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Anyone for Year of the Flumph? Who's with me? Flumphs FTW!

I suspect the terminology will see some changes before the light of day (release). After the initial read it sounds like it could work. For me, I would have to do some designing myself before giving it my stamp of approval. Color me cautiously optimistic! Edit: Some of the stuff is a bit...

Thanks for pointing that out. Care to take a stab at the point of the thread? Coming from a 3.5 point of view, it would be nice to hear some of your ideas...

It's not so much a playtest at this point. Our group is kind of caught between editions right now. We've given up on 4e for various reasons, and don't really want to go back an edition since the playtest is out. We've tried a few other systems and want to get back to D&D. We have played...

Our group is looking to expand the races for our D&D Next sessions. I have two players, one interested in trying a Dragonborn, another a Tiefling. Since 4e is the only source for those races (as playable races), what racial abilities would you give them? Where would you put the stat bonus...

Someone should do a poll. I'd be curious as to the percentage of people would like the 5mwd day addressed vs those who don't see an issue.

I'd give you XP but "must spread around" Stalker0. I agree completely with what you said. I am certain that this is not an easy endeavor since power levels change as levels are gained and because of this I think whatever ideas that get tried need to be tested at low, mid, and high levels for...

LOL. Ok. My point is this - there ARE times where time is of the essence, and if someone can't do something how is that handled? There are tons of examples out there. On another note - can you assist someone with this system? Don't get me wrong, I like the system but I'm just not seeing the...

I'm thinking more along the lines of the Orc Horde is gaining on you, this cliff is in your way. You must climb it to escape. There is a time pressure and there is a consequence to failing this or delaying this.

For me, the system has merit. I also really like the idea of using the categories from novice to grandmaster (as it evokes memories of nostalgia). However, I would like to see further play examples to get a true meaning of how this would work. If the PCs had to climb a cliff that required...

Very interesting article. Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Skills in D&D) Has some crunch to where Mearls is going with all this. Enjoy! Discuss! Personally, I like the basics and would like to see more (especially with level advancement) and how that would...

Ipad1 for me. Use Obsidian Portal when DMing my 4e campaign and iplay4e when playing in a 4e campaign. Like many others, I also use GoodReader and load lots of PDFs of bood o there. Sometimes use audio and have used Youtube once to display a trailer of my campaign (on Obsidian Portal) to my...

Agreed. I would think that a new edition is at least a 2 year cycle and I believe we are in the early stages of that. I think the lessons learned from 4e is that it is more important to get it right than set a release date - at least I hope that was a lesson learned! :) At any rate, if this...

I really feel that Mearls' articles are leading to a new edition. If so, this could possibly be the first edition design that is open to the public and not just play testers. I am convinced that Mearls follows threads like these after each article as a litmus test for his ideas. Obviously, he...

I bought the app today. From what I can tell, there is no way to pull monsters from DDI. If it could do that, I'd be happy with it. Without that feature, it may never see much use. I want automation as much as possible. I don't want to have to populate monsters for every encounter. Maybe...

I just wanted to add that scaling damage has its issues too. It really has led to the HP bloat that 4e monsters have. Conversly, Look at 2e, damage didn't scale much (spells did but martial types were much less so). Monsters were able to have low amounts of HPs which lead to quicker fights...

Thats why its your surge value, not your modified surge value. At any rate, I could be wrong, I will have to see if I can find that rule though I have a very busy week and won't get to it till likely Friday...

I'm pretty certain that somewhere a rule exists that if you lose a surge and have none left then you take damage equal to a surge value. Not at home, nor do I want to look it up in ddi but it should exist.

A D&D that lets you build a character, meshing concept with mechanics seamlessly would be ideal for me. As much as I like 4E, it is far too reliant upon silly mechanical limitations in character design and function often resulting in lost concept during the design. Earlier editions of D&D...

What are the level ranges for the Blackfang Gnolls?