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I think the argument is, "a system where the DM doesn't regularly have to fudge (4e) is superior to a system where the DM does regularly have to fudge (3e)". (I don't necessarily ascribe to this view. I am totally excited about 4e, but I also love 3e. And 1e. And basic. (And I suppose 2e...

Hooray, there is an answer! That's all I care about; I don't care what it is.

What'sthe capital of Belgium? Try to answer without saying "Brussels", "the place where sprouts come from" or "more than one brussel". Minions are not an in-game concept. Hit points are not an in-game concept either, so it's not surprising that there's no in-game concept for people with one of...

Right. The point of "once per day, when you die" isn't that you're expected to die once per day. It's that you're expected to avoid dying twice per day.

Minions are barely even a rule, though. They're a monster manual entry. Rules are "there's rule 0 i guess" sorta-optional. If you change a rule, you'll have to explain it to the players. Monsters are actually optional. The DM has to specifically choose to use them. Omitting to use minions, or...

So everyone had the epic level handbook in 3.x?

Why? What about spell slots is required for stories about beginning wizards? I can't think of many stories about beginning wizards, but none of the sorceror's apprentice who made all those brooms, Luke Skywalker, that guy from Robert Asprin's Myth books, the Gray Mouser were described as having...

Wisdom Penalty for president! (won't be the first president with wisdom as a dump stat)

I see your point. I also like levels 1 and 2 of 3e. Simpler times. But on the other hand: -The ability to be killed by 1 lucky hit is not really essential to the billdungsroman, because by definition, no young hero of these stories actually ever IS killed by one hit. They live to become men...

It was stated elsewhere that in the heroic tier, when you died, you generally rolled up a new character. However, it's logical to put Raise Dead access into KotS, where there are 5 pregens and that's it, and if you die, you can't roll up another character. It does sound like there is no...

Yeah, I looked at those mechanics and the same thing occurred to me.

There sure is a lot of rope. I wonder if there are any 250-foot cliffs in this adventure?

Look at the human's bonus: one extra feat, at-will power, trained skill, and +1 to all defenses. That sounds pretty good. Especially the extra at-will power.

So what's the backstory for the pretty half-orcs?

ooh, a played-out list! gamist simulationist narratavist um (the only reason people ever type "um" is to imply that the person they're quoting is a big dumb dork. also umm, uh, uhh) disingenuous FIFY (No you did not fix it for me!) chuck norris throw up in my mouth (sorry)

Pretending that magic is real is big boy stuff! ;)

Hmm... I wonder if the per-encounter rules could be used. Make the hardness of the wall a little higher than the expected damage of an at-will attack, so that the characters can't tunnel through walls quickly out of combat, but damageable by per-encounter abilities - and with generally lower hit...

Yes they did. They were called exotic weapons. Now they're what, Superior Weapons?

I hadn't seen those Mearls posts before. I like his unspecified MM creature that is repurposed to a water creature that chokes you. I found that Noonan quote I was thinking of: Dave Noonan's Blog I'm curious about the first 3 lines of Phantom Steed!

I think that there is a difference of opinion on what some words mean. Stormbringer, you have several times used the phrase "totally abstract". I think you and I are using different functional definitions of "abstract". When I see "abstract" used to describe game rules, I usually think it...