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Possibly true, but I have yet to see any other game that has that particular kind of rule. I am sure they exist, but I am not aware of them. Which other ones are you aware of that are worth having on this list (or may already be on this list)? END COMMUNICATION

No mention for Illuminatti? While I would not be surprised to find that it is not overwhelmingly popular, I am surprised to see that Illuminatti by Steve Jackson Games has not once been mentioned. Asymetrical gameplay: Each player is given two ways to win, either gain control of a specific...

Giant In the Playground Games I am pretty sure I know how this plot thread will play out too. END COMMUNICATION

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few reasons. 1) Players are very durable, Monsters are numerous. Players wont generally die in the first round, and it is not difficult to get them back on their feet if there is a leader in the party. Because players only get one attack per round, it...

Monsters have roles too. Skirmishers are hit and run, and can inflict decent melee. They often have sneak attack like damage. Lurkers need to hang back more, and are more effective with melee support. I suspect if you had run something like 2 Lurkers and 3 Skirmishers, you would have had a...

I would go to EnWorld and start a thread on the topic, asking the forum goers what they would do in the same situation. And then after having done that, I would go with the consensus. END COMMUNICATION

It is the sort of thing that will be impacted a great deal by what your DM likes to throw at you. If he uses heavy hitters or things that inflict ongoing damage or other conditions, it may not help too much. But if your swarmed by lots of opponents, it can work out pretty damn good for you...

The relevance is subtle, but there. Basically, it is possible for something to be overpowered, but to not be a substantial problem in practice. As an example, the 3.0 Haste spell and 3.0 Harm spell were overpowered (well, ok, outright broken). To have a significant and detrimental effect, all...

You could use the action point outside of combat, by way of skill challenges. Outside of an encounter, I suppose that I would see no problem with spending the action point outside of combat to get back the daily power via the magic item. However, I am not sure of the benefit to doing so...

The Invigorating keyword definition in Martial Power has one very important sentence in in it. No invigorating power grants temporary hit points more than once per turn, even if you hit more than once with the power or use more than one power with the invigorating keyword in a round. It can...

To hell with Gargantuan. I want a Collossal Tiamat, like the Epic Red Dragon. Screw practicallity. While not every god figure should be that large, Tiamat is worth it since the 5 headed Chromatic is a classic D&D Trope. END COMMUNICATION

OotS 610: Return of the Sexy Shoeless God of War He's back.... Giant In the Playground Games Well, he is very nearly back. END COMMUNICATION

The rules for every edition of D&D have been primarily concerned with combat. Admittedly, the parts of the rules that are not combat specific are just as important. However, given how much combat happens in typical D&D games, the rules for them need to be balanced. And it is very difficult to...

A reasonable analogy. However, while playing as Batman can be pretty damn awesome, its not nearly as much fun when the guy next to you is playing Superman and your up against Doomsday. Or to use the Marvel analogy, you can put someone like Captain America on the Avengers. But if you have...

I suppose this view depends a great deal on how much of your character's ability is tied to a single specific weapon. When considered from the point of view of a single particular battle, losing a specific weapon to sunder (and to a lesser extent disarm) will have the following effects. 1)...

It depends on the ranges involved, but I have a few ideas. 1) There are a number of Ranged At Will attacks. Wizards with magic Missile can still engage easily. Warlocks Eldritch blast should work fine. I think the Cleric may have a ranged at will, but the range is not very impressive. 2)...

One thing you could try for a pseudo minion approach is simply increase the number of hits needed to drop the buggers. Minions are designed to be quick to run (which is why most of them have a flat damage output rather than rolling dice), and to die in exactly one hit. You could just have...

i would say that the fun you had was at least as much a result of just letting everything go and not worrying much about consequences in game as it was about the ruleset. You could throw together a short notice game in any edition with which you have some core rules familiarity. I have run...

The one thing I want to see done for Mini's is to have encounter themed packs. Examples: Level 4 Kobold encounter containing X Minions, 2-3 Skirmishers, 1-3 Slingers, 1-3 Dragonshields, and maybe a Kobold Wyrmpriest. When I typically run encounters with Goblins, Kobolds, Orcs, etc, I like...

I suspect that the primary intent of the GSL with regards to what they want it to prevent would be roughly as follows: 1) No online and free versions of the rules in their entirety. - This is in part to protect sales of the core books. - Wizards wants to sell searchable digital content of...