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I went with None of the above and Something completely different...let me explain because I want something *like* character kits, but not so close that it'd be the same thing. What I've heard about themes sounds like a combo of 4e themes and pathfinder archetypes and THAT I am all over. I'm...

Thieves were also a class in Holmes basic. Hope that helps.

Not really a fan of damage types but I get that they serve a purpose. I'd prefer a short list of clear and minimal damage types, and not bound by any needless symmetry. Damage that is clearly going to be singled out as somehow different, requiring different rules or treatment. Off the top of...

As I've said elsewhere, the only things I want set in stone for the races is stuff that distinguish the race physically from the other races (biologically, genetically, whatever). Everything else, being cultural, should either be the domain of class and theme, or something else that can be...

I think if there is a class to use as a non-vancian caster (which it seems a lot of people are clamouring for) then I'd be happy with it being the sorcerer. (As an aside, the way I'd like to see sorcerers done would be a wierd compromise between the power system from 4e laid over the bloodline...

Wouldn't be sorry to seem them go at all. Hopefully they'll be kept as options for those who do enjoy them however.

I would be very VERY surprised if people were voting thinking that d100 meant one of those marbles-masquarading as dice (i.e. an actual d100 as opposed to d%). I mean, did anyone?

I don't think that D&D really has a chargen mini-game, not in the sense that - to pick an already referenced example - Traveller does. I can sit and make Traveller characters (any incarnation) all day long and have a grand old time doing so. D&D characters? Not so much. At least not in any...

I'm really happy to see the d12 getting some love. I have long thought that I and I alone had the dodecahedral fever. There's just something weirdly aesthetically pleasing to me about the d12 that d4 - d8 just don't have. (And aside from 1e Earthdawn, I've yet to find a game that lets me roll...

As a variant it's mechanically interesting - but for lasting game play? I don't care for the whole combat roles thing myself. I will however say that I think race should have more of an impact on character development (leveling and such) as opposed to just at chargen. Not sure how best to...

Repeating a now familiar refrain - hopefully faster chargen and (for me) faster combat. In general, something less futzy than a 3.5 derived game engine. Make no mistake, I LOVE Paizo's non-mechanics ideas, it's what got my attention in the first place, but something lighter mechanics-wise...

To the OP - on the plus side you've probably got well over a year before 5e even comes out; which should be plenty of time to catch up on the 4e books you've missed.

I have a pretty bizarre range of inspirational books. The old D&D Immortals set and the 1e DMG are probably my core sources of inspiration just because of the range of weird out there ideas (and I'm one of those people that can read the DMG just for kicks so....) besides those, the Lords of...

Whoohoo! Thanks a bunch. :)

Ah well, I had to try. Thanks guys!

I joined this site years and years ago; unlike then I now pretty much use a consistant handle online, this site being the notable exception. Being a bit OCD, I'd like to change it to Serendipity. (If naught else, it's easier for people to spell it. :P) Sorry if this isn't allowed but I...

Lots has been written about the de facto assumption of early D&D that correlated cleric = medieval catholic (with old testament magic/miracles) but the artificial arcane - divine divide is just that, artificial. It's a game construct that, by virtue of having never been challenged in later...

Magical alien super beings (well, self-described super beings anyway...). I have never understood the 'elf=treehugger' bit. The way the eladrin are presented in 4e more or less hits the nail on the head for me. Sort of a cross between the Fair Folk, Grays of UFO lore, and a dash of...

Wow, that is pretty sweet. Thanks for sharing.

GMing is, like so much else in this hobby, subject to a lot of personal interpretation. This isn't a criticism. The downside is that a lot of mixed metaphors get sacrificed, pierced, and mutilated trying to find a single overriding definition, which I don't think can be done. At best, a...