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Speaking as someone who has played 3e since 2000, and continues to play it to this day, I am seriously amused by this comment. 3e is a good game, but it's a game, and it reminds you that it's a game with each forgotten +1 bonus, each reference to the back to remember what Nauseated does, and...

I seem to recall that Hypersmurf (or someone) used to copy-paste a favourite sentiment of his regarding thinking too hard about fantasy into threads about D&D physics. It applies here too.

Oh god, imagine using the Improv Rule in what is essentially improv S&S fiction! Nice post.

How about this: The design of 4th edition is such that it divides up narrative control between the players and the DM in a way similar to some recent independent RPGs. Specifically, it allows the player to declare that circumstances are right for the use of a complicated manoeuvre; for...

I see. I probably would have decided that was more of a ranged burst attack, given the smell of those things. :-S

Well, in 4e, I can make the hammer do more damage each time, if I choose my powers carefully and the fight lasts fewer rounds than I have powers.

Psst. Pineapples don't grow on trees. :)

It's a staple of fantasy fiction. Given that quite often heroes and villains in fantasy novels are allegories for two different things, it makes sense that they'd have different repertoires. Look at Conan. He was always fighting sorcerers, who were allegories for the corruption and decadence...

Um, I beg to differ. :D

Seconded. Oh, god, the people I used to game with back in 1st edition. Oh god. I posted a story in one of the old "Creepy Gamer" threads concerning the fellow whose life consisted entirely of gaming, porn*, and pirated video games**. Once I accidentally discovered a drawer full of pictures...

Why, just the other day I got into an argument with my players over whether a quadriplegic gibbon should be able to brachiate. Kidding... ;)

Attacking an orc is an action. Failure to attack an orc is not an action. Oh, I see. You're equivocating on "failure". Here: I intended #2 in the text you quoted, and you're reading me as intending #1. Nonperformance, then. Bob attempts to perform the "standing from prone" action, which...

It seems quite clear to me that if standing from prone is a move action, then failing to stand from prone is not a move action. Furthermore, getting up, dancing around the room, and then falling back to your original location would require actions, and is therefore proscribed by the rules. The...

Just a point of clarification: is this system intended to function in more or less the same way as the standard challenges--i.e. roll for initiative, each player must choose a skill to roll each round, etc.? If that's the case, when do the players pick that round's Guiding Light? The way I...

Speaking as someone who has played every edition, and who still has a soft spot for long-term injury recovery, I don't see anything wrong with just saying that Rob's previously punctured chest cavity has been slapped together with mud, twine, and Dutch courage, making him functional again. The...

And here we are coming at this thing from the other side. I, and many of us, have been handwaving the realities of injury and recovery since I first picked up the Basic set. There's realism, and then there's Sim Chirurgeon. Right. We can either ignore the realities of human physiology, or...

Because that would be silly. Which would be all right if you were going for a silly theme, but for standard fantasy adventure it's kind of out of genre. Try this for a not-silly narrative of the same effect: There's a game on the Playstation 3 that had a demo I played in a store back when they...

I don't recall having participated in your Sense of Wonder threads in any meaningful way, so I'm not sure why you're directing this at me.

Joe, you have the best signature in this forum.

In accordance with what you say below, I disagree that being hit by a sword and surviving is an indication of your physical resilience. There's something else going on there. Find me a human that can take a good hit with a sword and not simply die. In this case HP represents your ability to...