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Doubt it. I haven't bought a WotC product since Complete Mage came out. Besides, unless 4e is a classless system that allows you to actually spend your XP (Like a Buy the Numbers attempt) then I really won't be happy with it anyway. I've spent way too much time building an XP-based system...

Agreed! And you'll notice that I still don't give the show much of a chance for the same reasons. Putting aside the things I don't know about because I've never seen any of the other stuff ... i still found the plot painstakingly slow in development and boring. And the characters two...

If we eliminate the unlucky crit from a greatsword - which shouldn't come up all that often at first level - then I think we are able to eliminate the one-hit-and-your-dead stuff. There is still plenty of one-hit-and-your-needing-to-staalize, of course. But, with the one hit crit removed for...

Yes, yes. Let's always blame the DM again. Or at least reduce everything to the worst case bad luck scenario. Nevermind there are players out there that are solely interested in combat because it means they get to roll dice and that's "the fun part of the game." Players who won't back down...

Well, to borrow an example from TV for youth, Hannah Montana springs to mind. Hannah/Miley is all about Downhome American Charm. It'd be easier if we could go back to the way television programming used to be. There were bunches of shows on in the 80s that were all about good old fashioned...

Continuous for the most part. However, we do handwave some things ... like buying new equipment if it is fairly mundane. In other words, we often say "I'm buying X,Y, and Z for G gold" and the DM responds with "Okay, sounds fair." Not always, but the more mundane the equipment, the more...

I think as much of this is the fault of the players, not the game design. I have only really even seen PC death at early levels in games where people play with the approach of "Must kill enemy." In games where espionage, puzzles, and even traps are used as the challenges, it is possible to...

Yeah. Adding a cloak of charisma only makes a person/dragon look better. As strange as that may be. Wasn't there a book that had alternate slots for dragons instead of the ones for bipeds? I thought it was in Draconomicon, but couldn't find it. [I did a quick look, though, so it probably...

Ischarus and Charis quietly crept down the stairs. They were careful to walk only where the steps joined with the wall. The immediate support of the wall would minimize any squeaking or groaning protests that the bare wooden steps might offer. It didn’t take either of them long to leave the...

I think this is especially true when held up against a wizard (or perhaps more appropriate) a sorcerer. For example: Player and DM have an agreement to not nova, because that might be metagaming and the DM would prefer not to have to stat out 5 encounters just in case the player does nova...

Yeah, Hyp. That's what I meant to say. Looking back at my post, though, I admit that the words I actually typed are really misleading. [FWIW, I did understand that Eccleston was 9, but my words don't really indicate that.] That's what I get for typing and not proofreading. On a side note...

Honestly? I write fiction based on D&D (although not "rolled out encounters" - That would be counter-productive) Feel free to check it out. I have some free stories up on ENWorld. See my sig. One thing about writing fiction is that it forces me to look past the rules and back into the game...

Sorry for the double post, but I logged off and went to the place where I do much of my better thinking ... and had a thought. So I thought I would come back and ask. - - - Of the people responding, how many are familiar with the old series? Because I have neither seen any of the old...

Bull Tzu? Shih Terrier? I just simply don't know too what you are referring! :p

Ah, well. Then it probably is a good thing that I stopped watching it after the first season of Eccleston. Because I totally wouldn't have enjoyed switching it ten times. Note that I'm not criticizing the show by saying what they are doing is wrong. If that's a staple of the show, then...

Wouldn't these be better off being a swarm? Huh. I was thinking the name Pit Retriever was so much more D&D, You know, what Pit Fiend is complete without his Pit Retreiver?

Fair enough. Then I blame Eccleston! :D :lol: But, thanks for the info. When my wife heard that Eccleston wasn't back for season two, she said that it really didn't surprise her. It seems that British television does more "character/actor swapping" than Americans are used to. I don't...

Once Ischarus and Charis managed to climb up the heavy anchor rope, they quickly took an inventory of the ocean worthy ship and stuck close to the outside rail. There was enough moonlight and starlight available that the rail provided a thin area of shadow in which they could crouch. Their...

I didn't think it was all that bad. But then again, Eureka just bored me so much that after 2 episodes I haven't come back. Dresden files, OTOH, absolutely rocks and should be brought back. Having said that, I might tune in for the next few weeks and give it the same benefit of the doubt that...

Psionics. The only problem with psionics is that there are a number of spell effects that you really have a hard time doing. Like ... healing, for example. A psionic "cleric" is very hard to do. Psionics characters can heal themselves no problem ... just healing other people is more...