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I just want to say that I want you to make sure to NOT email me a copy when you get it. That would be wrong. So please DON'T private message me when you have it and DON'T email it to me right away as a personal favor. I trust I've made myself clear. Oh, and nice shoes.

I consider it "shifty" because, with a .pdf, I own the material. I can print pages, make copies, do whatever I want. It's not really the same as browsing Barnes and Noble unless they let you photocopy sections of the book, set up a table to run a game for a while, and let you stay reading the...

I think maybe the design focus was something like this: 1. Game rules should be chosen based upon how well they work in the game itself, from a purely gamist perspective. 2. Where two or more rules meet the above criteria, choose the one that makes the most 'game-world/simulationist' sense...

My personal take: The style shown so far by 4E gives me MORE freedom, as a DM, to be creative when designing my worlds, IMO. Why? Because I can decide the cause and effect (the basis of nearly all my design) of situations based upon WHAT villains/NPCs ARE and not have to worry about their...

My original question came about as I was wondering about possible things holding up the GSL. I wondered if the current OGL and the possibility of someone using it to release semi-compatible 4E material might (MIGHT) have caused them to decide on releasing under the current OGL themselves. That...

The First Rule of 4e is ... you don't talk about 4E. The Rouse is obviously Tyler Durden. Sir.

Hmm. Propel would work for me, heh. :)

Sorry. :) I refuse to say "Slide" as a game term, though. I will instantly imagine the penguin from Fight Club and giggle. Thank you.

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks guys. The example I put forth wasn't a very good one. I was just wondering as it was a question put to me by one of my group and I didn't know the answer. So, based upon the rules themselves in their entries, we should be able to judge the outcome. So, I...

So, with exception based rules design it seems that the Specific trumps the General. This means, from what I've seen, that a person might, for an example, only be able to make one Save each Turn but if another character has a 'specific' power that grants an ally an additional Save that...

I don't know, if the puppies knew the complete 4E rules and you could gain their knowledge by eating them? Fire up the grill.

I normally don't agree with this sort of thing but in this case, to be completely honest, I WOULD download the pdf and make sure to still buy the books (which are on preorder anyway). Is it morally shifty? Yes. But I'm to anxious to play 4E to let that stand in my way. But buying the books...

That would be a great way to handle it. I like that idea a lot. :)

So it does seem possible, then? At least for some products? The reason I ask is because, if it is possible, it might be to their advantage to just release under the OGL. I'm probably wrong, as I'm not a lawyer and no one side has any real data to support whether the OGL has been a good or bad...

Another question that has been mentioned several times but not yet explored (and something different than this eternal "was the OGL good/bad for WotC/Gaming?"): How difficult would it be for someone to release material for 4E using the current OGL? 4E is going to be different, we know that...

That's not what I consider anime. That's what I consider very good art. The only time art bothers me is when it gets "cartoony" as in too BESM. That particular pic, and others that people complained about with 4E, is what I consider mainstream, now. It's just a good illustration.

I don't find it at all difficult to understand that WotC, a company comprised of many individuals, each with their own opinions and prejudices, might have many people who don't fully understand the impact of the OGL on gaming. Some of them might have thought it through and come to a conclusion...

I think this is directly tied to the fact that Logue is now an actual Paizo employee, not just a freelancer. Other freelancers, who aren't tied directly to other companies, are producing for WotC, so this seems more like a move made in response to Logue's new position. Not really anything to get...

I see what you're saying, JD, but I think that this sort of thing can easily be explained away by a DM. Just one quick mention in your description of the PCs' "blood cooling" or "adrenaline slowly loosening its hold on their hearts" and you're back in it. I think the 5 minute break is only as...

I'd like to return to one of the original points, instead of the "does it feel like DnD" argument; honestly, the feel of the game is going to vary based upon individual taste. The game felt instantly like DnD to me after the first encounter and all of my players thought the same and couldn't...