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Law, Neutrality, and Chaos 2e pits all three alignments against each other. ("Imagine three points of a triangle, each pulling against the other two.") Whereas 3e pits law against chaos, with neutrality as the wishy-washy middle-ground. Personally, I think the latter reflects the majority of...

Introductions Each chapter begins with an intro to what alignment is, and how it should be used. In 2e, alignment is the final step of character creation, while it comes near the end in 3e and 4e. 2e and 3e both adhere to the 9-alignment grid, while 4e simplified things down to 5 alignments...

What with the current Thread That Won't End, I thought it might be enlightening to go through and read what each PHB has to say about alignment. See, I'm not actually all that familiar with D&D alignments. I think I read the 2e AD&D alignment chapter once or twice back in the '90s, and then the...

1. DM 4e. Power gaming results in much lesser problems under the 4e ruleset. 2. Have a heart-to-heart with the players, and ask them to tone things the :):):):) down. 3. Fix the individual character options or combos that the players are using to steamroll the opposition. This makes the game...

There are. There's a poster on RPGnet who imagines that characters have no bones or innards, due to the way hit points work. Instead, characters on the inside are composed of a uniform spongy material. I myself use a variant of the meat point explanation. No abstractions. :) Brilliant, I'll...

No, I'm not about to request suggestions. ;) As this is a forum full of role players, I thought we might be able to get creative about the question I'm about to ask without getting all touchy and argumentative, and come up with some interesting discussion. So here goes: If you were ever to...

'Martial' is an adjective, which is probably why... You know what? Forget it. Enjoy nitpicking random internet people who don't meet your expectations of concision!

'Martial class' is a great umbrella term! Except of course that it's longer than 'fighter.' Which may not bear any weight with you, but it does for a chunk of the community. I'm not saying that 'fighter' is better; I'm saying that expecting others to always be as precise as you are has no doubt...

Wow, playing D&D must be very frustrating for you, what with all those wizards (and others magical types) running amok! It's funny, 'caster' is a short, simple, and accepted word to describe spell-using classes. But 3.x has no comparable word for warrior-types. In 2e you can say 'warrior' to...

Gotcha. That's a tough sitch you're in. Have you suggested simply converting the Bo9S classes as a work-around to one of your problems? One of PF's selling points is backwards compatibility, after all. Also, what of those 3.5 work-arounds you mentioned? Surely most if not all of them could be...

Sorry if you covered this earlier, but what normally happens when one or more players don't like the game the GM wants to run? (And how exactly did your Captain Planet situation come about?)

Kudos to you, but from GMforpowergamer's various ENworld posts, we know that this isn't his first time playing PF. This is like the umpteenth time your mother told you to try [insert your least favorite veggie] when you were growing up, because hey, this time she steamed it instead of boiling it!

I think you're overthinking this. Give your friend's game one session, and if you're not having more fun that you would be having with another hobby, tell him "Gave it a shot, still hate PF, I'm sitting this one out."

Wow, that's interesting. I'm just the opposite; no DM is perfect, so if I'm playing my least favorite edition I can simply put it down to being one of the DM's flaws, and mostly enjoy the game anyway. Whereas if I'm DMing, I'm largely responsible for the group's gaming experience. Whatever flaws...

As a one-shot? Absolutely! Maybe not if it became a regular event.

I wouldn't use it as evidence that PF is a different edition, but "No 3.x material!" is certainly a thing. Which to me is odd, because if I were DMing PF, I'd think "The more options, the merrier!" But the prevalence of "No 3.x material!" is probably related to the prevalence of "Core only!" in...

Well said, Dungeoneer! I've certainly run across a couple of the real-life edition warriors that wingsandsword mentioned, but more that are willing to at least try games and editions outside of their comfort zone. Generally, a GM can find a group to play edition A even if this player'd rather...

I agree with Ahnehnois that your anecdotes are sad, but I don't think D&Ders have ever lived in a golden age of communal understanding. Except maybe at the very beginning, when Gygax and Arneson were DMing the very first campaigns and making things up as they went. Actually, scratch that...

Difficult to remove alignments? I suppose so, for a DM who doesn't like hacking the system. But plenty of DMs have done it, and I don't think it's terribly hard to do so. Oh, and what do you mean about alignment affecting class balance? 2e was the last edition that tried to use alignment as a...

A question for those who remember subbing to DDI: Did you have to activate your sub thru your email after paying on the WotC site? I subbed yesterday (or at least I thought I did), but I can't access the mags. I'm not sure if it's because WotC hasn't billed my card yet, or because I can't log in...