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WotC bought TSR in 1997 and was bought by Hasbro in 1999. D&D 3e was released in 2000. I'm not going to say that a lot of D&D design decisions weren't made during that two year time period before WotC was bought out, but it is important to realize that WotC was owned by Hasbro when D&D 3e was...

Right, its going to vary from DM to DM and from campaign to campaign.

Versatility can be shown to be direct power. If you take two participants in rock/paper/scissors and one can only throw rock & paper, while the other can throw rock, paper, and scissors one is obviously more powerful than the other. The question isn't, to my mind, are more options more power...

This is the same logic that says having magic missile and shield is no more powerful than just having magic missile, and it just doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

Have the trip wire have Stealth +5 instead of a flat 15 DC. Then roll and compare to passive perception. It's still random, but PCs with higher Perception will outperform those with lower, which in my book is a good thing.

I've been playing RPGs for just over 20 years, and I like a huge variety of RPGs, but I have to say that the last several years were pretty much D&D 4e with only a smattering of other stuff. So, the main thing I liked about 4e coming from 3e was the ease of prep on the DM side of things. I...

As someone who doesn't touch FR partially because of the massive amount of canon, I thought I could offer some thoughts. Since I don't know about FR, I'll use something I do know about as an example: The Dresden Files. I've run a few games in the Dresden universe, so I can try to use that as an...

But, objectively means that there is some kind of indisputable fact associated with a statement. Where's the proof that Good is better than Evil in D&D? I don't see it. So, what if I ask Mr. Lich von Puppykicker which is more objectively desirable, Good or Evil, and he says Evil. Why is Mr...

Good is not something objectively desirable. Otherwise, everyone would want to be Good, and that obviously isn't the case in D&D. That's like saying Law is objectively desirable. For a paladin, yes, Good is objectively desirable. But, you might as well say that for Deanna Troi Chocolate is...

One of the reasons that I like Planescape, and especially Sigil, so much as a campaign setting is because it pushes the Law/Chaos axis into the forefront. Every game I run in Planescape is full or gray areas. What is the right thing to do? Where do my allegiances lie and why? What is the point...

You mean the LGG wasn't a book for organized play? I had always assumed that's what it was.

Oops. I didn't read carefully enough. I voted Planescape because I'm running Planescape right now. But, I do NOT want to see any published setting information for it, because why would I? I already have everything I need. The only thing that could accomplish would be to make some kind of subpar...

For this particular example, I'd say that's fair with the caveat that I can't really imagine the Factions themselves, which featured heavily in the narrative both in terms of an external and internal force in the game, feeling so at home in a non-Planescape game. I'd go so far as to say that...

They called me crazy! HAHAHAHA Joke's on them now!

Part of the reason you haven't been hearing stories like these is perhaps because it's been kind of difficult to parse what you're saying/looking for at times. I think I understand where you're coming from now, though. Here's an anecdote from my personal play. I played a Harmonium. He was a...

The other books in my group are fine. I doubt the failure rate is as high as 10% (online poll bias, etc.), but even at 5% would be pretty bad. That's unfortunate.

Mine, from Amazon, is fine, as are the other two PHBs that are in use in my group (as of our last game). I'll ask on Sunday, but no one has said anything about book issues.

It's really weird to me. As someone who has been playing Planescape since '94, reading pemerton's preferred method of play without hearing about the dislike of Planescape, my general response would have been "Boy do I have the campaign setting that is absolutely perfect for that!" So, color me...

I'm in! :D I found a bunch of bugs, but every single bug I've found has been reported already. :(