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Drow dark-fire not melting ice? Sounds... reasonable? I would have let the guy make an arcana check to "magically" melt the ice, or given him some option other than "there is only one way to open this door - period". Especially as this is being recorded, I think you'd want to stonewall as...

I want to play dnd on that big ice projector thingie (whatever it is) that they used at the opening ceremony of the winter games. Those whales were awesome! I want to attack my friends with virtual whales please.

Nice one. Of course! I have memories of "kits" from various books somehow making my players characters ridiculously strong or totally useless, I don't know how much customization went into them but I sort of considered them builds. I can't remember what the popular ones in my group were, or...

mmm hmmm... wow a lot of this stuff is coming back now. Lord almighty, I remember the dagger/dart cheese... Can anyone tell me what system used these rules? (if any, these could all be house-rules from the foggy past) 1. If you had a missile weapon readied you could shoot it a the top of the...

Has there always been a presumed party size for each version of dnd? What were the most common class/race combos? (or just race in bdnd I guess) What dominated class builds for each edition? Such as two weapon fighting and weapon specialization for 2e, for example. What were the most classic...

Zero? To play one session if he's going to talk about one session? Or you mean educated enough to decide he has low interest in playing 4e? Zero again. I don't think that giving something a second shot is awful advice though; yikes.

Wow, I thought I invented that rule for my own 1e game... turns out it was the real rule all along? Hilarious...

Your missing bullgrit's point entirely; allow me to explain (correct me if I'm wrong bullgrit). ----------------------------------------------- All previous editions of dnd work like this: A 1st level pc can take about 1 hit before dieing. This hit will be preceded by little to no warning...

I thought he was serious... I agree with him! (and double that for coming back to say I told you so, triple that for selective memory if it happens with 6e instead).

sorry bullgrit, your opinion is *wrong*. HA! Seriously though, your main "problem" with 4e seems to be way out of proportion with what I would consider legitimate issues (that you bring up in the same well written piece, btw). One of the comments on your blog says it all; referring to a "what...

the link for the gametable thing is broken, on both the picture and the text (on the newspage)

the link and the photo-link to the game table thing are broken (for me at least) sends me to http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG00056-20100210-0952-225x300.jpg%5B/imager%5DD&D%20On%20Surface%202.0%E2%80%8F should send me to The Perfect Table: A Return to D&D...

I used the critical hits deck in 3.5, it's pretty fun - though you should know that there is one "insta-kill" card mixed in there somewhere. The 4e method I use for crits is an oversized d12 with a condition on each face (such as daze), which I "re-skin" on the fly (ooh, you partially scalp the...

any play-testing done with these yet? and when are you formatting them as cards with illustrations?

thanks dudes; I see I should have been looking for "aquatic" not "underwater"... and yeah the rules are pretty crappy. I like the currents, and the mandatory swimming, but -2 to hit seems dumb. Anyone create a better effect?

I'm thinking of encounters that deploy a map and use minis, but aren't actually combats. Puzzles and other types of games could happen instead; my example: ---------------------- Unicorn tag non-combat-combat-encounter Atop a hill stands a gray unicorn, whose gaze is so intense that you...

where are the rules for underwater combat?

Very nice, very very nice indeedy. I'll be snipping this up and using it in my sandbox game... thanks!

the easiest way to speed things up (in real life) is to shoot a warning to whichever player is coming up... and declare them "holding" their action if they aren't ready to actually take it on their turn. ps. a little confused as to your actual request; are you just talking about in-game time...

uh oh, the nerds are restless tonight! If a few more gaming companies pull boners like this, does that mean wotc's "blunders" in grognard-relations be forgotten or even forgiven?