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If you are playtesting mechanics and rules, it shouldn't matter whether you are RPGA or not - if (and that is a big if) what the OP states is accurate. I don't know much about the RPGA but it shouldn't matter if a majority are just hack 'n slash types because it is rules and mechanics being...

It might be at your end or somewhere in between you and the Wizard's site because I been to the site several time in the last few minutes and there is no delay at all for me accessing the site or their forums.

As a precaution, check your DnD Insider private mail associated with your profile. They may put the mail messages there. Zilch for me so far...

Yar. Me thinks me charts be old and dated. Must gut the swabby that sold me them for a piece of eight. For the new squid billies that gotten recruited by the press gangs, here be a video by the Capt'n and first matey on how to talk to yer fellow Jacks without being keel hauled fer yer lack of...

Arrghh. Ahoy, me fellow Jacks and lasses. Where be the rest of me mateys on this fine Talk like a Pirate Day? Scrubbing the bilges? Swilling yer grog like ol' one eye Jack? Countin' your swag? Answer the roll, ya lubbers, or it will the the plank and Davey Jones' cold embrace for ya.

I think that a merger will not play well to either the 'hawkers' or the realms fans (some will not mind but I think a majority will not like the notion). There has been too much rancor between the two groups over the years to suddenly become one big happy family.

The DM, the ultimate god, rule 0's that nothing can be used from the Serpent Kingdom book. Pun Pun become a normal mortal kobold. The local party of 1st level adventurers from the nearest village kick his ass in one round for the win.... :p

Actually, the pool will be DnD Insider members (RPGA members have already been selected), which is probably far smaller. But point taken - the odds are long odds indeed.

Thank you for the ad hominem attack. To answer: yes, it is unfair summary of my post. I will leave it at that.

The problem here is this. It is not a given that the changes will translate to extra sales. Do a poll on what ticks most people off about the Realms and you will find the majority opinion is the uber NPCs and the novels. The changes to the Realms isn't necessarily going to change the opinion...

Sounds like a last minute change in methodology. A random playtest runs counter to what David Noonan stated in his blog - namely, sign up for DnD Insider, get a group together, and watch DnD Insider for the playtest announcement. I don't believe David Noonan was deliberately trying to mislead...

You would figure that WOTC would learn something from the Time of Troubles, given the large number of Realms fans that loathed that one. Play it again, Sam Yeah, all the Realms fans are going to love this <rolls eyes> :(

I will wait to see just how much of a car wreck all this is, but as it stands right now, they driven my favorite setting into the ditch. Seems like they very nearly blew the Realms up, figuratively speaking, taking the information from the Orc King and this into account. I dread what 5E will...

In real life, people die ignoble and meaningless deaths. So it should be the same in the D&D game. I don't believe that it is good to bend over backwards to ensure that PCs die a 'good' death. Even a completely unheroic death can be memorable and more importantly, a good teaching point, if...

I can understand the hatred of uber NPCs if the DM in your campaign is using Elminster to berate or browbeat the party or if Khelben Blackstaff or the Symbul teleport in to 'kill steal' the party's glory. If a DM did this, I would hate the NPCs also. What I don't get is the hatred of NPCs that...

I wish the CCC had the anocrym KKK. Then I could call them the Knights of the Krispy Kritter. :lol:

I don't get this so I must be missing something. Rules in games exist so that from a certain perspective (how to play the game by knowing the rules), the playing field is level. Everyone must 'know' the rules to compete equally. It is a handicap to try to play a game (strategy, tactics, etc)...

Thank you, Mouseferatu. I stand corrected on that. (and that is meant with absolutely zero sarcasm) I apologize for perpetrating improper information. Am I off base with the disconnect with the statement by Rich Baker on not messing in a major way with the existing campaign settings and the...

I don't want to be jerk to point this out, but.....well, I just be a total jerk and point this out. About the release of 4E. Winter Fantasy 2007: Various WOTC people stated: 1. 4E was still quite a ways away. 2. They were not actively working on 4E at this time (Feb 07) 3. 4E will come...

No. David Noonan (who seems to be high up in the playtest process) stated in the Episode 15 podcast that the selections will NOT be random. There will be an application process that will appear in a page on DnDInsider. Playtesters will be selected from the 'applicant pool' of those who fill...