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I agree, I want somethin in return for each choice. Classes should be equal in the game. But they dont have to be forced to be equal in every situation. If hes a lot better in social and a lot better at exploring, then he can be worse in combat. If you want someone equally powerful in all...

Much of what you say has some truth to it. Of course being able to make your character worse at combat is still possible, but the way you phrase your reply has some misunderstandings. First - D&D has always (until 4e) had, classes that were balanced more towards exploration or social...

Cookie cutter pcs which play and feel the same often results in players roleplaying the same. Mechanics heavy rules with fluff removed (which happens because we focus on mechanics to find balance), results in players using powers and not roleplaying what they are doing. Some players also...

Removing player choices and marginalizing roleplaying focused characters in exchange for balance is soooo 6 years ago. Next you'll be telling us we don't need any rules for roleplaying, and that everything is refluffable so we dont need many options anyways. Just saying I know how this...

There were lots of 2e and 3e games that were not combat focused. There were even lots of 2e and 3e official adventures that were not combat focused, pick up a copy of Dungeon magazine in the used bin at your game shop or get a pdf if you need reminding. Wedding Bells, Challenge of Champions...

This sentence is so far from reality it makes me wonder if you ever played the game or if you had a rock for a DM. Do you mean a wizard could specialize to be the master in one or two of those areas, or could be the best in all the areas simultaneously? Seems to me like lots of people were...

Can't give you XP or I would lol

I like new books. Half the fun of D&D for me is buying them, readining them, plotting and planning. I bought 4e with gusto, but it failed to maintain my interest. Not really that interested in Pathfinder, rules are too stale for my liking. Ill be buying 5e, Monte Cooke can do no wrong...

Odd I havent seen that soo much. I buy lots of new books. Just the other day my pathfinder subscription came in the mail. I think the real concern is when the new books suck a lot more then the old books because a company is trying to redefine the game.

Pick locks detect doors Divination spells scrying, clairvoyance, clairaudience detect alignment ect tracking knowledge history, nature ect gather information

I never said extra or unwarranted attention. My DM was simply giving out magic items as they always do. If a fighter gets the hitpoints, multiple attacks, magic abilities from items, no SR, ability to use almost any item, and better saves he can be pretty kick but against a wizard that...

Please dont destroy D&D for me......... again. Not being reactionary or dramatic, just telling you the truth, maybe my reaction below will shed light on it a bit. My illusionist isn't a controller. He's a fun little gnome, who plays tricks on people. Often he's completely useless in combat...

disagree with this thread completely. How about we brainstorm how to make marshall classes and arcane classes both fun and interesting without gimpin either?

The best campaigns contain 1- a backdrop story or theme, pre imagined by the dm 2- choices by the players, that change, interact with, or diverge from the story 3- sidequests like banshees in the woods, kidnappings, maidens asking for help that the players can choose to go on, or not 4- stories...

D&D is its own fantasy subgenre, exactly. When we talk about how it should relate to tolkien etc, we miss the point. It RELATED to Tolkien and other fantasy topics when it was made, now it nas enough fans and cultural head space that it need only relates to itself for justification. It has...

I have an alternate proposal. Keep the warlord and expand what it can do. Keep the (3.5 style) at will fighter and try to keep it balanced in play. This way players have both choices.

Experiences vary. In all the campaigns I played in, at epic levels the fighter was the one who bested the king, inherited the army, ruled lands. I usually found the sweet spot for the wizard was levels 10-15, but afterwords the epicness was the realm of the fighter. Of course this vaired...

I want an illusionist that gives me the VERY HARD challenge to make him useful in combat. I dont want to "ignore" my combat powers. I want the illusionist to be so good in OTHER areas that I am weaker in the combat area for the exchange. I want a barbarian who can't pick locks, or write...

Theres been a lot of discussions about change and innovation on ths board lately and it got me to thinking about how much of this has to do with the OGL. It seems to me that once WOTC decided after 3.5 that the next edition wouldnt be OGL, they had no choice but to introduce many changes...

You make a good point. But as a DM I am really reluctant to agree with mundane actions and attacks like were talking about covered by feats and powers. The reason why is that there are many players that barely pay attention to their sheet, they just wanna describe what they want to do. These...