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I don't mind humor, but I prefer it to be a bit more subtle (Lidda with the exploded wand is a good example). Mostly though I just have a preference for strong and cohesive art direction, that the look of a book is consistent is important to me (i.e. if it was all gag cartoons by the same...

Just for clarity I don't believe I made quite so absolute a statement, at least it wasn't my intent. "Focus on the positive" meant we should try to spend the lion's share of our energy there, not that we should never deviate from it. I do think there is room for improvement though, and a...

But that's part of the point, what does it matter if 3d6 roll low is supported if my own preference is also supported?

It probably won't fix anything, but the purpose is to get everyone to be more self-aware about the tenor of what we post and how it could affect the success of the coming edition and subsequently the health of our hobby as a whole. It's a drop in the ocean, but enough drops can make a small...

The poll only has the second option because two options were required, it was meant solely as a way to publicly opt in to a concerted effort to go above and beyond the basic level of civility required for a reasonable exchange. That is probably my fault for not making that clear. My apologies...

I feel that the waters have already become so poisoned that if we want to reverse the situation we have to take extra care and make a very deliberate shift in focus, and yes that does mean maybe we should be more restrained that we would usually be. The conversation isn't taking place in a...

You could talk about not liking surges or 3e multiclassing and why, but my contention is that you could convey the same information in a more positive manner by talking about why you like the old HP system, or how you might like the concept of surges and what changes you might make and why you...

I think I would prefer that be left largely to common sense other than noting perhaps that similar items won't work if one over one another, so no wearing a hat and a helmet, or boots and slippers, or a cape and a cloak. Really I guess of the worn items I'd like jewelry be slotless. Mostly...

Sigh, maybe some nice admin. will edit in the missing 'from' in my poll question if they can.

A new edition is coming and I think it's fair to say that most of us want two things, we want it to accommodate our preferences and we want it to be it to be as popular with as many gamers as possible so we have lots and lots of people to play with. I do not think either of those are...

I really dislike replacing powers with other different powers in order to remain current, and needing to replace them with almost the same power just higher level seems kind of redundant and silly. My answer is basically that it depends. Some powers don't need to scale they stay fairly useful...

Why not wait and judge the final product on its own merits. Maybe it'll be good, maybe it'll be terrible, maybe it'll just be mediocre, or maybe it just won't be for you, but passing judgement now seems a bit presumptive, premature, and pointless.

I don't personally care for them, they don't promote (or rather they discourage) the sort of play I like, but I don't see any reason for them not to be included as an optional rule for those that do like them. I'm really hoping that this coming edition drives home an idea that has sort of been...

There are some fighting games that mix characters from different iterations of the series on which they're based, and you see exactly this sort of balance in those type of games, and balance is vastly more important in a head to head game like that. Now that is an entirely different sort of...

The best I've seen this handled (IMHO) in another game is various versions of FATE such as Legends of Anglerre and Strands of Fate. There are a few variations but most of them boil down to have a short term resistance often in the form of per scene HP and long term consequences that can last...

Healing in combat should probably cost a more significant action than a minor. Minor action healing is pretty much a no brainer, it just doesn't put much of a dent in the action economy, meaning if the party is taking enough damage to warrant healing then there isn't any reason not. Whether...

Roles need to be taken and chucked out the window. Make each class unique, give them interesting mechanics, and then let the players decide how they're going to use them. If you say every class has to fill a specific role, or every class has to fill two roles, or every class needs to fill each...

If a game has a certain play style for most or all of it's life and then you suddenly change that emphasis, it's not really the same game anymore. If 5e doesn't emphasize CaW like every edition other than 4e did, then it's not really going to be in the spirit of D&D and it will likely fail, not...

Play with the books you have, or don't. That's your choice not WotC's, either way the content in them isn't going to magically vanish or be invalidated if another edition comes out. I'm guessing it'll be around a year and half, give or take a couple months, before 5e lands, if you divide the...

Of course this is only true if you're talking about 3e, prior to that you couldn't jack save difficulties way the heck up and any kind of SoD was a much greater gamble. 3e broke a lot of stuff, rendering it a terrible example of the classic model of balance between classes, but it sure makes...