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You could buy a 4e boxed set (PHB/DMG/MM) from amazon for 67$ for something like 2-3 years after launch. I do note that you have used the retail price, but how relevant is that price? For any buyers, the lowest price you can regularily get an item for, is what's relevant in my opinion. I am...

Isn't the thread quite irrelevant, since we don't actually know what price 5e is going to have, and we don't know what we will get either? The "leak" we have had first said 50$, then something like 38$, and was then removed. It didn't tell what you would get for it either. I do find it amusing...

I supported a kickstarter sometime last year, for a rpg called 6d6*. I finally got managed to get some of my friends together and we tried the Savage Island adventure. It was quite fun to try out a new system. I am quite the DnD fan, but this system really seemed to be different enough, and...

I usually only buy to use, and it's mostly adventures I end up buying. They are usually a lot less dry than pure rulebooks. ;)

No, not 50$, I would pay the rebated price that will probably be between 20$ and 40$. (The 4e PHB/DMG/MM could be bought for 67$ from amazon, I am betting we will se a similar offer for 5e).

... except, 4e essentials was 100% backwards compatible with 4e, unlike 3.5 which had some small but important changes. It's a 2-3 year refresh that really only adds value. Anyway, I don't get the complaining about the 50$ price point when it's obvious you won't be paying that if you don't want...

... I would think of the Renaissance, and wonder what crunch had to do with it. I am familiar with the OSR term, but as Old School Revival, not Renaissance. In other words, it doesn't make much sense to me.

I am assuming you never took the "Come and get it" power for your fighter? Or the daily that auto-damages everybody that starts adjacent? The 4e fighter is the fighter that most closely resembles the casters in powers when comparing editions. Anyway, I think multiple attacks and no area attacks...

I think it's important to take note of what they now call metamagic is: "the ability to alter the way a spell works on the fly". In other words, they have taken the metamagic of 3e and used it in another meaning. In 3e it could also mean that a wizard prepared a metamagic'd spell in advance. I...

Maybe a couple of extra level one spells? With those and a dagger or crossbow they should be about on par with the ones using at-will pew-pew.

Sounds like a good idea. Is there any reason not to allow this in 4e?

I don't have to zoom to be able to read, but I prefer something that's as large as possible. Try reading this one for instance: http://www.dndclassics.com/pdf_preview_handler.php?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwatermark.dndclassics.com%2Fpdf_previews%2F16880-sample.pdf on my tablet there is quite a bit of not...

I would avoid anything involving data entry.

Looking at your first character, you want it to have the advantage of light armor (more maneuverable) and be better at social skills than a regular fighter. You don't get something for nothing though, so you will have to make some sacrifices. Either less damage or worse AC. The point buy system...

Nah, I am using a 10" tablet, same as you. I do find it annoying that the pdf always uses less than 100% of the screen area (Letter being the worst format). For a pdf in letter format I have to zoom and to flip between the pages without resetting the zoom I have to use the volume buttons. The...

The problems I have with pdf's are that they are created for one paper size, not for assorted screen sizes. There are no tablets with Letter or A4 format. In addition, the typical pdf has a lot of margins that you don't really need on a tablet (they already have "margins" around the screen)...

I would appreciate having the rules in PDF format, but I would prefer something better suited to use on a tablet.

I really like this idea as it should create some tension: can the character outlast the poison? Does he need help? If he needs help, how fast does he need it? It kind of reminds me of the effects the ring had on Frodo in LoTR, he was slowly but surely losing willpower. He could be helped by...

I am not mistaken, the cap for a PC stats is 20, so a +5 bonus.

I really do think you have got a good point here. 4e is so verbose, that to create certain character concepts, you have to sift through thousands of pages to get the feats, items and powers that makes that character concept work. The last session I ran 4e as a DM, I used some cardboard...