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I hear you. I like the planning and the strategy myself, but different strokes. I can definately see your point, though. This I totally agree with. Gaming groups with this tendency have a difficult time with making the typical dungeon crawl seem realistic. Not saying it can't be done ...

See, a few posts ago I think someone nailed this discussion on the head. This discussion is largely about fun. The reason that we have differing opinions is because people have differing opinions about fun. Some people are this way: Having unlimited resources is fun, because it means my...

It wasn’t long into the day before Allyssa made her presence known. The first activity of Lord Ironblood’s day was his morning viewing. Each day Lord Ironblood appeared on a large porch that overlooked a public garden on the palace estate. The palace guards allowed a certain number of poor...

What you suggest isn't scaling down, it's changing the adventure completely. It's like someone saying that in order to scale the cleric down everyone who wants to play a cleric should really change their idea completely and play a fighter instead. It really makes no sense. [To use 3.x lingo...

If the world and the adventures were solely PC/NPC builds, I would agree completely. Scaling up and down would be a matter of adjusting wealth and xp given out per challenge - and things like this. However, monsters do not scale so easily. Some monsters in the monster manuals just down't...

Personal preference style: And not, this doesn't make it wrong, just a preference. For example: I hate the anime that have characters weilding swords with the itty bitty thin handles and the bigger-than-life-taller-than-the-character blades. I just don't like it. It bends realism in a way...

I disagree with each of your points, but 1 and 2 most of all. Like others, I think both of these are counter-intuitive. Using facing is going to encourage the use of miniatures to prevent arguments about different people's "understanding" of the spoken description. While 3 might be legitimate...

Chapter Thirteen: DELUSIVE CESSATION The next morning came much too quickly for Rhema’s taste. She knew that the only reasonable person in the party to use as bait for Lord Ironblood was Ischarus. Being a lord of Tongra, and thus a military leader, Lord Ironblood had a good stature and was...

Rhema quickly found Charis in the water and feigned helping her to the shore in order to keep the dock guard under her influence. The disguise of helping her reach solid ground kept the dock guard out of danger from the Yrraxeans for the time being. As they swam, they could hear the confusion...

Well, I am planning on only getting the srd - assuming it is available without being a part of the DI. If it is, the I'll stay with 3.5. Honestly, I don't look for 4E to be as big of a success initially as they hope. Too many people like playing their 3.x version. Too many people don't like...

I agree with Olaf. I think more people are sticking with 3.x than stuck with 2e. But, eight years from now when 5E comes out I imagine that they'll be saying that more people will stay with 4E than ultimately stayed with 3.x. My biggest fear is that with no new publishing happening, the rules...

Ischarus turned to Charis and gave her a slight smile. It was good to know that their efforts were being underestimated. Of course, even so what Tindrahk had said was true. They couldn’t have defeated the wizard or Ankh-Bahl on their own. Without the help of Masters Brandt and Searthu or...

Perhaps. But as hard as it is to find a good game in some places, one thing is true. Anyone wanting to play a game badly enough will be willing to learn the rules. If your game is that good, people will learn the rules. The only downside is that 3.5 material will become increasingly harder...

I think its a little wrong to get on people's backs for complaining at this point. I mean, how many thousands of dollars are sitting on people's shelves unused? They have a right to complain if they want to. However, they also have a right (like many people will) to just not move forward with...

Ha! I've the perfect 3.5E Grognard solution if there is going to be an srd. You see, before I started buying all the supplement 3.5 books, I really kicked myself for not realizing that there was a 3.5 srd. But now I am intelligent and wise in the ways. Being happy with my 3.5 ruleset ... I...

I imagine. There are going to be plenty of people who have invested so heavily in 3.5E that they won't want to turn around ... or they'll want to do both until the sources for 4E are varied. Think about it. After being used to playing a sorcerer/fighter/spellsword/Eldritch Knight ... would...

Amen, brother! And I totally understand. So many resources, so little time. Even if 4E is a good system, I've spent so much money on 3.5 that it'd be too painful to switch to an uncompatible system. If it is compatable ... then it might make a difference, but then why switch in the first...

Okay, this question is purely meant as a joke and to give someone a laugh. It is not meant to be irritating, so if it does upset someone, I'm sorry. But ... Assuming that 4E is actually announced, does that mean that we're going to get a new thread category in the General Forum entitled 5E...

I agree completely. That's why I couldn't voted for the "Yes" or "No." I settled on probably not. I'm much like Eric Noah. I've got tons of material that has yet to be used. I have books that have yet to be used in a game! And, perhaps the kicker ... I'm content with my hacked up Buy the...

What is this Zardoz of which you speak?