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I have an idea! Why are we printing these books in English in the first place? English is such a sexist language! :p We could avoid all these problems if the books were printed in Farsi (the language of Iran), Bengali, or Esperanto. All of those languages are much more enlightened than...

Yep...if anything 4e will be more reliant on miniatures. WotC still has to make money on their crappy prepainted miniature line.

Or better yet, get rid of "divine" magic altogether. Of course, divine magic is one of the distinct "sacred cows" of D&D. However, I never liked the idea of divine spellcasters. In no other pre-D&D fantasy fiction or mythology am I aware of people who get access to magic just for joining the...

Hmmmf...Planscape! Bah! Planescape isn't D&D...where are the dungeons? Look at the wacky art in the Planescape books; it's obviously 'anime'! Yes...Planescape is anime! And the Bariur are obviously inspired by furries! :p Note to the humor impaired - this post is in jest

I suppose one solution is to print all the books in Esperanto! :p It has a gender neutral pronoun 'ĝi'. Of course, we'd all have to learn a second language to read our new rule books!

Will more females really play D&D if there "she" is used as the generic pronoun? Does using "he" as a generic pronoun actually stop women from playing D&D? Has a potential female gamer ever picked up a copy of the the 1st or 2nd edition PHB and decided in disgust to have nothing to do with the...

Ditch the iconics. I always found them uninspiring at best, and downright silly at worst. Redgar looked silly in the mismatched armor, Mialee's clothing seemed designed to show as much skin as possible, and Hennet was apparently into S&M.

Yes this is exactly the thing I'm talking about. I've seen similar things happen before. While I like the idea of abstraction, trying to combine AoOs with an abstract combat system doesn't always seem to work. I know that a lot of people think there is some contradiction between me longing...

Why the gnome hate? Seriously, why the gnome hate? Gnomes are part of the mythological tradition of the west. If anything, halflings should be dropped; they are all but ripped off of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (no matter how much WotC tried to deny it in 3e). Almost anyone has some...

After becoming very burnt out on 3.5e, I have high hopes for 4e. From what I've heard so far, I have been very impressed. However, I really hope that 4e changes some fundamental aspects of combat that have really bugged me from the onset of 3.5e. The following is a list of some things that I...

I've had a chance to look at a few of the 4e concept sketches and have liked what I have seen so far. The art is by no means confined to the historical middle ages, yet I haven't seen any characters in bondage gear, looking like they belong in the Leather and Lace Society (*ahem* I'm looking at...

Yes! Get rid of raise dead! Resurrection, raise dead, and reincarnation only make sense in metagame thinking. Think of their implication on the setting - it be profound! Why should there be any fear of death if a character could get raised? What's the point of assassinations? There would be...

Being a linguist, I have never liked the idea of a "universal language" that every sentient creature speaks. Although Common makes the game simpler, it removes a lot of the flavor and role-playing opportunities of a setting. So for my homebrew that I am developing, I'm removing a common...

NO, It's not possible! The 3.5 PHB clearly states that miniature figures and a battlemat are required. Marks on sheets of paper, or tokens are no longer acceptable - You must buy the official WotC collectible plastic miniatures! :)

I don't necessarily think that High Fantasy and S&S are easily pigeoned-holed genres. D&D shows that you can have elements of both. Still, if I had to choose, I would choose high fantasy. High Fantasy is stereotypically about heroism and world-shattering events. Too much of the S&S that I...

Well, 3e has upped character power somewhat on low levels (e.g. max hit points on first level). Still low level characters are relatively weak. However, they're not as weak as 1st level characters from 1e and 2e - in the old days a house cat could take out a first level character.

This does leave a little mystery, but still it eliminates philosophies such as materialism. So while the gods still remain a mystery, dualism is proven. In the real world, many atheists believe that consciousness is nothing more than an unintended byproduct of evolution. Such a belief would...

One thing that has intrigued me about the Eberron setting is that the gods are distant. Unlike Forgotten Realms, where the gods constantly meddle in the affairs of mortals, some people even doubt the existence of the gods. As stated in the campaign setting there is no alignment restriction on...

- Get rid of the focus on miniatures and "battle grids". This is unlikely to happen seeing that the collectible plastic miniature are WotC's big cash cow now. - Optional rules for alternative magic systems - something other than the Vancian "fire and forget" magic. - Elimination of the...

I remember there being quite a bit of discussion on the boards in the past about the possibility of a Harry Potter rpg. Apparently JK Rowling would not authorize any company to produce a rpg based on Harry Potter because to produce an effective game, she would have to reveal many of the plot...