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1. Your GM's table, his/her rules win, so if that's how Channel Energy is run in your group, more power to you. 2. The rules are not that clear to me. Looking at more core rulebook, I see "wave of energy", "burst", etc. There's nothing that says that it's invisible, odorless, soundless, or...

On the holy symbol front... 1. If you're channeling, the cat's going to be out of the bag that you've got the channeling ability. I don't have the book in front of me, but I've never seen channeling portrayed as whispered words from the back of the room. Your party is eventually going to...

Good God, this whole post, +1! (Apparently, the equal-outcomes XP fairy is saying I need to spread more XP around before giving you more. Great post.)

By your logic, reading comprehension is optional so long as you get to support your viewpoint. Here's the direct quote: Admin here. No personal insults, please. ~ PCat It was late 2010 that WotC first seriously started thinking about a new edition. This was prompted by divisions in the RPG...

Holy crap! They were "seriously thinking" about a new edition after 2 years?!? The verdict is in, folks. 4e was a failure, at least in the eyes of the company that made it. On the one hand, I'm stunned that this level of candor was allowed. On the other hand, however, I'm very impressed...

We've been hearing about the revenue stream (with little actual data to sustantiate it) of DDI since its launch. While I'm sure it's a pillar of the 5e strategy, DDI clearly isn't enough. At least, not enough to push D&D into the "Core Brand" designation of Hasbro/WotC. Otherwise, we wouldn't...

I voted Other. The title should be "D&D: Do or Die Edition" or "D&D: Make It or Break It" I say this b/c if the $50M "Core Brand" target is legit (and I think it probably is), this is D&D's last chance to reach that status. If it does, it will become a core brand with the resources & yes...

Think what you will. WotC's actions & design choices resulted in me having the stance towards them that I do. That said, I'm giving them a chance rather than dismissing them outright. Glad to see those who have a different viewpoint than you won't have to do without snark between now and the...

How in the hell can you even do what Rob Schwalb is suggesting within the same game/campaign/table? Sorry, you can't. If Jerry is running a BECMI-style character and his turn takes 10 seconds, how is it fun for him to wait through Sally's 3e or 4e-style character with all of their tactical...

I voted Neutral. Pathfinder's my game and I've left D&D before (in the 2e days), so it's largely immaterial to me if there's a D&D game in print, let alone a new edition. My negative reaction is due primarily to two factors: 1. The fact that after 4e, WotC has been relegated to the "Put up or...

Same rules. If the 4e NPC/monster design method is employed, that's a big mark against a 5e purchase for me and my players.

So 5e is on the way. WotC is looking to avoid the mistakes of 4e. They've got a good team. They've got the brand. However, they've got a huge target to hit and 4e will have the briefest lifespan in the brand's history amongst a fractured fan base. And we already see the love for the Edition...

I think what there role should be is "Continuing to kick the crap out of D&D". Kidding & snarkiness aside, seriously folks, why should Paizo role over & jump on the 5e bandwagon? Several problems with this: 1. You're assuming that it'll even be an option. The GSL was an abomination compared...

I think Mercurius may have been reading RD's posts on the recent history of WotC and has come to the conclusion (rightly, I believe) that the D&D brand, can't make the Hasbro "core brand" mark of $50M. If RD is correct, this would put D&D in the sink-or-swim column & Mercurius wants the D&D to...

While I agree with this, many GMs do not do well with spontaneously coming up with setting details on the fly, especially if the setting is in a ficitonal setting or even a city which the GM isn't familiar with -- NY neighborhoods/districts are just names to me, for example. I think a sandbox...

I apparently need to spread around XP, but a big honking' "+1" to the sentiment above. (And I don't advocate putting PF elements into 4e, either, FWIW.)

+1 to this in pretty much all respects.

Good luck with that, Oryan77. I've posted similar questions in the lead up to 4e. There seems to be a large segment of the ENWorld population that perpetually has that "new shiny" syndrome. It's like a kid getting a birthday present, playing with it for 5 minutes, and then saying "what I want...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Yeah, "all business accounting is false accounting" is just a criticism of a tendency... And out of curiosity, with respect to "all activity should be audited based on its effect on society and on the environment", no, nothing anti-capitalist about that. After all, folks like Marx knew how to...