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In order to make reasonable decisions to ignore micromanagement, you need reasonable players. If players are going to try to abuse the house rule by saying they're carrying around 400 feet of rope, that's not being reasonable and I'd either say no or tell the player that he/she will now be...

I've been saying that since I saw those video clips on the WotC website after Gencon. My first impression of 4E was two guys whose "skill" at public speaking was almost intolerable. They should have hired someone with a marketing/communications background to do the public speaking, with...

I predict that D&D is going to go the route of many heavy metal bands: it will come out with a new edition, alienate a large chunk of its fanbase, suffer a less than anticipated "success", reevaluate as the market continues to shrink, and eventually release a 5E version that takes D&D "back to...

I intensely dislike how it seems like a lot of 4E decisions are simply being based on nothing more than, "Huh? Yeah, that's a great idea. Let's implement it!" Barely any thought put into it beyond an interesting concept. :\

Ending print versions of D&D was a very dumb move. Dumb, dumb, dumb. It might have seemed like a good idea in the short term, but it was a dumb decision in the long term and I predict the magazines will eventually be resurrected with a whole heaping portion of eating crow. To be brutally...

No, it was a review book marketed in a way that confused a lot of buyers into thinking it was something it wasn't. You can deny that all you want, but take one look at the reviews on Amazon and you'll see what I'm talking about. As for the victimized part, I'm not the one being victimized. I'm...

Yeah, never in a million years would I allow that Dextrous Magic feat. The other problem I see is that your 100 gp skeleton is going to get continually smoked, at least for a couple levels (and especially if you're using it for cover). That's a pretty expensive minion...

Even better. I think the DC is a little high for such a small statue though. I see DC 15 as being for those biggy statues/idols that PCs want to pry the gemstone eyes out of.

What's with the sudden shift by WotC to paying for previews? What's up with that? First it was the Dungeon Survival Guide (which is anything but) and now the two new preview books for 4E. Let me get this straight, you want us to pay to preview 4E??? How about WotC showcases 4E to win over its...

You should have a Climb DC to climb over the statue. Probably something like DC 5-7.

"The weather man predicts a humidex factor of over 100 degrees. Make sure to keep cool, drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun, and be on the lookout for rampaging scrags..." :p

I like the idea of sending small groups (1-3) to try to draw off sleep spells until the P reaches the point where they want to retreat and rest. Then the entire goblin force (which has been watching from a distance) attacks in the middle of the night. If they can fight a way to extinguish any...

Sheer number of humans (and other races). That's why.

I don't think they'll have a large-sized race in the PH. The difference from Medium to Small vs. Medium to Large is substantial. That being said, Dragonlance minotaurs are Medium...

Exactly. Just make the statue fall off the bridge and be done with it. No need to make the situation any more complicated than it already is. Especially since the PCs are already facing the potential of having weapons stuck in the statue (although losing the weapons in a fall would be a bummer...

Yes, but isn't sea water picked up into the atmosphere and dropped over the continents as rainfall? Ta-da!

I'd allow it. But unless it was a torrential rain storm, I'd reduce the healing by degrees. So rather than per round I'd do it per minute (which basically makes it almost meaningless for encounter purposes). But you did provide me with the inspiration for a neat-o campaign idea: A high-level...

Give it Combat Expertise and possibly Improved Combat Expertise. Dragons usually have enough of an attack bonus to spare.

It's probably as useful as you make it. If you're constantly asking to make checks, pretty soon your DM will get the idea and let you make checks before every potential ambush/event.

Let's say there's a mirror on the wall. And let's say you have an enemy that can only be seen via the reflection in the mirror. If you're looking at the mirror, is your line of sight and/or effect towards the mirror or towards the target creature? Because technically you're not looking directly...