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To put it another way, if someone tries this and WotC sues them, even if they win, they lose. It's hardly a comfort to be 'right' when your company goes bankrupt from paying lawyers fees. (Unless, of course, Clark from Necromancer does it for free. ;)) WotC might be willing to spend the money...

It would indeed. I wonder if he's related to Man Friday.

Edit: double post.

There's a subtle hint in this article. The powers chart is labeled "Powers by Class Level". That implies that there's a difference between class level and total level, otherwise the chart would have probably said "Powers by Level"

It's not exactly postmodern, because it's way too old. I suppose it could be described as proto-postmodern, because of the way that it deconstructs what "art" is and self-referentially plays with artistic conventions, "breaking the third wall" between the artwork and the observer. Just like...

And thus, you've accidentally reinvented postmodernism. You're an intuitive Dadaist god, you are.

Fatigue's a good way of describing it. I feel exactly the same way. I can't help but sigh and roll my eyes every time I see a new lamewild doubleworld. "But... this one goes to eleven." :D

I don't think there'll be a basic TWF option either. Attacking with both weapons might be a bit overpowered compared to the other at-will powers, though. So I wouldn't be surprised if it was more complicated than just "make two attack rolls, each for normal damage."

You have a character named Username? How... postmodern. :D

From the looks of it, stances aren't a separate mechanic like in the Bo9S, but certain powers with a duration of 'the encounter' are described as stances.

I guess the designers thought that there weren't enough classes that started with "War..." ;) Here's another scoop: the wizard has been renamed the Warmage, the paladin has been renamed Warblade, the cleric is now Warpriest, and the ranger is now the Warfanewild.

It's because of this profit motive that Hasbro probably doesn't even care what happens with D&D, much less open gaming. The $ difference between 4e bombing and becoming a fantastic success probably isn't even larger than the rounding error of a company of Hasbro's size. D&D's valuable to...

The thing is, business types have always had control of the creative direction. Take a look at what happened the last time businessmen abdicated control of D&D, during the last few days of TSR. Designers created all sorts of neat books that they wanted to create, but which no one actually...

QFT. "Vetting our final policy" means that they're getting the authorization from the people in charge for their final policy. Everything in a big company has to be authorized, especially decisions like this that can have significant impacts on their IP and marketing. I see nothing in their...

I sympathize with his concerns, but I don't really see where they come from. Frankly, I'm mystified by his assertions that 3.x was somehow more flexible and easier on the DM than what we've seen of 4e. :confused: I think it would have been more of a matter of common courtesy than a marketing...

That's what I hope too. None of the other psionic classes ever felt neccessary to me.

He didn't seem to be doing any preparing to meet requirements, just "thinking ahead." I find it interesting the way he said he found a neat path. This is probably reading way too much into it, but that sounds to me like it might not be one of the standard ones in the PH. Is it the...

Beowulf Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser books.

I second this. The Vlad Taltos books are tons of fun, and are short, easy reads. Roger Zelazny in the original English would also be good reads. The writing is clear, but he occasionally uses poetic language, which might not be clear in a literal translation. Lord of Light is excellent, and...

I'd agree with that. While I would wholeheartedly welcome a d20 exalted based on 4e rules, that's way more effort than I'd want into designing a game, especially one with unfamiliar mechanics. You don't need the other exalts to be gone. Since 4e removes the artificial symmetry of having to...