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Yes, this was me being sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek, and maybe a tad passive-aggressive. I should have added some eyeroll smileys. Heh. I basically agree with you that it's hogwash. Unless we're just seeing the ugly side of their marketing scheme - you know the one, I've speculated about it before...

Sabynha is content that she has gleaned about all she can from what Oakstaff can say about Kaibon. She spends the rest of the time listening to his stories, looking for tidbits to add to her repertoire. Her need to rest for a moment battling her desire to ensure the safety of Propherio/Orlando.

Clearly, Mr. Alhazred, we are the ones having badwrongfun and must be Doing It Wrong and thus our discontent and butthurt reactions in this thread :p Clearly we are less than a 10th percentile of survey respondents, so our opinions don't count for much. Truthfully, I think the answer is closer...

Great. I am not confident that things are headed in that direction. That's what this thread is about. You seem to take exception to that. What you're saying, over and over, is basically equivalent to "be quiet, every thing is fine." Which runs counter to the point of this thread. If you don't...

I think you'd find that most DM's do that; it doesn't make you fringe or a special snowflake. I think they finally get this and thus have made a bunch of noise about "modularity," but as I and many others here have pointed out, that will only carry a DM so far. There are things about the chassis...

This is true, but classes built that way exist nonetheless. The skald is from Heroes of the Feywild, and is Cha-primary, but can be built as Dex- or Str-primary as well with a minimum of fuss, or any other stat whose basic attacks can be buffed or enhanced. Really quite versatile, which is...

Unless you're a skald, or a Prescient bard (Wisdom secondary), or you are building to concept, or to qualify for specific feats/paths/etc. No, they're really not. Your ignorance of 4e is showing. That's fine in and of itself, since I know you bailed early on, but it's not as cut and dry as you...

To each their own indeed. I had no problem with any of the things you mention. I'm pretty sure swinging swords has always been a part of the bard's repertoire; they're supposed to be jacks-of-all-trades, after all. In AD&D they could pick any WP, in 3.x they could choose some martial weapons...

i've played several, and it's just as much fun as it has always been. Perhaps more, in part due to having way less MAD. Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks so. Pretty much this.

As a frequent player of bard characters throughout all editions, I have to disagree with your statement here.

"Please do; I am difficult to trick if the assassin approaches in the open, but I may not see it coming. I have heard that the senses of my full-blooded kin are the stuff of legend." The vistani casually put a loose lock of hair back in place behind her slightly-pointed ear. She spoke quietly...

I honestly think that his sample "setting bible" may have been one of the most useful campaign-building tools he has ever dropped in this column. I like his ideas for this game - it's the first time that Arthurian-themed roleplaying has seemed appealing to me at all - but that's beside the...

"I really want to hear the tales of your glorious questing, and it pains me to interrupt, so hold that thought, but..." Sabynha felt much less intimidated and hurried now, knowing that their quarry was safely tucked away. It also seemed that she was catching on to how to speak to this great...

Sabynha felt Ill-at ease in the presence of another living tree, but even she could sense that this one was great and powerful - certainly not to be trifled with - and so she stowed her blade. She turned to the elf, "Shandra... is it? We do not know what form Ragnar's assassin will take; we...

Makes sense to me.

As they depart, Sabynha turns back with a wink, and in a stage whisper says, "Congratulations!"

"Then, begging your pardon, we should not delay any longer; each moment that passes, the assassin surely closes in on his prey." Sabynha was concerned that her failure would cost them dearly and meant to make up for it, but in truth, the sooner they could find Orlando/Propherio, the sooner she...

Unless of course the DM says extended rests (or whatever they're calling them) only happen in "safe" places like settlements or whathaveyou. I see it as one of the pacing dials that can be tweaked. On that kind of scale, a weeklong journey would generate up to 7 encounter opportunities (not all...

I preferred the skills not being tied to stats in the name of "more than one way to skin a cat." Best example I can think of is Intimidate - it could work in so many ways, and I'd prefer if it were left to the players and DM to adjudicate based on the situation. Rulings Not Rules, right? Plus...

While this is true, a lot of the rituals were quite a bit higher in level than they previously were (which I tend to agree with), but as-written, rituals didn't see much use at a lot of tables, as I understand it. They didn't in my games at first either (I've houseruled some fixes, and now they...