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Alright, that works for me. :) And I took a break from ENWorld around that time because things were, uh... a little hot back then.

Uhm... I understand why the Publishers & Press Releases post was made, but doesn't this "I admit I was wrong" story look like a method to slip an add in under the radar? Essentially he's telling us he's got three new products we can buy from him, and maybe I'm wrong, but I was under the...

Invoker is so far the only class in 4e that actually disappointed me. I like their concept, their fluff, their place on the source-role grid... but the execution is so bland. A divine wizard, big deal. You can clearly tell apart the powers from a fighter and a swordmage. Ditto for a cleric and...

Ranged touch attacks are usually highly accurate. With your level and dex you should have a bonus of about +5, so I wonder what you're fighting that you miss so often with it? In contrast, Flaming Sphere requires constant attention to make it useful, assuming the enemy doesn't just douse it...

If that were true, then the "DM's best friend" rule also wouldn't have a place in 4e. After all, that's also a rule that takes context and uses it in a game mechanical sense. The fact that improvised damage is different depending on how dangerous it sounds and how often it can be done is...

When you speak of guidelines, I suppose you mean things like "knocking prone is Easy but blinding is Hard"? I think such guidelines would be entirely worthless because they wouldn't take into account the actual context of the action. Is knocking prone still easy when dealing with a huge...

I'm not Piratecat, but you seem to be operating under a very common misconception. Some people think that because there is only one table on page 42 that it only deals with one topic - which would be the categories of damage. This is not what page 42 actually is about. Rather, it handles three...

Serious, albeit it "heavy" serious. I play about three times a week. Daily I both pick up RPG books and visit relevant websites. I fall short of Hardcore because I don't buy books on a monthly basis, not even when my income allows it. Nor do I own hundreds of books. ... Damn I just counted...

CoDzilla = Cleric or Druid zilla. It refers to these two classes easily turning themselves into physical powerhouses who totally eclipse the power of fighters or barbarians. In 3.5 this is quite easy to do with the PHB alone. Whether or not it still exists in Pathfinder I can't really say...

The verdict is pretty much that Fortitude is the strongest NAD, Reflex is about a point or so lower, and Will is the weakest. For that reason powers that target Fortitude are sometimes seen as inaccurate. But that was based on an analysis of MM1. D&D is not a static game, and WotC can learn...

I'm also not very impressed with the fluff I've seen from the armor items. But my immediate thought upon reading the Holy Radiance Armor was: "how long?" By a strict reading the light you shed either only lasts an instant or forever. I'm sure it's supposed to be for the rest of the encounter...

Make it so the players know they are not at the top of the food chain here. Some ghouls might have made a trail of coins and cheap gemstones into the gaping maw of the burst door of a tomb. I have no doubt the players will be smart enough to see this ambush coming a mile away, but the purpose...

It does have its own type of feel, but I consider all of 2e to be "old school." Pre-PO it was an unbalanced mess of class-based rules thrown together. But you know what? It was plenty fun and had some of the greatest settings ever to grace our hobby. Post-PO it was an unbalanced mess of...

It looks a bit like the Orb of Unlucky Exchanges (AV p.96).

As a quick aside, am I the only person in the entire world expecting new skill challenge rules in DMG2? Because that would seem like a perfect book in which to publish optional system variants and/or expansions.

How often does your shadow priest heal in Naxxramas? When I talk of a "dedicated member" I refer to an individual, not a class. Priests can be either healer or (admittedly very good) dps, but I've never seen one that can be both at once.

I have played WoW and don't think 4e is like it. If anything it compares most closely to Dofus/Wakfu, but even that is rather tenuous. I do think that WotC took a good look at a wide variety of successful games to analyze what made them so strong, including WoW. From this they took lessons...

Just like warforged, indeed. Unless of course they've got a penalty to their saving throws. Which seems to be getting rather common at higher levels.

Snare (lvl 4) and Wyvern Watch (lvl 6) are in the PHB2. They are identical in that they immobilize (save ends) once triggered, except the latter has a larger area and targets will instead of reflex. But I do agree that more traps would be cool. I think a neat controller class could be made from...

What level and classes are the PCs? What edition? Any relevant magic items beyond simple armor, weapons, and the like? We know very little about the team so far and their abilities. Cutting a deal with the thief is the easiest way to get him to cooperate, but there's the risk they get burned...