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I agree wholeheartedly about bringing the magazines back in print. While 4e seems so far to be very interesting to me as well, they really messed up by cancelling the mags. I highly, highly doubt I'll by an online subscription. Its just not the same, and as has been said before, I'm not...

Now, obviously I'm just pulling theories out of the ether here, but dodging (I use the word because I really cant think of anything better right now) doesn't have to necessarily imply completely avoiding physical contact. The PC could still have been scratched. Say you get nearly cleaved in...

Too funny, Rogues open doors by killing enemies "I needed a skeleton key . . . his skeleton." Bards inspire others by killing enemies "Don't make me sing sweet home Alabama." Clerics heal allies by killing enemies "I found that kidney you needed" Druids talk to animals by killing...

Honestly, it seems 4e is trying to pull away from the "cleric as heal-bot" issue by providing other ways for other characters to "heal" the party. I think the concept is a good one, if I'm right. Of course, for this to work, many of the healing methods will have to assume that Hit Points are...

And I would agree here. If my party had a cleric who was withholding healing for "roleplaying purposes", I would roleplay a good reason not to have that character in the group. Trust me, it wouldn't be hard. I understand not wanting to blow every spell on any nick and scratch the party...

Can't swing a dead (Pirate)cat without coming across players in Central Pennsylvania either. From Harrisburg to Lancaster the pickings are pretty good. Which is good, because some of the pickings are bad. (I kid of course, PC. Please don't send the ENworld mafia after me.)

The Elric plug was just an example. There are many others. My point was that D&D has never modeled old or new fiction very well. Its its own animal, and pretty much always has been. An incestuous animal at that. Saying that I can flip this, flop that, turn somethingeranother on its side and...

I gotta agree here. The magic system has been a bar to me gaining some new players as well, even those familiar with some older fantasy works. I mean, I'm a big Elric fan, but D&D does a very poor job of simulating it, or many of the other fantasy novels I've read. I understand the game needs...

I feel your pain. I'm one of those people who like to follow the rules, but don't like it when rules discussion/arguments overshadow the game. I had one such player in my group. He was a good player tactically, but constantly argued with one of our DMs over everything and anything he could...

Not hard. Elans rock, seriously Nothing cooler than playing an immortal mindbender who can blow powerpoints to buff him/herself up in pinch, doesn't need to sleep much, or eat or drink at all, and is an aberration (so none of those pesky humaonoid-only effects can touch them). They're like...

Some may be insulted. Then again, some people are rather easily insulted, and at no time will everyone be happy with anything WotC does. I learned D&D "grassroots style" back in the 80s, and got no heartburn for the change of editions. As a matter of fact, despite having dumped a huge chunk...

Funny . . . I actually have that CD. . .sitting next to my Nickelback, Linkin Park, Clutch, AC/DC, Soundgarden,Tom Petty, and Guns and Roses CDs . . . I could probably talk current events and trends or wax nostalgic with someone 10 years younger or 15 years older without blinking. I've had...

Um yeah. If he's a weirdo, then I can completely understand. However, I for one can say that I don't really care much about the age of my players in and of itself, nor does that safeguard them from being "weird" or "desperate". Had more than a few weirdos that I had to kick out of the group...

That, my friend, is awesome. Yeah, I wanna be a badass Warlord with War Locks of Jammin too! Can I get fire with that?

Sooooo. . . . War Locks. . . . are guys with really big armies . . . . that they pick locks for?

I ran a few one-shots for IH, and I loved it. My players loved it too. There are a few wonky rules that could use an errata, and a couple of the classes seem to gain tokens too slowly (Weapon Master and Armiger, I'm looking at you), but overall, it really is an awesome cinematic system. The...

Yeah, there's definitely still a stigma attached to D&D, though not nearly as bad as what I endured in the 80s. People will still think of me differently when I bring up my hobby (which is kinda funny, since I have several, but whatever), so I don't generally mention it to people I don't know...

Its been said several times already, but I'll throw my hat in. YES THEY"LL RUN! If my bad guys feel like they're getting wholloped, or things turned against them, then I think its very reasonable for them to try and run. Of course, as said before, their are exceptions. But I like to play...

As an oft-time DM, I hate SoD. I want my players to sweat it out, to struggle for their victories, not be one-spelled into oblivion before they realize what happened. Now, save or suck, I have no problem with. Short term status effects that take the character out of play don't bother me so...

Having invoked Godwin's Law, and now the Inverse Puppy- Orphan Cruelty Law, I claim this thread dead, construct a throne of my own intellectual superiority, and make a snack of your remaining self-esteem.