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If we're going with "intent" then we have to bring in subsequent WotC products, of course, and then we're back to the various feats that may or may not show that they wanted/intended monks to take the feat and the PHBII which shows, however flawed in execution, the INTENT to allow a monk to take...

The penalties are really minor. It's like the XP cost for magical items ... they keep people from WANTING the items, when really they're not that big a penalty. For instance, looking at my character now, even with the -1 to all attacks, I've got the second-highest Attack Bonus in the group ...

I'm currently playing in an AoW campaign. The GM allowed me to found my own Legacy item on the MW Greatclub my character had from the beginning. For my part, I'm liking it. The character penalty progression is quite minor, that I've found, though that seems to scare people away from using it...

My group started before I joined. I came in at 3rd level, they at 1st. Two of the characters are cousins, dwarves, who had dreams of bigger things than mining. The other was a freespirited cleric of Heironeous. My character joined the group because he was a little too religiously dogmatic...

It is, pure and simple, a balancing effect for people to use who are upset with Druids in their games being overpowered. Yea. It's a nerf. It's supposed to be. It's also supposed to be simpler for everybody at the table, requiring less in judgement calls. --fje

I met the group I currently play with by way of our ENWorld story hours and my moving into the (general) area of Birmingham. There are several more ENWorlders in town that I've never met in person. --fje

Thanks for all of the responses. :) I wasn't sure if it were some sort of semi-official ENWorld thing. Looking at the map, there are far more ENWorlders in Alabama than I would have thought. Might be an idea to set one up. --fje

If being a good roleplayer is what's most important, then why are point-buy characters less cool than rolled? :) Some people like one over the other. It's a personal taste thing. I, generally, prefer point buy. But if the game is fun and the people playing are cool we could deal cards or...

But is power disparity better? I mean ... the argument states that there's no real disparity, but that the disparity that exists in the "luck" adds "flavor"? I've BEEN the guy with the great stats. They weren't all 18s, but they were plenty high ... and the disparity REALLY DID EXIST...

Many people use arguments like "increases powergaming" as moralist arguments against point buy. I don't see it, morally or logically. --fje

Personally I think the burden of proof that "effect" is a game-specific term that specifically rules out feats is on that team's shoulders. There's an unspoken (and doesn't need to be spoken) assumption at work that, unless defined elsewhere, all words within the document are used as-per...

So, I have a question ... what IS an ENWorld Game Day? I've long seen them advertised, but I'm nowhere near where any of them have been, but I'm curious as to what's involved. Is there a webpage somewhere detailing the "style sheet" or programme? Is there a Master of Ceremonies that's in...

For me, all of the rolling "systems" I've played (again, multiple years over multiple states and multiple groups, from the first days of 2nd ed to today) ended up not being perfectly "true" to what was in the book. My most powerfully statted character, that particular group had a Roll 4d6 Eight...

I don't see that "powergaming" or "min/maxing" can't go hand-in-hand with good playing, skillful roleplaying, or having a really good time. I'm probably a "powergamer" or a "min/maxer", or an "optimizer" or "characterist". When I'm the guy on the playing end of the game (which had been, until...

I once played a depressed goth Dust Mephit necromancer. Very fun. And once I played an evil Drow wizard in a game where we were out to overthrow an evil Drow empire. He was very fun, since he had a perfectly solid reason to be on a "good" adventure ... he wasn't philosophically opposed to...

In all of my games it's an official, out of character rule that the corpses don't get looted. It's the "leave poor, come poor" with a rider that we're all going to be adult about it. They can have whatever in-game reason seems appropriate ... relatives, viking burial, stuff bequeathed to...

I'm one of the group that prefers pt. buy. I do so because, honestly, chargen is down low on my list of things I want to spend an afternoon doing. It's always gotten on my nerves, from either side of the table. So, for my games, I use point buy ... and averaged HP to boot! There are rules...

Bullet Points is the Q&A for rules that Wizards publishes to their website. It can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bpa/full ;) Just in case anybody reading was like: "Huh?" --fje

Just sent an inquiry about SFX Skills: Hermetic Alchemy to the publisher. The MS is, at this point, done but for the lickin' over of the golden calf. I have to say, I'm proud of this one. I've done some new things with the interactions between SFX Skills, material components and foci ...

The cover glows in the dark. Seriously ... how cool is that? --fje