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Opposed rolls is great. People love rolling dice, they feel like they're in control more that way (even if that's really not the case). I'd also abolish AC in favor of a Defense roll, but that sacred cow is not going to the slaughterhouse any time soon, I'm sure.

Generally speaking, no. It does happen sometimes, and I sometimes let it pass, because my players are likely to simply dismiss/ignore the out-of-character suggestion if they didn't come up with it themselves. If you really persist, I will allow a stat check to see if you have a moment of...

The high-Int character should get extra clues as a reward for his high Intelligence; it's up to the DM to provide those clues and then let the player interpret them.

To those who want to play low-Int, low-Cha characters and then do all the puzzle-solving and character interaction anyway: You can't have your cake and eat it. Unless everyone at the table does the same thing, you are basically cheating. There is nothing, absolutely nothing in the game that...

I finally pledged my $10, and I'm thinking about upping my pledge to get Snips, Snails.

All three archetypes are perfectly valid. However, there is no reason why they can't be just "kits" added to the basic Mage class, much like the "Aragorn Ranger" and "Drizzt Ranger."

Other than very nearly completely negating the effect of the d20 roll? We may as well drop dice rolling in that case. That, or switch to d40.

First of all, if you only judge my opinion of 5E through the prism of this thread alone, you are missing the fact that I was very positive about it until the last seminar transcript and the playtest reports started appearing. Second, it has been confirmed by WotC that the current mechanic is...

If ability modifier is score - 10, I will most certainly skip 5E, because that places way, WAY, WAAAAAAY too much importance on the ability scores.

Unless you are making a metric crapton of checks every session, the speed up thing would be negligible. I'm not opposed to auto-success, but the math doesn't add up. What's wrong with taking 10 anyway?

It's a question that's been bugging me for years. On one hand, players want to be rewarded for specializing. On the other, I want all players to have a reasonable chance of success when it comes to skill checks. +4 (20%) sounds like a pretty reasonable difference. I've playtested +2 and it...

*chortle* Slightly different flavor of evil? Ha! :mad:

Flattening the power curve is a good thing. However, flattening the power curve so much that you have to wait several levels to increase your effectiveness by 5% is pure rubbish. And it's a VERY odd decision for a "unifying" D&D edition, since D&D's power curve was never, ever that flat...

I don't want to see class specific feats. Feats should be general abilities that are not specific to a class; if something is specific to a class, it belongs on the class progression chart. On the other hand, I fully endorse feats that will grant PCs the ability to dabble without full...

Feats should never grant flat, boring numerical bonuses. Rerolls are much better. Alertness: when someone tries to sneak past you, he must roll the check twice and take the lower value. Improved Initiative: when rolling for initiative, roll twice and take the better value. Additionally, they...

In full agreement with the following points (and have implemented them in my games a long time ago): I'm generally fine with this, but it should be on a case by case basis. For instance, Power Word: Stun and Lich touch should retain their potency. While I don't disagree that wands, staffs...

We know that D&D Next currently uses a simplified skills system, with a fully fledged skills system still in development. The current skills system calls for a d20 roll, to which you add your ability modifier and your class/race/theme modifiers for the particular skill application (if any) and...

Ability score deflation is a good thing in my book. However, stat caps is not the way I'd do it. Drop the silly stat-boosting items and spells and there you have it. Gauntlets of Ogre Power could (and should!) be so much more than Str +2, or Str 19, or whatever. Cat's Grace could allow you to...

Two problems with that: 1. It makes DM fiat a requirement rather than an option, and as a full-time DM I know I don't want to have to make decisions like that one all the time. I have much more important stuff to do, like, oh, running the game. Players should handle their characters. 2. Fiddly...

If there were just a few traditionalists, WotC wouldn't be designing a new edition right now. Which is, at it's core, pretty much a retro-clone of itself - FAR closer to Castles and Crusades than to 4E. Since WotC does have a marketing department, I'm guessing that this time, they did a bit of...