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Well, everybody else is doing it, so I feel compelled to add my 2c: 1) Step away from your PHB! 2) Go outside and play a bit 3) Live, laugh, love 4) Come back and reread your post

I started to laugh, and then realized this wasn't a humor thread. I started to cry when I saw three pages devoted to this already. Horrible mammories will haunt me for the rest of the day now. If this isn't a sign that WotC needs to give more info for us to chew on, I don't know what is...

By that definition, what was the point of the Ranger in 3e, other than some tracking and low level spells (without the whole archery/twf thing)? And even fantasy bases itself on some sort of real world archetype at some point. No idea comes out of a vacuum. But I agree that fighters should be...

Not sure why there is a problem with some effects potentially controlling PC actions. Its been around forever. Unless were advocating completely ditching enchantment/charm effects, which seems rather draconian. As an aside, I'm actually of the school that if the PCs can do it, my NPCs should...

So, I'm not getting this. . . you wanted a warrior type that could do . . . . everything? If they had the option of the tank that could do boatloads of damage, t'would be a bit of a no-brainer, dont you think? The human imagination can imagine a bunch of things that don't work in a cooperative...

Thanks for the post Miko, its much appreciated and pretty much confirms my own suspicions.

I have kind of a love hate relationship with point buy vs. rolling. I've seen the unbalanced monsters that can come from rolling characters up, and the disappointment in the eyes of those who roll just crappy enough to have to keep their characters, by the rules. In and of itself this...

Not really having a problem with it, or any of the roles, really. I think the fear that is being expressed here is as follows: "Will the player of the "leader" character feel it is his duty to run the group?" I'm thinking that, as usual, bossy players don't need an excuse to be bossy. If the...

I agree with the overcomplicatedness of some of these critters, and would like to see spellcasting reduced to spell like abilities, or supernatural abilities. As far as scry and die on the dragons, I can't even be sure that's going to be a possibility in 4e, along with several other things...

Meh, I've played my share of everymen. Most of the time, they end up dead, face down, in a ditch. I don't mind a some grittyness to my games (Heck, I'd love to play a Midnight Campaign), but if i want to play average-joe, I'll just be me and hang the dice up. As both a DM and Player, I've...

49(I. . . think) WotC is an evil organization who is right now in your house. . . . stealing your 3e books . . . . to burn in effigy to our new 4e overlords. 50) Names make people panic 51) All the brainpower wasted on these boards could power my house for the rest of my life. 52) 4e is the...

Honestly, if they clean up the clutter of the realms like they promise, I may even take a look. My group and most of the people I play with currently think the Realms are far too cluttered as it is. High level NPCs abound, and honestly, if there were only a few of them, I don't think it would...

This is soooo sigged :D Grognards kill D&D? *hysterical laugher ensues* Naaaaah. Heck, as one of many who has played 1st edition to current, I'm generally looking forward to 4e. I got the disposable income to look it over and decide myself if the switch is worth it (And if they can...

I am both impressed by the skill, and deeply concerned for the crafter's mental well being . . . The thought of Gerbil armor had me rolling, though, I'll admit.

I'm switching to 4e, and short of it being some sort of unholy abomination, I think it'll be fun. Having DM'ed several 3.5 campaigns, and still recovering from the burnout, I too was seriously considering just not gaming at all for a while. 3e was fun in a lot of ways, but I'm ready to move on...

I'm also happy that Darkvision is gone from dwarves, and hopefully for PC races period. I ran an Arcana Evolved campaign and there was nothing more of a PITA than characters with Darkvision. I agree that it should be vanishingly rare for monsters as well.

While I think Iunderstand the mechanical reasoning behind the whole smite and boost an ally concept, I'm also having problems wrapping my head around this one conceptually. Of course, I'm not a big fan of paladins anyway. This is probably one of the first things I've heard out of 4e that...

My post will be composed of seven points, broken down into 15 corollaries each, which will demonstrate clearly via obscure and questionably acquired information why I am absolutely correct that 4e must suck. I will use quantum physics to prove my point by managing to roll a 7 on a d6. My...

Let her have her midlife crisis, it only benefits me in the end. ;)

Honestly, I don't mind the names. Though, if WotC is truly going to go that route with some of their Feat names, I think it would be best if they offered the fancy names as an aside. For instance, it could be labelled Spell Shaping (Golden Wyvern Adept, Flying Anemic Crocodile, Hollow Hand...