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It is because the ring is now the only magic item that is artifically limited by metagame rules. It feels artificial and thus hurts the submersion into the story. Sure, people can house rule it away, but the whole point is to avoid as many of those as possible. Why build in an unelegant design...

I think Campbell's issue with breaking supension of belief is that if all the items except rings can be heroic level, then why can't rings be heroic level. Why can't their be minor rings. THAT doesn't make sense. At least have a catagory of all magic amulets, necklaces, rings and other jewery...

I agree with you. The ring thing and the neck and shoulders thing both do this. I think this approach to magic items would be better: * Assign an item type to each magic item (i.e. boots, cloak, weapon, necklace, ring, belt). The type defines the area it is worn, instead of having slots on the...

I was reading through Worlds and Monsters, and the developers mention how the new planes are designed to make planar adventuring easier and more exciting to do. I wanted to see how the new 4e cosmology is inspiring my fellow ENworlders. Please share adventure ideas or hooks and your plans for...

This is good news :) Makes me happy to see Sigil alive and well!

Those are some good suggestions. I think Forgotten Realms could benefit from Eras to focus on. They would likely need to boil it down (Arcane Age, Fall of the Empires, Time of Troubles, 3.5 era and After the Spellplague). If 4e does well, and there is interest in historical setting supplements...

Let's keep the thread bumped through this last week of entries. I want to get as many entries as possible so we get alot of Power Attack re-writes and level 20 Characters Power Attack based characters.

Wow, looks like some thread necromancers are sneaking around the shadowfell of Enworld ;) People can debate all they want about whether or not power attack is broken or fine, whether it should be re-envisioned, etc. Put those skills to good use then and use them to win copies of the 4e PHB...

Read my post above on barriers to entry. That is why WOTC is doing much of this as it let's new blood into the hobby easier. If new blood doesn;t come in, then our beloved hobby dies overtime through attrition. As for 4e D&D, from everything I've seen so far in the preview books, heard from...

Yup, go for it and spread the word :)

Ruin Explorer, I am tired of your constant berating me and trying to twist everything I post into something negative. Even though I asked multiple times to please take me positively and that my intentions are honest, you keep implying or directly saying that I am lying, you have attacked my...

Deadline is coming!!! Everyone get entries in if you haven't yet.

WOTC is trying to remove what are called Barriers to Entry. Basically, anything that keeps a person new to a product/ game/ setting from trying it and becoming a long term customer. World of Warcraft is a good example of a game that has very few barriers to entry when you first start playing...

First I want to state that I appreciate your much more constructive approach and you not using biting statements and general attacks on my character in your latest reply. There is a big difference in your overall approach here, and you are raising and asking questions instead of just blindly...

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Ok, I know what your referring too. I think it would be best to not include those. It would be difficult for people to hunt through them and only complicates things. Those are good articles though :) Skip is the man!

My tone has been fine and non-bias. No different than Devyn or Hussar. Hussar even agreed with my points and has backed up the poll. I have stated I have no hurt feelings and I am not personally affected by the Realms. My interests are business based, not emotional. You keep twisting everything...

Although I agree the Realms needed a good reset button, the reason I think that the FR fans who are not happy are reacting the way they are is because of this last part, that most of the history has been rendered irrelevent. Hopefully the team finds a way tribute the past without getting in the...

Exactly, I agree 100% Hussar. I would like to add to what you are saying, that once we have poll results like we do, we can discuss the reasons why the poll is showing what it is. The poll is more accurate than anyone's hunches. Those discussions could lead to valuable insights. It is important...

In your original post, you missed qouted me and added your own typing to my statement. I wanted to clarify that as it makes your post confusing. If you can please correct it. Of course spirit could be subjective. The way I am using the term is to define the IP's feel and the elements that are...