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Yes, and as long as nothing else changes, it is easy to predict what the outcome of such a change would be. However, the more of the system changes, the harder it becomes to predict how much this rule affects actual gameplay. So discussing such a detail out of context may not provide much...

I don't *know*, hence it's called a prior. However, there is plenty of of auxiliary information about the quality of the system FATAL. It is not published professionally, the designers have no track record, there is no one in the whole wide interweb speaking positively about the game and it is...

I assume the extra reroll replaces the dice it rolled, even if it's worse than the original? Otherwise, this is the same as just rolling three dice and picking the highest result. If my understanding of your question is correct, then it clearly matters which die you reroll, and you always want...

See I would never claim that I have a well-founded opinion of FATAL. And i don't need to develop one. Furthermore, I have a much more informative prior on FATAL than on any new edition of D&D. After all FATAL is the fantasy heartbreaker of a random guy out there while any new edition of D&D...

I know. I was interviewing in Dallas and in Michigan pretty exactly 4 years ago. It's a miracle that almost all the good schools are still in the north, given that academic hiring season is in the winter.

You are aware that we have Ice and Snow (in capital letters) only in the winter? In the summer it does get rather balmy here.

Btw, I would love to have this discussion in person. If you ever come to Ann Arbor, drop me a line and I will buy you a beer.

Yes, because once we have made such a snapshot decision, we are more likely to defend it, even with somewhat irrational arguments than to reevaluate it. Because we could not function if we reevaluated everything in our life all the time. And given that it is entertainment, it does not really...

Shrug, I've gaming about as long as you and I'm pretty sure you are wrong. I have seen more than one game that read great and played badly and the other way round. If you think you know what a game is like after reading the rule book you are making a decision on very little information and your...

Or you could just give the expected boni directly to the chaacters without any magic gear mediating it. Just say e.g. that at 3rd level every PC gets +1 on attack/damage and defenses, at 8th level it's +8 and so on. Then you can keep it at your present treasure density. Of course all magic...

And if we take into account that complicated systems such as RPGs are probably harder to evaluate than a simple taste, it is fair to assume that getting a nuanced understanding of a new RPG system takes a long time. And that is even before considering the emotional and financial investment one...

And even after all this hassle, we would only get the distribution for en world users, not for gamers at large. An as we know, en world users are not representative, so the poll would still carry no information about the overall success of 4th edition. There is a reason that role playing...

So you would prefer it if there was a AD&D-like rule that every character fighting an enemy of his lvl-8 can take -10 on the attack roll to add his lvl*10 to damage?

Speaking from practical experiences, my players consider killing a single minion an OK turn, but they really like if they manage to kill 3-4 minions in a single attack. Minions serve sometimes as an important backdrop for the fight, they allow for fights against large numbers of meaningful...

No snark intended. You got a first impression of the game and you decided that it was not worth your time. And even if that first impression was wrong (possible, though maybe not likely), it would take you way too much effort to overcome it. You decided not to invest that time as you don't need...

I agree. After all, your life does not depend on you having an unbiased opinion of any game. And you already have a game that you are happy with.

I agree that if you are playing a game you like,there is no need in investing 120h into a game that you may not like especially if you are initially set against it. You probably will never have a well founded opinion of the new game but if you have all you need, who cares? I was mostly trying...

That would of course assume that this poll is in any way representative for the changeover rates among the gamer population at large. However, as ENworld members are clearly not representative for the gamer population at large, this seems unlikely. More likely, as this site started out as a 3rd...

I don't think many of these votes actually reflect much open-mindedness. This thread suggests that quite a few went into a playtest of 4th edition expecting to dislike the game. And their prediction came true. Hence these players "went back to older editions" although they had never left. The...

In my experience levels 3-6 are the sweet spot for AD&D. Before those levels, PCs were too fragile and after those levels, the game turned into Ars Magica, 1 Wizard and his/her henchmen. Thus 3rd edition already managed to extend the sweet spot by quite a bit.