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You can not copyright, patent or trademark a mathematical formula. Nor can you copyright, patent or trademark the most basic expressions of the values of that formula. So: n xp = sigma((level-1)*1000) level=1 represents the number of xp needed to reach level n level...

Ok, I guess in the superhero D&D style world ones level is a general modifier to ones awesomeness. But doesn't this kind of thing present a major issue when WotC attempts to do modern games with the new system in 2009 or 2010? In a modern game, one can't just depend on magic as a catch all excuse.

OK, so how does it make sense for someone to gain on ability checks like this as they level? Why is a weak mage more able to lift massive objects as he grows in level, while at the same time the amount of weight he can carry does not change? How does this make sense?

Imagine this. At first level a really strong dragonborn fighter with strength of 18 has difficulty lifting a portcullis (DC20). His spindly halfling mage companion with a strength of 8 doesn't have a chance of lifting it. at level 10 the same duo pass through again. Sure the dragonborn is...

actually, carving our way through doors, walls, floors became standard practice in one campaign. Why? because our rogue was eaten. Our monk/shifter had improved sunder and an obscene combination of number of attacks + high damage. And my swordsage had the maneuver that allowed me to ignore...

Stop the current campaign. Play something other than D&D for a while This is mostly due to non-4e reasons. School let out and half my group went home for the summer, another is moving out of state. We stopped our 3.5 game and started up a gurps swashbuckling pirate game, lots of fun while it...

well in 3.x a 3rd level fighter would only have 12 more HP than a wizard given the same con score. As for the rest, I have heard but can not confirm that everyone does indeed have the same saves and BAB. And it does seem counter intuitive, the difference is supposed to be in the special abilities.

My brother has a tendancy to roll many many 18's for his D&D characters. Even under direct supervision and provided "clean" dice and a cup and mandatory 3 seconds of shake. Its annoying when his worst character ever had a mere 3 18's. The best I saw him roll was 5 18's and a 3.

Most often a retailer will receive street dated material in advance. When I was working at wal-mart we would typically receive everything 1 to 3 weeks before the street date. However sales will not be allowed before then. I know, when warcraft 3 arrived I tried to buy it a week early, damn...

honestly, I only ever bought it for Polyhedron. Once they stopped including that I had no reason to buy the mag.

While I am at it? What do people prefer in terms of level 1 bonus expansion? In modern/3.5 the effect of a classes skill points and to a lesser degree HP are amplified if selecting a class with a high value at character level 1. Saga actually amplifies this decision because you do not gain...

well... D20 modern has significant amount of Urban Arcana released as OGC. Its not the entire setting book, but its not just crunch. Some of the fluff of OGC too. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/msrd

At this point I think I will go with a divergent bonus, The fact that the linear progression does not reward one sticking with a class with a good bonus over several levels just doesn't sit right with me. Though I plan on one a little less divergent than BAB in 3.5/modern. Something like...

I don't see a place to vote for D20 modern?

I would point out that the entirety of unearthed arcana is OGL, it says so on the licence on the very first page.

edit: looking it up, you are right.

So, you like the fact that switching from a high defense class to a medium defense class is always a better choice than sticking with a high defense class? This is true in SAGA and will likely be true in 4e as well. I am still leaning towards divergence, though a lesser divergence than modern/3.5.

It would be unbalanced if the class abilities of the 4e wizard are stronger than the class abilities of the 4e fighter. For the only implementation we can see in full (SW:SAGA) the jedi are both primary combatants and "spellcasters". And yes, they are overpowered.

I am trying to figure out for myself the better of the two methods for building a d20 game. I am planning heavily modifying d20 modern as a base for my own games. Old D20: The qualities of a class such as BAB, Saves are divergent. New D20: The qualities of a class such as BAB, saves are linear...

the "horizon" would seem to be higher as well as farther. In every direction you look, the odds are that there will be an object higher than your eye. However with a curved world, the curvature reduces the effective height of objects along the same line. This phenomenon has been observed in...