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Actually, I wandered into my local library when I discovered Dragon magazine, but, close enough. Dave

Well, we have GenCon 40 coming up as the perfect place to make huge announcements. So, I'm thinking that we'll see some of the major stuff in August. Dave

So far, I'm liking much of what I'm seeing. But, I will be happy if the designers spend a few years letting other games go through growing pains with the newer rules before converting D&D to 4.0. Dave

At only 4 issues per year, and with so much non-D&D content, Knowledge Arcana isn't exactly the answer to your desires. However, we do have WotC content. If someone wants to publish an adventure with critters from any of the books, including PI, Knowledge Arcana can do it. Just sayin'. Have...

I want extremely deep discounts for multiple-month purchases. I want one account that allows me access from indefinitely many machines. I want a significant amount of material that's relatively easy to share--loads of digital encryption or whatever will be annoying. I understand the felt...

Well, now I know what the big secret was that Mona mentioned a while back. I find it odd and kinda surreal that GenCon40 will be right before these magazines bite the dust. Honestly though, things change, so it's not that big a deal to me. Pathfinder will be cool or it won't. The publishers...

That's okay, I wasn't going to beauty. This doesn't have to be as complex as you're suggesting. Suppose, for instance, that the mechanic were something like this: The dice of damage that a spell does is 1d6 per spell level plus 1d6 per 5 by which you beat the DC on your roll. So, if the DC is...

From the New York Times website: At least 22 people were killed today, some of them students, and more were injured during shootings at Virginia Tech, some of them in a classroom on the campus, the police said. The gunman was also shot to death, officials said at a news conference, but details...

From the above comments... 1) Every spell requires some kind of roll on the part of the caster, or 2) Every spell requires some kind of save on the part of the defender, or 3) Both But, 3) seems to violate the "less is more" rule about eliminating added die rolls in the interest of making the...

I've mentioned this idea at least 3 times in the past. I'm a fan of the idea (obviously), so long as it's worked out correctly. Nicely, it solves the "problem" of epic spells. If we have a 21+ level system addendum, then it can incorporate spells of 21+ level as well. Dave

Yay! Issue 9 (filled with some April Fools goodness, a little late), is out. Articles from D&D to DDM to A&A to Magic and lots more. http://wizo.wizards.com/ka/ Dave

Yep, that has worked. I have a player who is playing a paladin who liked that alternative very much. Dave

Change the way spell levels work, so that a 1st level wizard casts a 1st level wizard spell, and a 15th level wizard can cast a 15th level wizard spell. Remove the 0 to 9 restriction, and scale everything to the level. So, the current 3rd level spells, for instance, would become either 5th or...

Anyone interested in putting together an alternate poisons rule article for Knowledge Arcana? I'm open to the suggestions here. Dave

Yep. I allow for NPCs to make potions of spells higher than 3rd level. I once created an alchemist class (back in 3.0) that could make potions of spells up to something like 6th level. But, presently, it's just one of those "mysteries" and PCs can't do it. This allows me to hand out useful...

Perhaps a feat (one that wouldn't be terribly popular, I wouldn't think) could "fix" this. Threatening Wielder (okay, a better name is necessary) Prerequisite: Weapon Focus in a weapon with a threat range greater than 20. Benefit: If an attack roll or a critical confirmation roll is within the...

That's the rub. I don't play much other than D&D (a little d20 Modern, occasionally, rarely some SWRPG). However, when others bring up similar threads, a common retort is that there are other game systems that accomplish what you're after, and if that's what you really want, migrating to...

I think it's sad, actually, that there has to be a rules compendium. It strikes me that that's what the DMG should be. I get what they're doing, and it would probably, from an academic point of view, be an interesting read. Dave

I do something similar. I keep a 5x8 card for each character with most of its stats, attacks, saves and stuff. I make up a stack of such cards for all the monsters before every session as well, and keep a stack of extra blank cards for unexpected needs. On each card, I write the init on the...

A simple solution is to just say that an item like the Handy Haversack cannot be opened while within the space provided by the rope trick spell. Go so far as to say even a wish, nay, even a god, cannot do it. Besides, it'll make your players crazy trying to come up with ways to open one in...