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That's true but I'm not suggesting that mechanic B cannot be more robust than mechanic A. I'm simply saying that when rule N is appended by enough other rules, the consequence inevitably leads those rules breaking down. A new rule that supersedes a previous one is inherently less vulnerable, I...

I know you're asking this question of others but, if you'll pardon my unsolicited contribution, I think it is close to impossible. Here's why: Editorial control: company A has no control over company B, so editorial control is constrained by publisher. However, even in cases of individual...

Quite right, too. I understand your desire to create your own encounters. I think that's a good idea, because it will help you remember what they are. Do use a pre-existing map if you can though; it saves you what would otherwise be little more than a chore at this point. Remember that one of...

Petty I know but it's "Tome of Battle". The spelling might be easier to recall if you remember that tome rhymes with Rome. But to your point, I think that was ToB's function, to seek to redress some of the power imbalance between the martial and arcane classes. Unfortunately for me, I found...

That's great. I've been fortunate enough to have players who bring the same kind of imagination to the table. I'm fairly familiar with the rules but I've almost always made ad-hoc adjudications for situations like these. Slamming a door in someone's face? If it's your turn and they're in the...

Wizards have more weaknesses than players sometimes remember but they are more powerful than fighters of the same level. However, this doesn't bother me and it has rarely bothered anyone I've played the game with. In play, I have rarely seen a fighter player being sidelined or becoming...

I was reading about the fact that the City of Brass is unaffected by the traits characteristic of the wider plane. I suppose you could do something similar every now and then - by location or magical means - to give players the aesthetic flavour of a plane without exposing their PCs to harmful...

What good is a Friday night in if it can't accommodate a bit of threadromancy? An old friend once said to me that he never got interested in anything until it was past its sell-by date. That was a quarter of a century ago. Appropriately enough, I'm appreciating the sentiment more now than ever...

No. Just yes. He didn't. He said the two statements were connected, which they are. No one said it did. The semicolon's job is to give a writer a means of associating two ideas, two statements, two independent clauses with more subtlety than a conjunction but more closely than a full stop...

My suspicion is that his argument is just that. CJ might argue - delericho's rebuttal notwithstanding - that he could acquire these spells at first level through other means, even if he did not have them in his spell book at the instant the character was created, though that would make his...

Quite so and succinctly put, if you don't mind someone who allegedly doesn't realise he hasn't been paying attention and is only trolling saying so.

Simply incorrect. Then I accept yours. Oh dear.

The fact that the mechanics are variants that require DM approval to be used matters because that approval is relevant for any claim of legitimacy. Exactly. Read what you've written again. I agree. You've got problems.

The main problem with the supposed legitimacy of CJ's build, as other have implied if not explicitly stated is this: it's not a build you can demand to play at any table, because it requires the DM to subscribe to using variant rules. And variant rules are just that. They're not core. Even books...

I deleted my post when I saw what I'd done. Serves me right for posting here instead of concentrating on working. Mea culpa.

Deleted. Fumbled reference.

Old Bean, can you not simply demand your editor uses the Track Changes function? Much less work for all concerned, including your layout artist. If you require your layout artist to be able to see where amends take effect relative to the layout of the current product, simply enable your editor...

I wouldn't be surprised if most people did. I know I used to. It just struck me a while back that the designers hadn't spelled this out and I wanted to consider what the game might get from a more restrictive interpretation. I'd never considered it before Alzrius brought it up but I'm sure I...

Now my hovercraft is full of eels.

I wasn't sure about that. I suppose the question becomes, does Abyssal, Draconic, Celestial, et al? ;)