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If he's buying things from merchants (and hence is integrated and knowledgable in the monetary economy), its not really a Barbarian in the first place...

Um, diceless games are certainly not rule-less games, quite the opposite I fear. What's the hate? A 'rule' is certainly not more or less viable whether it includes number and mathematical equations or not. Infact, I'd argue that dice-based games allow a much wider margin of DM-fiat, as he could...

To me, this seems to be a rather arbitrary call for what is "the DM's job" and what should be in the books (aside the fact that both should do the same, as the books serve to help the DM do his job). One could easily conceive the opposite approach where the succubus entry describes the exact...

Dunno how this little statement relates to the rest of your rather insightful post, but this is just screaming for a not-so-witty World of Warcraft rebuke ;) Be careful with the matches...

I don't really think that is the greatest problem. If people get overexited in representing certain narratives in convulated rules, you may be in for a bumpy ride, but you'll still retain that link to what you want to do (tell a fantasy story). Potential disaster lies in the inverse. If you let...

I'll sign that any day.. not saying 3.x did it well. Just that 4e has (from what I've seen) yet to provide a viable alternative other than "alright, we've just dropped it entirely". Providing a "combat-only-board-game" without the hooks would (IMO) be even worse than the over-crunched attempts...

Well, I too have been blessed to have players and DM around from time to time with similar descriptive skills and I, in all probablity, will play 4e in either case. But knowing these people, I also know that evocing engaging stories is a tough skill that doesn't come naturally to everyone. For a...

I get this impression as well, but I still don't think it's a good design choice. Why, because hard-and-fast rules (for combat, especially) are (to me at least) much easier to fudge up on the fly than the kings-quest-fluff-sort of things. At the cost of repeating, something I've noted in...

Dunno, only looking at the healing surges of 1st level characters and extrapolating, I'd expect that epic level characters will be able to heal significant amounts of damage each round without much slowing them down, add a few more powerful encounter heals and a few of those "once per day, when...

Yes, and unlike the NFL, that competition was epic because history hung upon the outcome and even small failure doomed nations. Hector didn't get back into the line-up the next sunday.

So epic level'll feel like competitive sports with little at stake on failure but personal pride and ambitions? And here I thought heros would pass the sparring stage of "just-get-back-up-and-try-harder" towards the...

Um, no. First, it is IMO opinion not the DMs job to give the fluff, but the job of every single person sitting on the table. I may be the DM, but that certainly doesn't mean I don't want to be entertained as well on my RPG-nights and listen to one or more of the players going wild with their...

Now, if they start putting fluff examples like that with every monster, power and character option, I just might buy the game after all ;)

No. They are not!

Very good if I can get the game for free and test it a whole month before I'd have to put any $$$ on the table. Oh, and I also want all the updates and options (i.e. every non-core book ever published) to be delivered to my home immediatly upon release for a flat $10 to $12 a month. :cool:

Sure it is...

Auto Literacy for Players as well as a Common language everyone can communicate in seems fine. As much as I'd like to see a more "realistic" mediveal take on fantasy gaming, D&D isn't going to be it and with 4e is briskly heading the exact other way, putting gaming convenience firmly above...

Yes, yes.. but in order to explain all those new spiffy Dragonborn running around... the classic version of "oversized, firebreathin flyin lizard headin off with the kings virgin daughter" will have a HUGE comback ;)

Nah, that's why Dragons always kidnap those fair princesses, get their move on and create a bunch of reliable Dragonborn minions...

Dunno, that was the way it was supposed to work in 3e if I remember correctly. They just give you the mechanics (i.e. heal 1d8 damage) and leave it up to the players to describe it as gentle healing light, cauterizing hellfire with sulfur, ancient herbal wisdom, revitalization through a seeping...