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Ah. Thank you for the link. I now know. Though, it doesn't yet have the presence of "Talk Like a Pirate Day". But, mayhaps one day!

Um... There are a few rather large holes in that. First off, his advisors. If they are "good" men, then why have they allowed the king to remain on the throne - particularly if he is undead? Is he also mad, and thus easily duped or controlled? (If so, that would also fix the next item.)...

Where did this holiday come from? I've been GMing for more years than I care to count, yet this is the first I've ever heard of such a thing...

The gazebo is neither tarrying nor singing idly about, nor is it carrying weapons of a peasant or that of a bandit.

Of the times I've been to GenCon, I've only done the travel/share-room thing once. (And it was fine, as there was only the two of us.) All the other times I have traveled and had a room to myself - and I stayed down town at the Marriott too (yay for gerbil tunnels!). Honestly, there is just...

A small herd of sabre-tooth rabbits graze upon a farmer's livestock.

I like dice. Whenever I went to GenCon, I always stopped by the Chessex booth in the Dealer's Hall and considered getting the pitcher-o-dice. The last time I was there, I finally broke down and bought a hand-picked pitcher of dice, which now live in a small treasure chest style box. Too, I...

A circus, carnival, or other traveling troupe, could be an interesting encounter. With the reasonable size of tentage and vendors and wagons, and perchance some exotic animals, it is highly unlikely that they would be set up in town, but instead a short distance from town. Most likely in a...

That one looks better. With the Bastard Sword you can go two-handed or sword and board as the scenario deems; and there's the ranged attack elements to help with distance. I guess the issue with "vanilla" is figuring out at what point do you take what feats (aside from level and other...

I like Chunkey Monkey - with extra chocolate sauce and strawberries. And monkies. :p

A "vanilla" Fighter to me would be a generalist. He needs to be able to use his two-hander when facing an opponent needing a big smack down; a sword and board for when defense is needed; and a bow, or somesuch, for being able to take the fight to a distant enemy. The build you have there, it's...

That's kewl! I wish I had skillz... <sad face>

Nope. All the terms pretty well define their role in the game. No need to change things. If one feels the absolute need to embark upon such a course, feel free for your own game(s).

I too have to say the agreement can't be overstated! When I picked up the 4E original books, even then I wasn't giddy or overly excited. It was more like "What did they add or improve upon?". Then I barfed. When I found out that Paizo had Pathfinder, and saw all the excitement for it, I...

I first learned of GenCon by way of D & D. It was something that I had wanted to attend, if for no other reason than to see what it was all about. Unfortunately, for the longest time, my real world commitments and GenCon never had the same schedules. My first GenCon was the last year it was...

I think it's supposed to work something like this: The PCs know that there are Gnolls in the area and have been ravaging the countryside. The DM has his matrix that shows the Gnolls' activities for the next few days. The DM can then drop hints, clues, whatever, to the PCs as to potential...

Like many others, I voted 4E. As DocMoriartty and others have pointed out, you just can not take a character from any other version and "upgrade" them - you have to rebuild them completely. Too, as others have pointed out, the mechanical aspects of the game are so very different between 4E and...

I think you are correct in that the difference between the "meter" and "timeline" is more semantics. I think it may be more of a focal thing. And by that, I mean the scale of what one is looking at, and perhaps too, its exposure to the party/characters. I could easily see a campaign timeline...

This is simply a boxy, narrow timeline with a fancy name. Am I missing something? Or, is there supposed to be more to it than that? All my campaigns have goings on that the PCs may or may not know about. It's part of that whole "living world" thing. Sure, the PCs are heroes and all, but...

The basis for comparison is, well, vague at best. As has been mentioned, the two systems are too dissimilar to make a good comparison based on any real measure. It would help to know what you are looking for as that may help to point in a different direction.