformation to say otherwise. I saw one guy over on the WotC forums *claim* that CSR told him that autodamage wont' kill minions. After much searching, and even posting the question here, I could not find anything to back that...

You actually literally interpret *every* round as being literally 6 seconds? I've always seen 6 seconds as being more of a vague estimate or an average that expands and contracts as needed at the speed of plot. If you literally interpret every round taking 6 seconds and every turn player's...

You're turning the phrase "has ended your turn" to mean "after your turn is ended", which are subtly different. By your interpretation and logic, why not wait until the next player begins his turn and evaluates his continuing damage, and then do your free action? ValhallaGH nailed it when he...

If the duration of an encounter long effects weren't also explicitly stated elsewhere as having a maximum of 5 minutes... Did you expect complete working pseudo code that explicitly states the entire flow of everything going on in the game?

I was looking on Amazon for Chess Sets. I saw several that stated, "For ages 8 and up". Clearly, Chess is a child's game and marketed towards children.

Oops, you are correct. I remembered that sentence incorrectly. The funny thing was, I wasn't really sure so I googled it to confirm that my late night sleepy brain was working and found confirmations of the quote using "it". It seems others remembered incorrectly as well.

This reminds me of a post I saw before 4E came out saying that part of their reason for not liking some rule changes in 4E (such as 1:1 diagonal movement) was because it might encourage more of the "wrong crowd" into the game, that is people not as good at math... My thoughts are: Tabletop...

I don't think there's much point in getting bent out of shape over the use magic. It's always been pretty liberally used. I personally wouldn't pick the word "magic" to describe Divine powers either, but it doesn't really bother me if the term is used. Your average villager isn't going to...

I like monster roles. I like the ease of modifying monsters to change their levels, swap around powers and customize them in various ways. I like that that healers have been made fun to play. I like that classes other than casters have more interesting combat options. I like that at low...