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I have to second the point made upthread, that if we disregard character stats for problem solving & rely on the player instead, then why do combat stats not get the same treatment? I agree there are ways around limiting player contribution in both cases - let the dumb fighter have an 'idiot...

I share the concern about the potential overemphasis on ability scores (w/ all caveats regarding early play-testing, lack of modules, etc.). In particular, with the statements about slower scaling of attack modifiers, I'm worried that 5e could perhaps be a game where your initial roll for stats...

I most sincerely hope not. I abhorred 4e because it didn't feel like an RPG to me, but like a board game w/ story elements. I hope that 5e, or at least some portion of the modular, set-your-own-dial construction of it, will return the focus to the character, & the fun (IMO) of stepping into...

Johnny who prefers simulationist rules. I'd (accidentally) shoot someone in the back for a DM that ran w/ soft cover rules. :)

I loved 3.5, but when 4e was announced I was overjoyed. Yay, something new! Early information sounded great to me, like reducing some of the overlapping skills into something more sensible (so I can Disable a device, unless that device happens to be a lock? What if it's a device made to resemble...

Exactly, Cadfan. I loved the character rules diversity in 3.5, & often found myself stymied in groups. The irony was that despite being the one drawing the most attention for pushing group 'allowed rules' boundaries, I'm not a great optimizer & tended to end up w/ comparatively weak - which is...

I share this concern. I had trouble in 3.5 with conflict in groups over 'core only' or 'core + Complete series' or 'core + x, y, z' - now, if I understand correctly, they're going to have options included in the starting book? I can already see some DMs saying 'no modules allowed' or 'only x...

D'oh, forgot my assassin & it won't let me edit my poll response. :(

I voted evil. Enough reasons for that have been put forth already. The more interesting point, I think, is just how incredibly, astoundingly, mind-blowingly STUPID V's act was. You kill a dragon. Dragon's parent shows up to take retribution. You kill the parent & all dragons, half-dragons, &...

(If there are any ungrouped DMs - do such things even exist? - I've already had 2 hits from other players seeking a group on other boards, so we've almost a full group available - to serve as your unholy minions! ;) ) My Eberron group is on indefinite hiatus as the DM's wife is due to have...

Crud, I misvoted. Remove one from 'negative then grew positive' & move it to 'negative and stayed negative'.

So, what, you're saying a bullet has no power? (I don't think you are, I simply think you've missed the implications of your statement.) Power does not come from mass - power (speaking only to the melee applications) comes from the transfer of kinetic energy, mass moving at speed. High mass is...

I don't know that "I accept your offer" to the imp would work - remember, it has to be the right 4 words to the right being at the right time for the wrong reasons. To me that seems to imply that there would be a right reason to say those words to an imp, which I find hard to believe (for a...

Mucch, your idea sounds great. I'm missing Elan. I neeeeed my Elan fix. *wimper*

I'd actually read about this phenomenon before; apparently vision isn't all located in the areas of the brain we thought. I wonder if this means vision is actually a 3-tiered event (optical stimulus > subconscious perception > conscious perception) or if there are separate pathways (optical...

I don't recall the CR (at work), but I liked the flavor of wemics. Forget which MM they're in.

I had a society in a homebrew gameworld with an odd sociopolitical system. The society was descended from the harem of a cruel & abusive mage. The women of the harem had managed to trick the mage & kill him, thus gaining control of his isolated keep & all of the arcane treasures it contained...

Thx, made me LOL at work. :) Fun with wild speculation: Paizo stays 3.5. The relict 3.5 becomes known as D&D PE (Pathfinder Edition). After an initial surge, 4e sales drop below PE sales by end of '09. Hasbro decides to dump the line, & Paizo become the new owners of the D&D license. Hey, I...

Great strip. As for 'finishing the long arc', I don't really think that's going to happen - the strip has been story-centered for the vast majority of its existence now, & most of that has been OotS vs. Xykon. At this point, defeating him would be a bit like taking the survivors off the island...

Pretty, but I'm afraid I can't read them. :( From what I can make out, I have the 2nd row of covers of the AD&D books (top grey-colored square after the split). I also have the far left boxed set from the black-colored square after the split - what is that one called in the 'proper' naming lingo?