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I'd stat the average LARPer* in AD&D/BD&D as a 1/2 HD creature, in 3E as a 1st-level Commoner, and in 4E as a 1st-level Minion, so realistically a single arrow would take them down in any edition. :) *Compared to the average creature that lives in worlds as harsh as D&D campaign settings...

The skill of the target comes into question as well. And a "hit" with a blunt arrow against a soft target doesn't necessarily translate to an effectively damaging hit against an armored target. The D&D take on it in no way models real life, but it gets within action-adventure range of it well...

True. I didn't mean secure as in what my company uses. I mean "not scanned by the host." I don't send critically vital information via email and only expect a modicum of privacy, not guaranteed privacy.

I prefer D&D's take on balance between melee and ranged. Range Increments: Yes, these are shorter than the true range of the weapon. But it models the effectiveness of your shot. Your character is shooting one or two arrows at range. The liklihood of connecting with a meaningful hit seems low...

I do have hotmail (as I don't do mobile) and use that for emails between friends, etc. But I use a secure email address when dealing in anything I would rather be kept private. So even if I do "fire" my service provider (haven't for over a decade) I have very few people that would have to be...

While I don't agree with Google's email policy (and thus don't have an email account with them), it seems some perspective is being lost. Why would you use a non-secure email address to send sensitive information? You've breached your own security by doing so. That's why most corporations block...

I think you're discounting points that make your assertions much less certain. Would the communities of sites like ENWorld found different games? Certainly. Then there are the casual gamers that make up about half of the people I've gamed with regularly (IME, I know it doesn't necessarily...

Sure, part of change is death. But fighting hate with hate never accomplishes anything. And, IME, most prejudice doesn't emerge from outright hate. It emerges from fear, from misunderstanding. My grandfather saw his friends move away from the neighborhood he founded by building the first home...

I don't think an eye-for-an-eye approach is helpful at all. Tolerance and acceptance is a two-way street. No one can expect to be accepted if they completely disregard the viewpoints of other people. People can learn. People can change. That's why groups have come into more acceptance over time...

Depends on who created the test. That person would probably end up very lonely here on Earth. There's an opportunity to teach those exhibiting 'jerk' behavior instead of writing them off. It takes time and patience. And I think we're seeing that education progress. I know the world has improved...

The Twitter quote was noted as 'possibly' and mentioned expanding the internal playtest group. That doesn't mean CO will be the only group playtesting the game. And any playtest that attempts to include more styles of play is going to have a better chance of succeeding, IMO.

I think no one is factoring the time already devoted to the next phase. Mike could literally mean that NOW the internal playtesters start fixing the numbers. But what I get from his articles is that is what the internal team has been doing for quite some time, if not the very beginning. From our...

My copy of Bulldogs! (a FATE game) has a copy of the Wizards of the Coast Open Gaming License in it. I assumed all FATE games used the OGL.

The single aspect of 3E that killed the game for me (and my group) was Power Gap. Optimizers were able to abuse less obvious broken combinations using their greater system mastery to create characters that were so far above the story-oriented players characters that it made it difficult to...

I could see how one could interpret it that way. They way I took it is that the next phase is much more structured. That they expect their dedicated playtesters to perform on a schedule. They don't want to wait as issues randomly filter in on a forum, they want to focus in a specific areas and...

I've been wondering if a company the size of WotC could focus on digital distribution and leverage print on demand to service those who want a physical book. This would see to at least save them the sunk costs if they overestimate an offering's popularity. I was thinking he was referring to...

Probably. So the opportunity may take more than just asking. They might take someone on though that presents a well-thought-out gaming group resume of sorts. It may not lead anywhere, but if one had enough of a concern they could certainly spend the time to try.

In L&L he stated that the next phase of playtesting can be boring and that then planned playtest is to be as large, if not larger, than the one for 3rd Edition. The "boring" comment seems to me an opportunity to contact him and request becoming a part of the next phase. Can't hurt to ask, the...

This connects to another point regarding all the crystal ball gazing going on here about the directin things will go in. The subscription model is now passe. The new wave of online games are taking a different approach. They allow you to play the base game for free in (relative) perpetuity. They...

This is where your privilege is showing. I don't consider $70 insignificant when instead I am able to read a physical book from the library for free. I can even walk to the library to save gas money and make it as free as the tax dollars I'm already forced to pay (which I'd still have to pay if...