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We have true death = negative (your level) HP, minimum 10. So a 15th level char dies at -15, and a 20th dies at -20. Not really elegant, but it allows higher level chars to go down a bit further before bleeding out. I'm certainly in favor of a 4e death mechanic in which it is more difficult...

We've been using a mechanic whereby lost levels (either from death or level drain) instead confer a cumulative -1 penalty on all d20 rolls until the character gains another level. Still to be feared, but doesn't put PCs significantly behind their fellows, or cause them to somehow unlearn...

I'll be very happy when that enormous, ponderous golem has a reflex save of less than +15 just because it has so many HD. Personally, HD = (all combat abilities) is great for PCs (including villian NPCs), but terrible for monsters. If I want to advance a creature, I'll either bump one or...

That is interesting. I started playing (Red Box, Basic) D&D when I was twelve. But its hard for me to imagine kids that young playing it now, for some reason...

Agreed...! Having the team take time to keep us informed with what they're doing, thinking, and working on is really great. And the fact that Logan, Scott, and others are stopping by here from time to time is just icing. Thanks, guys!

I've never produced any OGL materials, but I would think that, if one was to try to make the best product possible, it would make sense to have a fully realized understanding of what's in the market. Not only because good design (sometimes) begets good design, but also because if you don't know...

Does his comment about the different colored mini bases add more support for a Star Wars SE style of a sliding condition scale?

This post wins the 4e drama wars.

New edition, New iconics...! (Lidda somehow survives) :)

Agreed, of course. The chat function, the easiest thing to code, is probably the most important element, we want people talking to eachother in character. Though I prefer to play at a table and in person, the *nice* thing about chat is that one can form their thoughts out onto the screen in a...

The 360 does still have a bigger base in the US, but their lead is eroding quickly: And Nintendo has just surpassed Microsoft in total sold, even though its been out for a year less: http://www.vgchartz.com/news/news.php?id=508 At current sales rates, the Wii will surpass the 360 in the US...

I'm not sure what you're saying here... I've played WoW since beta, and am very familiar with its mechanics. I've also been keeping a very close eye on the 4e info we have, and I don't see much of a similarity, honestly. 4e's biggest influences seem to be... D&D 3.5, with a large helping of...

I don't see D&D becoming WoW. If anything, WoW's Onyxia is just using abilities cribbed from D&D dragons, programmed out into attack phases. Whereas D&D monster attack routines are always just suggestions, meant to aid the DM get the most out of a monster's abilities. I like them when I'm...

You seem trustworthy! :) Seriously, though, I agree with Human Target here. Make it harder for PCs to die, but make death more permanent/final.

Right, levels 4-14 are currently where the game (3.x) is still fun. I completely agree with the developers on this point, having stopped running games that go above 13 or so myself. They think they can make the game balanced and fun from 1-30. I wish them (and us) the best in this regard...

Bards are my favorite class, too. They're also as dead as Thac0 happy gnomes, methinks. :( I have no direct evidence of this, but circumstantially the case is starting to mount. My guess? In the 4e PHB2 (2009?) we'll see a Bard core class with lots of skills and some kind of musical magic...

Weird. Having DM'ed mostly non stop since 3.x came out, I have to say I rarely noticed the powers and abilities my PCs had, and concerns over them never touched my mind. My brain has always been just too full of story, character, and pacing concerns to really notice. Besides, I always felt I...

Weird. Why is is that the 1d6 per caster level on a fireball seems to me to be the sacredest of all cows, the most D&D thing about D&D? :p That said, if they are changing this to a different scaling system (ie, there will be more levels of spells, but those spells will scale more slowly)...

Half-Elves are in... From the dndinsider: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drdd/20070816a

I'm in agreement with most people here on where I'd like 4e to go... 1) Make high level D&D playable/fun. I have to end all my games by level 13 or so, b/c above that, combat drags to a standstill. Between iterative attacks, Mass Dispels, stacks of buffs and effects causing everyone to...