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Then you will see that it is not the game that bends--it is only yourself. By this, you'll be empowered to matrix-dodge even the mighty Magic Missile!

Dunno, but there's ample of evidence and background for religious figures taking the lead. Similarly, many Roleplaying games closely associate the priestly classes with leadership (Exalted comes to mind). Strenght of faith, conviction of doing "the right thing", etc.. all add up to make a...

Maybe, but than again.. rape is at most "implied", vaguely in the background of some characters if they choose to play half-races, while greed-driven murder & mayhem are the bread and butter of each and every gaming session of D&D.

Well, could turn it the other way as well. Maybe Elves are more prone to get raped because they are - you know - hot, while love between humans and orcs takes a "see behind the exterior, beauty-and-the-beast" kind of story. Also, skewering, say a slim dark-elf priestess with sharp and not-so...

Uh... so 70.38% of 422 people would be 297.0036 people! Percentages going as far as stating 1/10 and even 1/100 of a percentage point in a poll involving barely 500 people seems rather excessive.. not to mention faking an amount of accuracy that's simply not there. Given the error margins on...

/shrug, the implied 'violence'-part can hardly be an issue in a game designed around excessive wanton slaughter for material gains. So it'd have to be the 'interracial sexuality'-part that WoTC feels unhappy about.. and that'd apply to all half-somethings.

So embracing 4e is wisdom and/or intellect, while favoring an older edition is age-related obstinacy? Interesting definition of open mindedness.

29 years old and started with 3.0 (and still play it). It is not that I do not like the look of 4e as much as that like 3.5 at it's time, 4ed, seems to make some decent improvements, though (so far) nothing spectacular or inspiring enough to make it worthwhile paying for new core-books as long...

Not to be picky, but the palantir wasn't under Saruman's control. Palantiri, created in ancient time were used in Middle Earth to communicate across vast distances. In the third age, most were lost, but the Palantir of Minas Ithil was in the hands of Sauron, through which he exercised his...

What you describe is not much of a house rule, it's simply a DM decision given a specific situation. And isn't that the whole point of having a DM? To put rules into perspective concerning specific questions and make judgement calls on certain situations? Thats the whole point of having a DM...

Drizzt? It's a Dark Elf with twin-blades, alright! Millions upon millions of FR-Players will rejoice as WoTC decided to put their character on the cover! Anyways, what'd you expect? FR without Drizzt'd be like D&D without a Vancian Spell System.

Maybe... but everyone obviously knows the swedish gothic-rock band of that name! Or not?

/shrug Without flavor, you're sitting in some basement, roll dice, push plastic figures and drink too much soda. "Golden Wyvern Adept" isn't so different from "Fighter" when all is said and done. Both intend to create a mental image/concept that is supposidly represented by the combining of...

He, liked your post. On the other hand, it ain't much different than naming magic after things like "Tenser's floating disk", labeling mind powers with pseudo-science like "Psychokinesis", etc... And besides, since I've met far too many players who are to lazy to "name" and...

I'd vote for "DM Discretion" If you do something foolish/risky/unlikely like drinking potions in mid-combat, the DM should pass an appropriate judgement such as "you drop the potion unless you make a skill-check X", or "the beasty gets a free attack" or whatever else the DM thinks is...

Hmm.. let's see. Scaly Lizard/Dragon-Men with a penchant for sea-faring and some Demon-touched people because of a new emphasis on the infernal in the generic background? Sounds quite a bit like... *drum rolls*... Earthdawn!!!

Is it? There's precious few rgs out there besides D20 that do not reward storys instead of beasties (note that gaining xp for slaying bad guys is IMO about as videogamey as you could possibly get). Having started rpging on White Wolf, rather than D&D I've never seen the sense in handing out xp...

It aint all that new. The Everquest RPG (pen & paper version) uses quest cards in many of their adventure and setting books (and likely some obscure game before that, EQrpg is the only D20 I can think of though). At least in that example, they are rather specific and tend look abit like this...

Mostly ignored it. To me, Power Attack has always been the redundant micro-management that shouldn't be spelled out in all that painstacking detail in either case. Player: "I hit the baddy so damn hard, he'll be split right in half." DM: "You get an x-tra d6 for damage, but if he survives...

Well, I'm still playing 3.0 by and large cause it never really seemed worth it to go 3.5. So I might leapfrog to 4.0 now... on the other hand, 3.0 is still cool and 3.5 is about to get a whole lot cheaper too. Decisions, decisions....