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I think that's right. Giving players a standard list of "what I can do each round" will probably help them to pre-select their actions, which will speed up combat. Even if they have more options than 3.x's "I attack again," I think it will help to keep players in the right frame of mind and...

They've already said that you will be able to play a lawful evil paladin.

It's exactly the reason I don't run games in the Realms. I have too many FR fans in my groups, and I don't need them second-guessing my canon. They love it, I don't feel strongly about it, so I usually run my games in Greyhawk because I know exactly how malleable that setting is, especially...

All complaints about either edition that demonstrate that there are actual problems with the rules that are unintentional and detract from the game due to error on the part of the game designers are valid. See 3.0 Haste. Corollary: since we don't have the 4E rules, all complaints of this...

I see what you did there.

Except that wouldn't be a problem, but would in fact be awesome. Awesome verging on METAL.

[off-topic] What the heck is with all this "katanae" and "ninjae" business? Did I miss the internet memo in which we were all instructed to append bogus latin pluralizations to Japanese nouns? The English plural of katana is katanas. The Japanese plural of katana is katana.

If I can't sneak attack with a thrown caber, D&D is dead to me!

I'm going to have to spend the whole next edition trying not to think about how amazingly breakable those tiefling weapons look.

Right. It's like when Wile E. Coyote and the roadrunner both peel out, making clouds of dust. When the dust settles, the roadrunner's still standing there, but the coyote's running in midair off the edge of a cliff. It's totally got a cinematic precedent. ...what? :lol:

You know, I find it much more believable for the halfling to move an ogre 20 feet than to move a human 20 feet. 20 feet for a human is halfway into the next room. 20 feet for an ogre is a brisk jump to the side. As far as scale is concerned, larger creatures move farther when they take a...

I, on the other hand, am a fan of Doc Savage.

Exactly. If the rule doesn't suit your style, but functions for those who like it, house rule it. If the rule breaks the game, so that nobody likes it, it's a problem with the game.

The difference between "even though it's broken, the DM can fix it," and "it's better that way," is that the former is the Oberoni fallacy and the latter is not.

Remember, defenders are "sticky." Perhaps it's often not worth trying to go toe to toe with them because you might not be able to get away again.

Some thoughts... 1. I get the feeling that when you're a game designer, and you're essentially locked in a room with a bunch of other game designers for two years and told to create D&D all over again, you start to lose your grip on your ability to not sound like a complete cheese-ball. I...

If you're not burning through at least 3 CLW wands per session, it's not D&D! :p

Or that, you know, roleplaying has anything to do with these problems at all? Or that there is something inherently superior about whatever it is he means by "roleplaying" compared to a more "beer & pretzels" style? Or that pretending a problem doesn't exist "because my character wouldn't want...

Golarion, to start with...

I just give my players full HP between combats. And they still get their butts whupped on a fairly regular basis.