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so, you're saying that 27 pages of chatty, fluffy 2e combat rules (which have also to explain different "illogical" and "arbitrary" subsystems, and give definitions to more and much less intuitive saving throws, by the way) are the same as 27 pages of dry, "let's get to the point" 3e combat...

so, you know GURPS and HERO, and still think that the ruleset in 3e is easier to tailor to anyone's tastes? this is surprising to say the least. :)

neither does yours. you know why? because there is not a universal law governing people's perspectives and preferences! :p first off, as i pointed out some post before, 3e needs to be much more balanced than previous edition, at least for allowing such liberal multiclassing AND to have all...

unfortunately i don't have the books with me (as in, they are in italy, i am in uk). on the other hand, i see that someone else gave a breakdown of the chapters page counts later on. good. :) as i said, you had NWPs that were absolutely useles sin combat, and were more "character definying"...

but, as you could see from one of my previous reply, not having explicit assumptions meant that teh designers, too, couldn't stick with catering to one gaming style only.

which is the great point of contention if you have followed the discussion so far. i don't think that option two is easy at all, unless you throw away much of the game balance, and convince your palyers that it's something worth doing. :)

well, they were not. have you checked how much of the PHB is devoted to the combat section? how many spells are connected to combat vs. those than have other effects? how many NWP have nothing to do with combat? now, you might like the way things were implemented, but you can't say that the...

what if i don't? :) any clear path to follow?

but, you see, that's the gist of the matter. everyone will undoubtely have their own specific point of view, and might not be aware that other people with whom they are discussing have a completely different set of assumptions. and, from your point of view, from you expectations at the game...

whereas in 3e... :P

i appreciate this point of view, but, in my experience the theoretical negative effect of this lack of guidance had a very good practical effect. namely, the published adventures (even those in dungeon) didn't assume that your group was made of X, Y, and Z. they told you what the assumptions...

that's what i meant by "balanced". to me, at least, balanced is 100% balanced. i have no problem agreeing that 3e is much more balanced than previous editions. but, in my experience on these boards, some people have problems agreeing that "balanced" doesn't necessarily mean 100% so. and a class...

this one's very neat if you want issue indexes. thanks! :) too bad that it doesn't have all the issues, though :(

yum! will sign up for those later on today. do i need to do anything special? i sent you an email with my new livejournal account, so i guess you can just give me access to Six Arabian Nights and Empire of the Ghouls, when i'll pay for them, too. :)

did this happened just with three classes? i never allowed them and i don't remember any particular big balance issues... but then again it was years ago, and i might have smoothed things on a case by case basis. :( i wish i had my books here! :( agreed on both account. :) gotta solve some of...

bump.

right. i paid for the 25$ subscription for the gorgon book. now what? should i expect to receive something by email (apart from the paypal stuff) when the ball gets rolling? also... ehm... how do i contact the open design project? i would really like to have a clear official answer on getting...

so if i become a patron for the arabian adventure thing, i get that AND the ghoul adventure?!? for 25$?!?!? any chance to have an official confirmation? if that's the case, i'm signing up NOW! thanks for the info Glyfair! :)

in Ridley's defense, i would say that the many many many discussions i've seen on these boards on whether or not this class or feat was unbalanced means that the idea that 3e is actually balanced is a myth. it is better balanced than 2e, yes. but it's not balanced.* people with an extensive...

as far as i'm concerned, i would really have to admire the previous work of an author A LOT, if i buy his books for systems that i don't plan to use. and/ or, as in the case of mr. baur's gorgon module, it has to give me the chance to get more than a simple module/ rulebook (in that case, i...