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While i would include that in the definition of "minor cheating" i was more thinking of things like 'you actually roll a 10, which would hit, but say it was a 6, which misses, in a situation where the opponent is weak enough that there is no danger of it doing serious (or any) harm to another...

Sure, that's a reasonable point, and one i generally agree with. How is that a counter-argument to cheating in such a way that it makes the game more challenging for the cheater, or causes failure for the cheater where abiding by the rules would've resulted in success? Again, you're reading...

Well, let's put it this way: i've never personally witnessed cheating to the player's own benefit. So i'm either not very observant, or i've just not played with people who would do that. I have seen cheating to the group's benefit. But no, not very often--maybe a dozen or couple dozen times in...

I don't think it's that clear-cut. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that there are people who see downloading a PDF copy of an RPG book "that they never would've bought anyway" as a victimless crime, while cheating affects your friends right there in front of you. IOW, depending on...

That one really depends on the players. In my previous groups, that was most often the case: when the rules were misread or misremembered, it was to the player's favor. But with my current group, they're at least as likely to screw up to their detriment. Maybe moreso (or maybe those instances...

There's a couple of assumptions in there. First, violating the rules might not be violating the social contract. Second, it is possible to cheat in ways that are not for personal gain. Which leads to the point that, without context, there's no way to say whether or not cheating is social...

Well, i speak only for myself, but "because the surest way to ruin anything for me is to introduce (or focus on) competitive elements". I used to love tennis. Then i got good enough that people wanted to start keeping score [we'd always score the games, 'cause we saw that as part of the 'rules'...

That's a very good point. On the flipside: what if the stakes are high enough to necessitate cheating? Let me 'splain: If everyone is at the table for a dramatically-fulfilling story, cheating at the rules portion might be de rigeur [sp?], when it's in service of that goal. [see my next post...

Wow. You're really friendly with your friends. I'm lucky to get any friendly rubbing lately--much less as a result of getting flak over something. ;) [sorry, just couldn't resist.]

I didn't look closely enough to notice this, but, why can't WotC learn and fix their layout? It's been nearly 6 years since the D&D3E PH, and they are *still* using the same idiotic layout style that does several things to not only fail to make it easy to read, but actively work against easy...

Am i missing some other balancing factor, or are the save DCs for incarnum soulmeld effects *really* low? The formula is 10 + ability mod + "essentia invested in the soulmeld"--and that maxes out at 4 at 20th level, and is roughly 1/5th of level, rounded up, at each level. Spell (and most other...

No, like Spycraft or Iron Heroes. [Ok, in fairness, i haven't read Star Wars D20, so it's possible that you'd dislike the ones i've suggested just as much. However, i think they work just fine--much better than D&D3E armor.] To answer the original question: i find the rules in Spycraft work...

Here's the direct quote--i just went and double-checked to make sure i was remembering what i wrote correctly: I'm not backpedaling--i never said "D20 Modern isn't good for anything but modern D&D"--that's someone's misreading. Looking back at my post, the only WotC product i said outright was...

Luckily, Blood of Heroes is the same sytsem, without the DC universe attached. Plus, it's had a few fixes/tweaks, including apparently-"fixed" gadget rules. [I say 'apparently' because i've never played DC Heroes/Blood of Heroes, only read them, so i'm going on other people's opinions here.]...

Probably because you couldn't see or get at their booth, due to the very long lines to buy M&MM2e blocking them from view. ;) In fact, i believe it was one of only 3 things at the con to have sufficient popularity to generate lines: M&MM2e, Serenity RPG, and M:tAw.

Well, i didn't mean it to come across that way. It really was meant to be "hey, i've checked out everything WotC has done, and i haven't liked anything since they acquired TSR, so i don't see any reason to expect that to change". And, yes, i did say "because X is better"--because i think it is...

So, if i'd said "The following is opinion: 'X'", rather than "'X'; the preceding is opinion", you'd be satisfied? It really matters which order i write it in? Or would you really prefer that i saddle every single sentence with an 'IMHO'? Isn't that a given for most statements in this sort of...

Point is, as silly as it may be to judge a book before it even exists, it seems just as silly to say that one cannot make any meaningful predictive statements about a book produced by a known quantity, before it exists. Now, if you think that WotC's products are all over the map--some awesome...

I listen to the first three albums, in their entirety, of an artist. They are in roughly the same style, and fairly consistent from song to song. I like one song, but not badly enough to buy the album it's on, and really don't care for any of the rest. I hear a 3rd album is being produced, and...

So, it's a personal affront saying "we don't need your kind" to players/groups that like the beastmaster element of druids, since D&D3.5E took out the option of multiple animal companions for druids?