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I've worked in sales too, and what you said is QFT. All we have from WotC is blah, blah, blah with pretty pictures. Not so much as a wee morsel of flesh for us goblin-geeks to chew on. I'd rather go hungry, than be tortured by vaporous blog quotes. How about WotC staying quiet until they...

I've bunch of thoughts... I appreciate that most of us want to see more women involved in our hobby and certainly the alternating she/he usage in 3E probably made the reading of the rules more inviting for new female players. But I also felt that the obvious alternating method (almost perfectly...

I'm a "Need more data" voter too.

Don't have a quote. I say that as a reference to their marketing conduct as we've seen and as the OP sjmiller also observed regarding negative nit-picking. Actually Andy Collins has been rather harsh on elements of 3E mechanics as seen in quotes here at EN World. I do not agree with or like...

Thank you for voicing skepticism similar to mine - couldn't have said it better myself! What I found really interesting was that not only has WotC back-stabbed it's own product, but I'm stunned to see threads and posts by people gleefully joining in the fray. While I have no quarrel with...

I like your brainstormin'. :cool: But a new thought cropped up today comparing figthers with daggers vs fighters with greatswords: all get their 2nd iterative attack at the same level, 6th, but the greatsword-wielders will never get any more iterative attacks beyond that point! Redgar w dagger...

What a huge poll! :) Very interesting too - I think it is a good sampling of our community of posting members here at ENWorld. The question is simple and I see some new members happily obliged to participate! :D I turned 45 less than a week ago - thinking I'm too old for this hobby now :( -...

The Arcane/Divine split is something I wouldn't mind seeing disappear at the root of the game, but I do think there should be distinctions how clerics/priests and druids access spells as opposed to bards, sorcerers and wizards. Basically all spells should be listed as simply magic spells; then...

Some long thoughts on 4E Regarding the OP: I am one of, I guess a minority now, who isn't wild about 4E at momment. I was angry about Dragon disappearing as a magazine, and surprised at what seems to me the early timing of 4E, but I'm old enough to know that life has it's changes to those...

A question of speed vs probability I was thinking about this the other day... I am concerned about confusing weapon speed with the probability to hit. Initially I liked what they did in EQ, but now I've had a second thought: why would speed/delay affect one's BAB? Why would "speed" affect...

^^ That was very sound advice - your RPGA experience shows! :cool: Thank you for reminding me/us about the "big picture" in lieu of tinkering with the rules. ;)

Reviewing the math on skills Well a free action to drop the shield can be done to reduce the penalty. That's what I'd allow as a DM. Actually I may have made a wee math error anyways - let's check... These skills are all class skills for the Warrior, we'll apply the stat modifier first...

I liken the Aspects to be a mere splinter of a deity's power and only appearing in special places and conditions at the request of a powerful cleric or maybe summoned by relic. Aspects shouldn't ever appear without a specific purpose in the game/campaign, and being connected to a cleric's...

^I'm betting you're close to the mark about the Ranger turning into a R4nger :p But I'll deign to keep a open mind for the time being ;) WotC is still putting the final touches to 4E before printing, so I'll wager they are launching trial balloons up to see what pops and requires last...

Thanks folks. :) I'll be checking out UA and the d20 Modern rules for comparison since I hadn't looked at either for a while.

I'm fine with the Aspects at most. Gods should retain some mystery regarding their power such that DM's have full reign with the material. Gods with stats risk cheesyiness and player hubris I don't want to deal with as a DM. The Aspect concept, if done right, is actually useful for mid-to-high...

I found this posted in Ashockney's article: "Increase of magic across the board in all aspects of the game." Whoa! :( I wonder what this really means, for if I take this at face value then I am very, very disappointed! Many, many people here and elsewhere have flailed against high magic...

Hi, this may have been done by others before, but I wanted to share this house tweak on AC for feedback. I have a house rule in my campaign that PC heros receive a bonus to their AC equal to 1/2 their total BAB (rounded down). Thus, for example, a 10th-lvl Sorcereress would have an additional...

Thank you folks! @ Hand of Horus: Well I'll be :o I totally forgot from a long time ago that indeed "..." is called that. I've developed the bad habit of using "..." to mean "and so on" ;) @ Emirikol: Thank you for your feedback; I was beginning to feel I was alone on this matter. I agree...

I'm ready down on the rules changes towards high magic! I am at -3. It will take a lot to woo me at this point... I just read the Saturday news page and I'm turned off by everything accept the charcater and dungeon creation software and the ability to have live D&D games online manged by a...