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At low levels, the most survivable character is probably a sword and shield fighter or paladin. Put them in the heaviest armour that you can buy, make sure their constitution is high, and even consider buying the toughness feat. Personally, I find Paladins a lot more fun to play but that is...

You are making the rather suspect assumption that the failure of DndNext means the death of the hobby. You're also making the rather suspect assumption that a few people posting negative opinions on DndNext at this point will have any significant effect on the success or failure of DndNext...

If both me and most Pathfinder (my current edition) people that I play with think that DndNext is better than Pathfinder then I'll probably try and use it in future campaigns and perhaps see my PFS play change to DndNextPFS. I doubt that I'd change the current campaign that I'm running unless...

All problems can be solved by inverting the polarity of the flux capacitor and/or the deflector dish

Sure you do. Forget game mechanics completely for a second. In Pathfinder, for example, essentially no size army of level 1 orcs is a threat to a group of 10th level PCs. The horde of Orcs MAY be a threat to the town the PCs are defending but not to the PCs. Given enough time, the PCs will...

I honestly didn't intend my post to be a troll or disingenuous. I apologize if it came across as such. As I've said elsewhere, I am concerned that they're flattening the power curve TOO much for my tastes. And going rather far from the games roots and from part of what makes it D&D to me. And...

White box, AD&D, 3.0, 3.5 and Pathfinder all put a smallish group (say 4-10) of giants well within the capabilities of a group of 10th level PCs. The whole classic AD&D Against the Giants adventures (where the PCs went in and killed whole tribes of Hill, Frost and Fire giants) were for levels...

I seriously believe that the words SAY what I think they say. To put it into context, what would you think if I said that I was writing a brand new RPG where the game is designed so that "we want higher-level characters to simply fight more orcs. " I'm not serious in believing that they MEAN...

Rather than hijack the other thread on the latest blog I'll start another. The following quote comes from the Sneak attack vs Backstab blog: Blog: Sneak Attack vs Backstab 3 Hopefully this is just an exaggeration or really badly worded. But taking it at its word DndNext sounds like a really...

I haven't played Kingmaker, but I'm getting the strong impression that the PCs did something that was quite intelligent (burned down a fort of negative value) that is going to turn out to be very silly (burned down a fort that was intended to be the centre of their power base) because you're...

I know that I'm in the minority but I absolutely loathe that "contribution" It means that I can't look at the battlemat and just see who is closest. It makes it a lot harder for a fighter to interpose himself between the monsters and the squishies since the bad guys can just go around since...

If they are available in your area it might be worth while trying one of the organized games. Either Pathfinder society, Living Forgotten Realms, or the essentials meetup. These are all very willing to take newcomers and teach them the ropes. Where do you live?

We may not have medieval ruins but we have a fair few colonial era buildings. Upper Canada Village is great for inspiration. As are any of the various forts. My personal favourites are Fort George and Fort Niagara, both at Niagara Falls (Fort Niagara is in NY). Out east, Louisburg is quite...

I think that the core Paladin should be assigned to a particular orders of particular Gods. All should be LG but some may be close to NG and some close to LN (ie, probably worship LN or NG Gods). But I think that there is then a lot of design space for other Holy warriors of other dieties. One...

Hey, I explicitly stated that opinions would vary whether or not this was a good thing. But it does mean a major change from 3rd and 4th edition For awhile it was. But it is no longer to my tastes. I abandoned 1ed D&D for other games over 20 years ago. And at the moment it seems likely that...

This is actually a good example of the other issue with feats. The value can be inobvious at first glance. This is a very valuable feat for some characters. Ignoring 5 feet of difficult terrain lets you take a 5 ft step into difficult terrain. And we all know how useful 5 ft steps can sometimes...

Unfortunately, I have little incentive to compromise. Just like you have 4th edition I have Pathfinder. If DndNext isn't better than Pathfinder FOR ME then I'll try and stick with Pathfinder. At some level I don't really care if DndNext succeeds. I certainly do NOT want to see it succeed at the...

The flip side to Orcs being a danger to L20 PCs is that men at arms are a danger to Giants. The feel of the world is going to change immensely. While now it is the case that (for all practical purposes) only high level characters are viable threats for high level monsters it will become the...

One of the really key questions is when they're planning on releasing this puppy. Their 4th edition sales HAVE to be affected to some extent. I don't know to what extent, of course. It may be coincidence but a WHOLE bunch of 4th edition stuff (modules, rules, etc) has shown up in the local...

The good news is that 5th edition WILL unite all (or almost all) D&D players The bad news is that they'll be united in their hate/dislike/disinterest of 5th edition. Probably about 1/2 a smiley on that. I think its actually a real risk.