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"DM fiat" in what way? Our style of play was a mutual decision, not mine alone, and the new players who have joined since we began have had no problem with it. I'm hardly 'imposing my will' on the group. We do, by the way, consider 'jawing with the innkeeper (or the captain of the guard...

What I've been arguing, however, is that it is easy, or at least in my experience. I'm currently running an 'upper-mid-level' campaign. I use virtually no house rules, and the magic item proliferation issue is resolved in one line in my campaign document, saying simply, "Don't plan on seeing a...

Possibly. For some people. By and large, however, I have always felt and will allways feel that 'mechanical balance' is completely unnecessary; and, indeed, often a hindrance to new players, who frequently feel that they have to 'measure up' to some ubiquitous standard in order to have a...

Agreed. That's the entire allure of D&D/RPGs for me, too. I'm just hanging out with my friends. :) "Expected" doesn't always equal "received;" and in my case, Item Creation feats have never been a concern, since my players don't take them. Regards, Darrell

I don't need to 'make a case' why character concepts should not be mechanically equal, simply because I've never seen a reason why they should be. This type of discussion always seems to boil down to 'such-and-such can do this-and-that, so I should be able to do thus-and-such to balance it...

No, what I'm saying is that it isn't necessary to have a rules-driven 'reason' for the type of character you want to play. As in: A: "What reason would you have to play a fighter when you can gain spells by taking a few levels of sorcerer?" B: "Because I don't want to cast spells. I want to...

I've been running a low-magic-item 3.5 game for a while now, and it hasn't really been a problem. The party is 12th-ish level right now (party make up is: human fighter 12; halfling bard 8/wizard 3, human rogue 11, dwarf fighter 12), and they have exactly two magic items between them--a sword...

The prices are fine, as far as I can see; though, like so many others, I'm going to wait to see what the sculpts/paint jobs are like. (If the Ogre Chieftain is anything close to the sculpt from the metal mini pictured above, I'll be all over it.) I anticipate picking up several sets. The...

Gnomes and Half-elves for me, with half-orcs on the cusp. I'd rather see full-on Orcs as a PC race, and do away with 'half-' races altogether. I'd like to get rid of both half-elves and half-orcs, but I could only choose two in the poll, and gnomes had to go. Why Gnomes? Two main reasons...

Oh, I stopped trying to figure out GW long ago. It's been so long since I picked up anything they made that I didn't know they'd used a smaller scale for LotR. Reaper is the only company who makes metal minis I'll even look at (and even then I don't actually buy 'em :) ). At the moment...

Fine. I don't like and won't use metal minis, primarily because I don't want to have to paint them (once it was a hobby for me...now it's more of a nuisance). Frankly, even with the randomized nature of DDM (and I'm one of the ones who's been clamoring for just the type of thing Reaper is...

Personally, I'm looking forward to an 'uncommon' Dire Wolf or three, "vampiric" or no. It looks pretty much like a 'regular' Dire Wolf. I'm also interested in a good many of the 'common' minis, especially the Bugbear Gang Leader, Dark Talon Champion, and Strahd Zombie (y'can never have enough...

Yep. :) And to be fair, you're question was about what it would take to make the audience flock to see Wonder Woman and have it make a mint on the opening weekend, not about the movie's actual quality. I still think WW has the name recognition to pull that off (especially pointing to Ghost...

By the by, Pbartender, did you ever do any more to that 'Dragonclaw Barony' map of mine you were working on? If you'd like a list of place names and so forth, I can send it to ya. I really like your map work. With regard to the ongoing (and ongoing...and ongoing...) discussion, I'm not...

Personally, my take on archdevils and demon lords is pretty much just like my take on gods. "You can't touch 'em. You try; ZAP! You're dead, and can never be brought back...because they won't let ya. Even if you're an uberfighter/ubercaster/uberthief/ubercleric of 675th level in each class...

My biggest problem, quite frankly, is with the Eberron push. I prefer Greyhawk; but have no overwhelming aversion to playing in the Realms. Past that, however, I'd go to third party sources like Kalamar, Scarred Lands, Arcanis, and other worlds--and then probably give up D&D...

Agree to disagree, then. Personally, I'd prefer it without straps. :D Actually, come to think of it, I'd prefer it without the top. Or the bottom. Just boots n' bracelets. Whole diff'rent kinda movie. :] I tend to think WW is pretty much as iconic as Superman and Batman. I believe...

Cheetah is, as far as I'm concerned, the best choice for her initial foe--especially if they use the 'animalistic spirit possessing a willing host' angle from the Perez run...as long as they don't do a retread of a previously-published story, that is. I wouldn't mind Dr. Psycho or Silver Swan...

I wouldn't mind it being strapless if they did it 'Perez-style,' and made it a rigid 'armor' type of thing instead of cloth (regardless of how stiff the cloth may be). I'm kind of afraid of this, too, but I'm willing to give Warner/DC the benefit of the doubt. They (and, of course, the...

I didn't mean it'd been done in a movie, I meant it had been done, period. Perez' story was fine, but I wouldn't want to see it as the basis for the movie. At the risk of drawing down the fire, I'd prefer a more straightforward 'superhero' WW movie that might give mention to the Ancient Greek...