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Large numbers of HP don't simulate anything. Notice that every RPG out there that tried to be simulationist went away from exploding hitpoints. Whenever AD&D/D&D was criticized for not being realistic, Gobs of HP was usually the first thing on the list (Armor making you harder to hit was...

Sure that is a neat trick (Although the rules fiend in me wonders if the spell was stilled and silenced). This is exactly the reason that I like mage hand and prestidigation being at wills in 4th edition. After all, a 4th edition wizard would have gotten the same effect with mage hand. As a...

That is pretty much my theory. And it would explain why different people on this board have very different play experiences with 3.5. I also have the hypothesis that many gamers that came up through 1st and 2nd edition stuck with their "old ways" of designing encounters. I agree that these...

You may have a non-standard play experience Seven players is an APL of ~+2. Did you DM double the number of monsters in each encounter to make up for your large party size? I think I figured out why your play experience is so different from that of some other players: It seems, most of your...

We should save this somewhere and autopost it in every thread about piracy.

I agree that it is on the high side, but for most other property crimes in that range, the defendants would probably looked at jail time (with probation but still). While having to pay 15% of your wage every month screws up your life, I think having a previous conviction on your record is even...

I think this is the key point. Wizards were trying to communicate openly with us about their thoughts, goals and intentions. They did not add much filtering or other corporate BSing that is the hallmark of a "good" marketing campaign. Thus, there was enough honesty in their statements that...

That's pretty much what he said: In mathematical terms, a flat line is still called a curve, so even if you connect the discrete set of points in this distribution to form something continuous, the resulting graph would be a curve.

Reimagine: Capture what is great about the setting without being bogged down by all the detail that has accumulated. Also provide a new perspective on the setting. This gives all fans the best of all worlds: fans of the old version can use material from older editions, fans of the new version...

It seems other parts of the world received Divine power first (again). There is a long spoiler thread about it on RPG.net. [Divine Power] I have it. Paladins = fixed. - RPGnet Forums I am not entirely sure about the title though. It appears that the Str based Paladin might still have somewhat...

I think it will also depend on who makes these observations. If I follow a gameline, I like to be able to buy one new book per month. If I am mildly interested but don't follow a gameline I often do not look at their catalog for 6 months, at which point I am amazed how much stuff has been...

I think you are on to something here. The main purpose of the DDi seems to be changing the business model of RPGs. And it seems to be working for many of us.

Remember that Wotc like every one else only has limited resources. I think that if the reaction is sufficiently negative it may also steer them towards either not doing any further previews (as they don't have the money for it) or to do them only a short time before the actual product is printed...

Just to be clear, this type of Compendium-only release only happened to thePHB III prerelease information(the Psion), everything in Dungeon and Dragon still comes in prettily layed out pdfs. Maybe this is an attempt of Wotc to add extra value to the DDI without adding extra costs for...

This seems to assume that once a few ppl have pirated something, these pirated copies will be available all over the internet. Is that actually true? (I honestly don't know) Or do copies disappear at a certain rate over time, and are replenished by newly pirates copies?

Remember that the core 3 is all you need to play. And that the DDi gives you easy and cheap access to (almost) all the other material. If you were actually getting started I would advise against buying additional material.

One more thing I agree with many things I heard so far, so I'll just add one more thing: Racist or homophobic jokes are a quick way to get booted from my game or to make me leave. Calling events or things "gay' if you mean that they suck included. However that may fall under the "do not play...

Some of its functions, like the combat and skill challenge manager are tied in quite closely, other aspects, like the calender, the glossary or the campaign scripter are not. Given that it takes <10 min to download and test, I would give it a try.

Books for reading and online databases for actually using the material in game.

Not quite, but the author seems to put his all into it. Some features are a little buggy and a few of the options are only placeholders to be added later. However, it is already extremely good for a free program and once finished, it will be great. If Wotc took this program and took it as a...