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Expecting realism from a game where people can take dozens of blows, fall off a 100 foot cliff, and climb out of being dunked in a river of lava to shake off all without the aid of magic is perhaps a bit too much. You're totally freaking out over a very minor bit of unrealism in order to speed...

Just as a note, I don't know where all this outcry against per day/per encounter abilities being from an MMO or being ridiculous and impossible to play come from. Per encounter (per scene) abilities and effects have been the staple of the World Of Darkness RPG, old and New, since it originally...

Why aren't they combining Climb/Swim/Run into Athletics? It seems like a no-brainer to me. I certainly see Climb and Swim as less appealing on their own. Having Athletics, and Acrobatics cover your movement, with one skill to move quick and nimble hopping about (Dex Base) and the other to move...

I really agree with a lot of these posts. There were too many mechanical shortcomings and pitfalls that affected each class. Whenever I felt even remotely cool, my powers were quickly nullified by something that made me lame again and I quickly got bored. The DM always felt bad about throwing...

I would say the Level and Class-Based system, but I know it's a sacred cow and I'll be flamed, so I'll tolerate that for now. (I personally would prefer a focus on roles or archetypes, where you can develop skills and abilities anywhere, but get a bonus for sticking to your role.) However, the...

Cheesecake or no, wearing armor with a bare midriff is just stupid. If this was GURPS, that'd be a dead character.

Ghouls=Reavers=The Hills Have Eyes Mutants I tend to support the 'living, degenerate humans' idea if I can, it's much more horrific if they're intelligent but alien and blasphemous people corrupted by some evil contagion. Other than 'omg, undead with paralyses!'

New option: I am not offended, but I think it's a horrid cover. The art is rather terrible and silly looking, I much preferred the 'plain' covers to the 3E and 3.5E books. Seriously, I may not be offended by the cheesecake, but god, that's not an appetizing cover image for me.

The way I've seen elves, it never really made much sense to give them -2 Con, except if you want to balance things. Especially at 1st level, an Elven Wizard just...cannot survive unless he's constantly hiding and never ever lets a monster see him. Who's gonna blow a 14 on Con for an Elven Wizard...

Making it not do extra damage to undead like many people suggest seems like it's just gimping augment healing. It's not like letting it do a few extra points of damage to undead is going to break the game. Anyways, isn't destroying the undead, technically healing the world? (The main thing I'd...

Several other games use similar mechanics for their special abilities as 'per encounter'. And they a seem to do fine, no cannibalism at the table during Exalted. Or are you implying that D&D players just wouldn't 'get it'? I do somewhat see your point, as I've DM'ed with a group of people...

For the people upset about the elemental and fey natures of so many new monsters...read into your mythology. Dragons have elemental breath weapons, because dragons WERE originally considered by some to be the spirits of elements. (mostly fire and water.) It totally makes sense, as does fey. I...

There are no more racial deities. They may be associated with a race, but to consider any god the 'god of elves' in speculation is really to ignore the major differences between 4E and 3E.

I think alot of people are forgetting Dual Mace (Chinese), Dual Axe (Norse), and Dual Sword (Saracens) as viable dual weapon fighting styles that aren't all about fencing and swift, light attacks. I can much more see a Rogue or Ranger wielding light weapons to deal fast attacks, while I see a...

I reallly loathed Saga, but I love 4E. I just don't get why so many people think Saga is great. While alot of the ideas are good ideas, they have cruddy execution, and the entire book (Saga, that is.) Feels like it's a playtest version, rather than the final product.

Personally, I really like these changes. Giants possibly related to Demons, too? Either way, I'm getting a real 'Shadow Of The Colossus' feel with these new Giants. It'd be awesome if we could climb them and stab them in the head, but maybe that's just my wishful thinking. (Give them DR except...

I think a thread that ends up being an argument between Neofeminists and Grammar Nazis is sort of pointless.

Firstly, Toughness gives 3 HP +1 for every level you have attained and +1 for each additional level. This means Toughness gives a 1st level char 4 HP. Since chars at level 1 have 4x the skill points in 3rd ed, it's not unreasonable to think they might have 4x the HP. And perhaps they get less...

Barbarian: Nature Striker Druid: Nature Controller Shaman: Nature Leader These would all make me happy. (Plus, having Shaman as a Nature Leader, just like having Warlock would put D&D on the quick path to having a WOW Campaign Setting, to make more cashbucks.)

Firstly, they already had TWO Starcraft RPGs. (One boxed Set, and another one some time back I remember when I was still in high school. It had weird mechanics and really sucked.) Secondly: How about Warhammer40k RPG, since everything Blizzard has made is just a ripoff of Games Workshop...