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And most female gamers I know think it's stupid for people to tell them they can't have attractive female avatars. So obviously our experiences are vastly different and it's silly for either of us to make generalizations. This, right here, captures how most female gamers I've encountered tend...

Care to prove that? Yes, the Dragon article was written afterwards. However, it seems to me that it was likely written before the PHB was published (though after the PHB was written) since, based on BRJ's comments, Dragon articles are written several months before publication (he first mentioned...

I think you're assuming those "mythic" traditions are far older than they are. Before Tolkein revised dwarves for the purpose of his universe, dwarves were more commonly seen as greedy tricksters and craftsmen. More like duergar than stereotypical "honorable brawlers." Elves were elfs (no v)...

qft In such a case as the player jumping off a cliff it is clear that either of the two situations is the case. Either the player really has no clue what he or she is doing, in which case it is the DM's responsibility to pull them aside and clue them in, or they're tired of the game and want to...

I think alot of people forget that some players genuinely like playing the social outcast who's too tough to mess with anyway. That said, having any race stigmatized needs to be something that's based on player-DM agreement. A DM should be completely upfront about what place each race has in the...

Belkar's evil, because he does evil. Simple as that. Yes, he fights for "Team Good," but only because it basically gets him free lodging, allies, and no repercussions for doing evil so long as it's to the "right" people. Also, as he states early on, he loves the attention that only they can...

For the intent/acts debate: Of course, that won't solve the issue, but I think it's important to bring up what the actual, RAW definition of D&D "good" is. No one should mistake D&D alignment for their own moral views, varied as they are. Some of us might be utilitarians. Some might be...

Alignment is, as others have said, the sum of a character's actions. This seems to be confirmed by WOTC's sourcebooks, which deem that intention is not a part of alignment - at least not substantially. The only question, in my mind, is what actions equal what alignment. But intention or...

This is how I would do it. Note that this is completely houseruled, rather than RAW. I would make it a saving throw. One that a mid paragon-level paladin or higher would be likely to beat. If the paladin fails the saving throw, they lose their divine power (this does not, however, prevent them...

While I agree the torture is definitely evil, I'd say their neutral or unaligned now. As Logan pointed out and as the DMG 3e says, alignment shifts are gradual. Except in such cases as major acts of evil/good or law/chaos, alignment doesn't shift suddenly to its opposite. A lawful good character...

Still evil. And really, kind of pointlessly stupidly evil. Obviously it was a "crime of passion" (based on what you've said). But seriously, did they actually think it was non-evil or even intelligent. I mean, torture itself has problems as a tool of interrogation but doing the torture when the...

Emphasis mine. Rorscach is a lone dog who prefers to work alone. He doesn't play well with others. And he doesn't care to. That's a chaotic trait.

I agreed with you up until the end of the Law/Chaos bit. Law and chaos are commonly misunderstood, in part because they're not a major part of our cultural consciousness the way they were of many ancient societies (which D&D's inspirations were largely based off of). Our primary moral...

Rorschach's alignment is really difficult to pin down, ultimately, as others have pointed out. On the one hand, he's actually probably the most moralistic of all the characters. And yet, on the other hand, he's clearly done very evil things - albeit not on the scale of some other characters and...

I disagree. This is a bit unusual for me as I, for one, liked the idea of opening paladins up. However, I still like alignment restrictions (such as the new restriction that paladins must be the exact alignment of their deity), because I think they add flavor. For some classes, who are supposed...

Let's keep the snarkety to a minimum, shall we? Anyhow, as for the article itself, I haven't had the time to read it over in full (I'm doing this between classes you see) but I have to say it looks good to me. The sharn does look weird, but I can't see how it looks any weirder than it did in...

Considering that the most gleefully powerful players in the party I'm running for an adventure is a warlock (and I have a ranger and rogue as well) and the fact that the warlock has more extra content than any other 4e arcane class at this point (two expansions already - one from the FRPG and...

Yeah, I more or less feel the same way. I hope that's a typo because I don't see a reason for another MP. Martial Power did the job fine for martial classes and the only reason I can imagine the need for another one is if they're adding one or two martial classes in the EPG, which I don't...

Cool. Maybe we'll get to see Rich Burlew's setting after all (the one he can't talk about because he won 2nd place in the Setting Search).

Is it me or am I the only one that things the new 4e gnome looks pretty darn similar to the ol' 3e one (can't speak for earlier editions - ne'er played 'em). http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG131.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/re_Gimble72.jpg I mean... sure, there...