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Mearls is in my dining room. I sit him down, say "Let's throw some dice." We pull out the graph mats, the dice, the minis, and those leatherbound 3.5 core books on my shelf. Mearls looks comfortable. He looks happy. "Drink?" I say. "Coke? Margarita? Vino?" Mearls asks for a can of Coke. It's...

What a wonderful idea. Thanks for this. He will inspire a notable NPC in my campaign in the same manner as Klaus Deland, "the Heromaker" did (Del Close was my teacher when he passed on the same date, March 4, 1999). Rarely does he appear, but occasionally he'll walk onstage and speak in his...

That's a good question, and I can certainly see both sides. As a player, the idea of limitless customization is exceptionally appealing. Even now, when I know it doesn't work as well as we'd like it to. But as a player, I could probably be happy with 3e for a long time. As a DM, 3e is a...

3e did a great job simulating a courtroom where the judge was on trial, despite "rule 0."

1982 Basic > AD&D > 2e > 3e > 4e Thus far, 4e looks to be the strongest offering for the game I want to play.

Thank God! (and Mearls) It bugs the hell out of me to have rangers suddenly "cast" Entangle. Suddenly these hunters/trackers/woodland warriors somehow inherit magical powers? Huh?! Always despised it. Glad it's gone.

I heart Mearls.

I want to play in JACKELOPE KING's game!!!!!!! For me: Human (Vaelik/Kaelik) - the two races of men dominate the small pockets of civilization on the continent, from honor-bound, industrialized Akkabarran to militant, feudal Tocs-Morunge, to the pirate-plauged port of Vaenna beyond the...

As a DM, I often felt my hands were tied with 3e rules. My goal, coming to a gaming session, is to provide a really good story where really badass stuff happens, which results in the players calling and e-mailing me relentlessly throughout the next couple weeks to freak out about how awesome...

After playing a wide array of board games, I will never allow random character generation in D&D again. It's not fair for an initial set of random rolls to have such a strong influence over what a character can achieve. While rolling for ability scores is traditional, the numbers have the...

Thank God.

Three hours before the memo: Post 8. http://www.hordelings.com/forums/postView.php?post_id=128841&viewPage=0#128841 That's right. 4e floats in my wake like... like a rather bouyant floating thing. Like 4e, I'm so money I don't even know it. "Money" will be 4e compliant by Monday. Setting...

Your choice, says I. Thematically, I think a non-literate world is best. However, it's a pain in the @$$ to keep track of in-game (like languages - an element that is perpetually forgotten or abandoned for the sake of fun).

Same. I like his Eberron interiors, but do not like his stuff on the D&D core book covers at all. Would prefer the fantastical realism of Elmore, Wood, Lookwood, etc.

QFT NO MAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The looser the implied setting, the better.

Love it. Perhaps this was already apparent to others, but it seems as though the special attacks/abilities creatures are getting when at half hp (or "bloodied") serve as an indicator to tell the PCs exactly that: "Hey DM, about how many hp does he have left? How bad does he look?" I like this...

Their head a-splode.

Very cool! I love the sample characters. The sample character stats in 3e were rarely useful to me, and I never read them. These little character sketches give some cool character ideas, and actually seem to encourage role-play and story for your character. Cool! Suggestion: Rewrite the third...

Besides... if gnomes are in the monster manual, they will soon be showing up in D&D games (and miniatures) in MUCH greater numbers. In the end, this only works out in favor of the gnomes.

Hilarious. If anything, it made me like both races more.