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Stop worrying about what the PCs are going to do and think about what YOU are going to do TO the PCs. In other words, don't let your game world sit back and wait for the PCs to come to it, have it go after them. Have old enemies send assassins after them, thieves steal their hard-won loot...

That hardly seems likely since the 1e/2e vs. 3e edition wars raged for 8 years while older edition .pdfs were available very, very cheaply from WotC and the 3e vs. 4e edition wars raged unchecked for at least a year while .pdfs of all the 3e titles were still available and most retail stores...

If your goal is to prevent your potential player group from shrinking, why would it be productive to argue about editions on the internet with people who may not even live in the same country as you, let alone the same state or town? Even ignoring geographical limitations, have you ever found...

How exactly does participating in edition wars accomplish this? :erm:

It's interesting that one of the most eagerly anticipated classes from PHB2 (The Druid) doesn't get very much love in these polls, despite the fact that I've never heard any strong criticism of them.

Self respect is what's at stake in the edition wars. Pretending to be a frolicking elf is an inherently embarassing activity. It's only by proving with incontrovertible logic that your way of pretending to be a frolicking elf is superior to another person's way of pretending to be a frolicking...

Three words... Random. Booty. Tables. And I mean that in a Grandma-friendly way.

I'm not downplaying the usefulness of the compendium at all.

The Character Builder and the Encounter Builder contain the rules text for all character abilities, powers, feats, skills, equipment (including magic item powers) and monsters in the current set of rules. That accounts for the vast majority of "content in the books". The only things the...

Perhaps, but in a comparison of .pdf vs. downloadable DDI content (as in, the original subject of the thread), neither is the "safer" option in this kind of scenario.

The game doesn't "stop" when that's going on. That's part of the game. Some of the best times I have had playing RPGs were when the other players and I were strategizing about how to overcome challenges.

You get everything that you're talking about in the Character Builder. All of the power rules, magic item properties, etc. are included in the CB, which you download and can continue using even if your subscription lapses. The only thing you can't do if your subscription lapses is get downloads...

I agree, which is why I would have the players use powers, which usually do more damage and/or have a better chance of hitting than basic attacks. A fight against an Ogre and two goblins would be a tedious, grind-fest if the players relied on nothing but basic attacks the whole fight.

The target entry for a Melee Basic Attack is "one creature" as well. A 1st level at-will power isn't really that complicated, especially for melee-focused classes. This may well be his reasoning, but if so, I think it's a bad choice.

Not an official one. It would be possible to do a conversion from the .pdf to a modifiable text format with OCR software, but it would be fairly difficult to get all the formating to convert and I'm not aware of anyone who has done it.

After watching episodes 6 & 7, I think we can definitively say that Chris Perkins isn't following your (correct) interpretation of the rules. Both Kai Nuq Sin and Steel Diamond attack at the beginning of their round (without moving first) and still make Melee Basic Attacks. In addition, after...

I am a big fan of 4e and (I hope) not more generally negative than the next guy, but I'm afraid I agree with Windjammer's assessment of the 4e versions of Dungeon and Dragon. I love the DDI for the Compendium, CB and EB. I also like most of the editorial-style columns in the e-zines. It's well...

That's a good point.

I believe this is exactly what happened. The player moved to the door (move action) and said he was attempting to open them (minor action), after which Chris told him the doors were "stuck" and explained that they appeared to be frozen shut. The player then went through his options for his...

This is the method we use too. I've found it works fine.