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Right. That's where I think Paizo is really blowing it. A lot of the people that didn't switch to 4e did so not out of hatred or nerd rage over changes, but because they already had shelves full of 3.5 products, 3PP stuff, and were content to just stick with that. Paizo taking up the "keep...

I was going to mention the lady as well. Excellent example.

Special treat like cookies? I like 4e. I like cookies? I can has 4e cookies?

But...prostitution is a victimless crime and marijuana isn't a drug, it's a plant. It just grows like that. You have to do things to drugs chemically, I don't know the recipe, I'm just saying.

It's not a flaw, it's a philosophy. Having mechanical support means that ultimately it's about the characters, not the players. It's an age old RP question. Do you let the clever player playing the dumb barbarian handle all the puzzles and reward him for being clever? Do you let the smooth...

For me, it depends on the challenge. Physical challenges I often give out quite a bit of detail - "okay, getting up this mountain without being spotted is going to be a skill challenge with two phases, phase 1 is about the climbing, phase 2 is about remaining unseen from the patrols or the...

That's cool. I appreciate the apology. One love, ma brudda. :)

Power cards that copy wholesale the text from the PHB are indeed a violation of WOTCs rights, as things currently stand. Whether or not I agree with the laws themselves is a different topic, but yes, copying another's text and supplying it to end users without being licensed to do so is a...

Apparently it is just you. Because, instead of reading my rather clear post as an effort to help the discussion, you decide it's an attack on your intelligence or something and respond as a snarky jerk instead of understanding it for what it was. YMMV

It's not arbitrary. Rodney explains the intent well, and I think its quite clear. In the DMG you are given the tools to handle any mechanical aspect of world building and adventure design. You are shown how to assign appropriate DCs to tasks. The PHB, under skills, has a few DC examples...

C'mon, seriously? Your position is that 4e has "conciously rejected" world building? Have you even actually seen pictures of the DMG, let alone read it?

A small correction, at wills and basic attacks do scale by tier. Reducing hit points is still abstract though. Sure, you use a weapon, but its not always physical damage. 20 points from a longsword doesn't always represent a cut, or at least not 20 points of cut, some of that is morale...

That's all well and good, but I think it's hard to argue that considerations like those should take up precious space in the core books. Nor could it all actually. If you are going to insist on that level of detail, it needs to be across the board, not just about one thing. Even highly detail...

Seems a lot of people understand the 4e rules as written, get the intent, follow the examples and meanings, understand what is meant by exception based design and what is meant by challenges scaling with level (as Mr. Thompson explained). It seems a lot of people don't. This is just...

Picture Yoda, the rest will take care of itself.

I don't think that the definition of "core" D&D gameplay is arguable. Every edition states it quite clearly in their introductions and it's never really changed. Core gameplay has always been a party of adventurers taking up sword and spell to explore and delve in search of action and...

I like how the 3e cloud screams "if you are not a caster, you are ****ed."

I bought a rolling plastic toolbox from Lowes for less than $20. It has wills and a retracting handle like a piece of luggage. The bottom section is all open, boxy space and the top section is a traditional toolbox with a nuts/screws tray that swings out on a pivot. I keep loads of dice in...

D&D is good at D&D, everything else requires tweaking. 4e, easily. Skill challenges are an excellent fit for an investigation. 4e again. Minions let you throw overwhelming numbers at the besieged PCs and the undead are varied and interesting, especially when you include Open Grave. Skill...

I agree completely. Also with the comments by Remathalis and mallus above scribbles. I've mentioned in another thread before that I had a player whose elf was a musician who found his way to adventuring (his concept was basically what if Led Zeppelin really got to go to Middle-earth). He...