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I have to agree with Tweet on Power Attack; it's a bit too good a feat in the first place (I don't think I've seen a single fighter without Power Attack!), and the "sliding scale" thing complicates things in the middle of the fight, as people start calculating how hard they dare to PA and still...

In this case, you might get those extra HP when you acquire a familiar. Edit: By the way, does anyone recall whether the familiars in 1e/2e had any worthwhile qualities? As far as I can remember, they were a pointless vulnerability you had to learn a spell for to inflict upon yourself. In...

Add me as another gamer who wants to get rid of the material components (for the most part). Having to buy or otherwise acquire expensive components for an elaborate ritual (ie. high-level spell with a long casting time and lots of power), yes, that's interesting and atmospheric; having to tote...

Let's see... the current group has 1 elf 1 half-aquatic elf 2 humans 1 tiefling. The last campaign had: 7 humans 2 elves 1 dwarf 1 pixie

Sigh, why? You still have horned devils, aka cornugons, after all. Edit: Also, there are still concept art; the eventual illustrations may well be quite different.

Agreed. And I think that WotC has done that research (possibly via playtest), and has come to the conclusion that gnome-gamers are a sufficiently small minority compared to elf enthusiasts or dwarf dudes, so that they don't necessitate gnomes in the PHB. (At least they are putting gnome PC rules...

And IMO, it's obvious that Eowyn kills the Witch-King, and that Tolkien absolutely intends this to be so. Merry's stab that hamstrings the Nazgul, making him miss Eowyn and giving her the opening to strike, wounds the Witch-King not because it's a hobbit striking the blow (although it is his...

It's worlds better than the list in 2e, though, with such useless junk as ring mail, scale mail or brigandine cluttering it up.

The covers of the "Heroes" books also bear a resemblance to what we've seen of the 4e covers.

I think that your campaign differs considerably from the majority of D&D games that people run; ENworld is the first (and more or less the only) place I've seen where there are significant numbers of people who actually like gnomes. :)

Very unlikely, in my opinion. The "Satanic panic" of '80s was an one-off case; the alarmists have passed D&D and other RPGs and are focusing on new targets by now.

It's not that a fighter should only be protecting the wizard; the problem is that under the D&D rules, he hasn't really been able to protect the wizard when it would have been necessary.

John Scalzi, on What Authors Know About Their Characters. It is obviously true that people can and do read more things into books than the author intended; sometimes they're seeing things that really are there but not intentionally added by the author, sometimes they're just projecting their...

No, evil makes for good villains, and that's cool. If the forces of good have been pushed back in the implied PoL setting... that makes them the underdogs, doesn't it? A world that's under assault by dark forces needs heroes to help save it; your characters can shine brighter against the darker...

I think it's very sad that you and so many other D&D gamers seem to think that computer games rot your brains, wither your spine, grow hair on your palms and make you blind. Or perhaps because they're aiming for 4e to have more monsters per fight than 3e, so that a simple rule system for morale...

To be frank, he smells like a troll to me.

Yes. But it's also pretty ridiculous when people complain and grind their teeth when they hear a rule or a rule system they might not like has even been considered, even though the designers said in the next breath that they didn't like the results either, and the rule isn't incorporated in the...

Agreed. The White Wolf games, which put a heavy emphasis on characterization, roleplaying and storytelling (the game engine itself is called Storytelling) have had extensive social resolution rules from the beginning. If anything, a robust social encounter system will encourage people to both...

Luckily, you won't have to do that, since the WotC designers already considered an aggro mechanic, ditched it because it wasn't going to be fun, and went with something different. Edit: And as others have said before me, I'm glad they tried it. If there's something I don't want the 4e designers...

Or half-ogres, perhaps. Orc or goblin are strong possibilities.