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I'm pretty sure someone in my group will be able to come up with a rules-exploitation combo within 30 min of cracking the book. We're good at that sort of thing. . . but then agree not to do them. ;)

Given how much time people spend studying every little tidbit of crunch that comes out, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet. . . But I recall in one of the playtest sessions or something, one of the guys mentioning that you needed or benefited from a high Constitution when using a...

Ale and whores. . .

I love looking at well-endowed, scantily clad chicks in artwork. . . for course, I love looking at anybody in armor that just screams "I am a bad MF!" Even if its more armor than is really practical. . so I'm really on both sides of the "this picture makes no sense" spectrum. Take your pick! :)

I don't care how much embedded meaning there is in a name or not. If a name is cheesy and bad, like GWA, its cheesy and bad no matter how meaningful it is. In addition, trying to define exactly what qualities make it cheesy and bad is a philisophical question that bears little relevance to the...

30 is plenty. The biggest problem with the Epic Level Handbook was the fact that the created infinite scalability. . . in theory. In fact, it broke down rather quickly as others have pointed out. 30 levels is plenty really. If you want to go higher than that, maybe you should be playing a...

Nobody will care that their bull's strength ends when the encounter ends, because the cleric will be able to cast one for every encounter.

A dwarf. Probably a fighter. Maybe a warlord or unaligned Paladin if that is allowed. I basically only ever play dwarven fighter types, or human assassins. Sometimes I'll change it up and play a dwarven assassin! :)

Do you have any facts to back up this assertion? Or are you just saying it because lots of people on the boards are saying they won't switch? In the first place, the boards are not a representative sample of the gaming public. They are typically much more invested in the game (and therefore...

I agree that in general, stat replacement rather than stat augmentation is bad game design. Allows for all kinds of things to break. But I have to be honest. . . back in the days where Gauntlets of Ogre Power gave you a flat 18/00 strength, or a Girdle of Storm Giant strength gave you a 24. ...

How are you defining grognard? I started playing D&D w/ 1st Edition back in 1980. Since that time I've played once a week or every couple weeks with only limited periods of interruption. I also happen to be 31 years old. My dad got me started on D&D at the age of 4. So, am I a grognard, or...

Flight on mounts, carpets, etc. I'm ok with. But I'd really like to see them restrict or eliminate flying-type spells.

My group is definitely going to 4E. We've got serious 3.5 fatigue.

In the first place, the +x property of a weapon no longer figures into DR in most situations. Its simply a magic weapon, or it isn't. In addition, we don't yet know what changes, if any, have been made to these mechanics. . . . but let's take your golem example. What's wrong with having a...

Wow. . . now I REALLY want to play 4E! :)

Just get rid of the +x magic items and rebalance the monsters. Fewer modifiers to keep track of is a good thing. How convenient that a new edition is coming out where the designers could do just that. Unfortunately, we know there are +6 wands, so obviously they chose not to. :( If somebody...

Have you even played this game? You'll notice there are plenty of other folks who managed to pick up the point of the post. There's a reason for that. . . and the reason is that heavy armor is NOT adequate as it currently operates. If you're one of these people that believe heavy armor is a...

I love the idea of beefing up the effectiveness of both crossbow and spear. WRT crossbows/str damage. . . don't make the user's strength matter as far as how much damage the weapon does by applying it as a bonus. . . Instead, make the weapon require a certain strength to use effectively...

Yes, if they just reduced the number of slots to something like: Head (1) Neck (1) Ring (2) Armor/Clothing/Robe (1) Cloak (1) Boots (1) Gauntlets (1) Bracers (1) Other Gear (3) That would go a long way towards fixing the problem if EVERY magic item fit into one of those slots. You could carry...

I don't care if they don't introduce the m16 or the M4 carbine. . . but they absolutely MUST introduce the UMP 45. The fighter needs a good CQB room clearing weapon in a decent caliber to put the hurt on some of those tougher monsters! . . . I like Myrmidon!!