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Probably the first day of GenCon.

The thing is, D&D makes money year after year, probably in the range of 20-30 million dollars, but a sizeable chunk of change. EVERY YEAR. Meaning the outside buyer would have to make a pretty hefty offer in order for 30 mil minus operations costs every year to be acceptable to lose. It would...

This. Plus, Hasbro wouldn't sell the game.

Because I like most of the other stuff from D&D? Why do people who want the game to be totally reliant on a DM not just ditch the rules and ask the DM what happens?

Balance and ligitimate character options (not "I hit it with my sword). EDIT: Oh, and a game that does not rely totally on the DM for it to function. I want a game that could be played DM-LESS.

Squint? More like watch out for that truckload of 2008 racing toward you.

Hmmm, this is actually a pretty neat system. Say, for example, I have 4d8 Combat Superiority dice to use to do the following: 1d8-push an enemy back 5 ft., 2d8-grant a +2 to AC to an ally until my next turn, 2d8-gain a +1 to attack, etc. I could choose to gain a 1d8, 2d8, 3d8, or 4d8 bonus tp...

Never once played a fighter, have played a ranger once, but the guys that I played with weren't into the 15-min day style. I have primarily played spellcasters, and the 15-min workday does concern me a lot. The fact that 5E allows for it and lays the responsibility of preventing it on the DM...

The success of 5E is in the hands of the people making it. If they make a garbage system, they only have themselves to blame. And if it is a garbage system, I DO hope it fails, so they can start anew. Wanting something inherently awful to do well is counterproductive. If it is a system...

I had a big thing typed up that boiled down to this and then somehow the tab that EN World was on closed. WotC can't afford to lose the 4E crowd anymore than they afforded losing the 3E crowd in the 3E->4E transition. That means actually wooing the 4E folk (along with the others), which is...

I edited the language out of my post. I won't post with that sort of language anymore. Thank you for calling me out on losing my cool.

I do want to touch on one thing that is beginning to really piss me off. Whenever someone brings up their concerns with the game thusfar, inevitably someone in the thread will counter with "it's a playtest" or "it's an alpha". Here's the thing, those of us that are concerned (in this case, 4E...

1. Hmmm, that is is odd. They seem to have replaced the statement about gilded pages with a note about new covers. Oh well, this is no longer a concern for me. 2. I always liked the faux-tome covers the books had, it made it feel like you had a book of hidden knowledge. I have always hated...

Provided it hits, which it won't because with bounded accuracy, -5 is devastating as a penalty, -10 essentially removes any possibility of hitting. I would much rather they just didn't give these options to other characters and give the Fighter stances similar to the Knight and Slayer from...

-5 to hit for a minimally effective attack? No thanks. Why wouldn't you just murder the **** out of it with a regular attack? If they wanted to make the knockdown occur without a negative to attack, but a minus to damage or something. Like others on other forums have said, with bounded...

As the person who originally used said dictionary quoted term, lemme see if I can steer the train back onto the tracks. I have a couple concerns with the upcoming reprints. 1. Gilded pages, what experience does everyone have with books with gilded pages? In my experience, they tend to flake...

In this economy, people tend not to buy stuff that makes them go "meh". And ultimately, in this case, the neutrals are still not happy with the direction the game is going, they just aren't unhappy either. Which ultimately means the game has not drawn them in yet, which after only one playtest...

Exactly. If those polled were an accurate sample of D&D fans worldwide and 60% were pleased, THAT would be a pretty good sample. This, on the other hand, is people who are actually interested in 5E and potential buyers. They only have made 60% happy with the direction 5E is going. That 60%...

So $90 versus $90-120. Yeah, I will still rather have the 3.5E Reprints. I still would rather player and DM material was separate. Plus, I can dig out my box of Dragonlance 3.5 books!

The Core Rulebook+Game Master Guide+Bestiary are 50+40+40=$130. The 3.5E reprints will top out at $120 for the total, could be as low as $90.