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This thread would have been way cooler if every response to this thread's OP matched every response to the original thread's OP, only with "female" replaced with "male." :)

I'd go so far to say that it really doesn't ruin anything if your paladin/invoker/avenger/cleric has a different alignment from your god. So if you want a G paladin of Kord, I'd allow it in my game. I probably wouldn't let it go more than one step in the case of most gods (that is, no LG gods...

Yeah, when flipping through a copy of Underdark at a book store, I thought that the gnomes in the book could be the basis of a rock or deep gnome racial option. It would be handled in a manner similar to forgeborn dwarves or dusk elves. Well, they've mentioned that MM3 will have mimics. Not...

The way I usually play it, neither fighter is slacking off. When the second fighter overwrites the first fighter's mark, the first fighter's angle of attack is disrupted. He needs to reinitiate that with another attack, adjusting to the new circumstances of the battle and setting up the...

If you download the pdf, there's a section on origins of the incunabula and their physical qualities. EDIT - Here's the link to the pdf excerpt.

I believe on the most recent podcast they mentioned a column about the updates. While I like thinking of "rational" reasons for "metagamey" rules, I hope they touch upon things like this in that column.

I found the Design & Development article for 3e's MMV that talked a bit about the banshrae. In that article it says "I doubt it’s a coincidence that codename “Piccolo” (named after Bears fullback Brian Piccolo) became the banshrae, a monster that plays a flute." There's even this pic of the...

Does the book mention why or how Torog got stuck in the Underdark? There've been a few Underdark products over the years, but I haven't read most of them. However, based on what I've read, I too got the impression that the Underdark was "just" a bunch of caves. I get the impression that this...

My "fix" for the doubled up defense "problem" an Int-secondary rogue would have would be to allow their Int mod to be used in place of Wis or Cha when determining Will. This would be part of the Int-secondary Rogue Talent, whatever it's name would be. I'd call it "Slippery Mind." Similarly...

I look forward to seeing BBEGs on the cover of MMs. :) I like how your PCs can rub elbows and even slay these threats, even if the campaign may take a while. :) I wonder who'll be on the cover of MM4? What other traditional BBEGs are still out there?

Well, the dominated condition is: • You’re dazed. • The dominating creature chooses your action. The only powers it can make you use are at-will powers. Nothing about that says your action has to be an attack action. I'd have no problem letting the player command the monster to throw his axe...

This sounds good to me. On a somewhat related note, I allow Con to be used in determining the amount of weight someone can carry for the purposes of encumbrance. I still would like to give Int at least one unique thing to help separate it from Dex a bit. In the old days, it used to be that...

The "Wilden" entry in the Compendium hasn't changed: "Wilden are fey creatures with plantlike characteristics. Their bones are hardwood, and their supple, barklike skin trails into viny tendrils and a cloak of leaves, which drapes across the back." It just looks like they are downplaying the...

I like how, in 4e, the Underdark is an incomplete, flawed construction where the boundaries between planes are weak. It's a neat explanation for why so many aberrant creatures can be found in the depths below - they managed to find their way there through all the cracks in reality.

Creatures from the Far Realm have unfathomable motivations, but the results of those motivations usually are fathomable. For example, an aberration's behavior might result in the destruction of things, but wordly creatures can't know exactly why the aberration did it. Perhaps it's for reasons...

Well, that's not a problem with 4e so much as it's a problem with a group of people who play 4e. Ignore those warnings - I've played 4e enough to know that giving that level 1 PC the level 8 magic sword won't ruin things at all. As a matter of fact, one of my players ran a Charisma-based...

Orci. ;)

They haven't released those details yet. I'll probably pick this up when it comes out. I'm a sucker for these sorts of things. :)

This is my favorite explanation.

Yeah, I've been tempted lately to run a game where I've banned the Character Builder. It may have not been intended to shut down house rules, but that's what its effect has been. Also, it's gained a privileged place when it comes to determining the rules of the game even when it's wrong, at...