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Both my HS group and my college/post college group used the limits in 1e. UA came out as we were getting close to the some of the level limits and we adopted the higher limits there. Later we decided to add a x2 XP to advance optional rule that I think we got from a Dragon article. It only...

Perhaps so, I honestly don't think this edition scales across the upper teens levels and beyond any better than the previous editions. Or maybe I can continue to use inherent bonuses and a lower overall level of magic in my campaign to preserve a gritty more Swords and Sorcery feel since that...

And if that cool Paragon Path or ED gives them a way to trivialize the getting over the obstacle then more power to them. To me, Undying Warrior doesn't imply oiled rope climbing champion. Yep the fighter who keeps improving his strength will find it easier to climb as he levels the way I set...

This is why I don't rate walls and other physical objects with a 3e style static DC. I rate them by the DC chart categories; easy, medium, hard and very hard (hard + 5). For the most part I don't accept the notion that simply levelling makes you able to overcome such obstacles easier so I prefer...

I do this in my campaign. Inherent bonuses are given at the points suggested in DMG2 and scale to +6 in upper epic tier. Enhancement bonuses cap at +4 and are spread relatively evenly across all 30 levels. Lastly, I banned the expertise feats. I ran a spreadsheet of expected chance to hit...

I agree with the OP, I hope they continue to put out new editions every 5-7 years for awhile. I have played every edition of D&D from Holmes Basic on. At some point in the life of every edition, I have stopped playing it out of dissatisfaction. Took longer with some editions, I played 1e AD&D...

Some of both really. If I have a strong character concept then I choose the race to fit the concept, even at the cost of an "optimal" class/race combo. Sometimes, though, I'm playing a character to fill out the party, a healer say, and then I'll pick a race that works well with the class...

Fair enough and thank you.

Why do you edit my post quotes to exclude significant parts of the meaning? The fragment you quoted was an explanation of my thinking followed by an apology if I misunderstood you. Using a partial quote to accuse me of being insulting is, well, insulting. It is the second time in this thread...

Perhaps, I read too much into your post. As a response to the OP and Jack's post it seemed to be advocating a player entitlement stance that I think is damaging to a campaign. If that was not your meaning, I apologize for framing my post as a response to yours. More broadly, I would offer my...

Not to speak for others, but playing out an enemy in what I feel is the "realistic" way for that enemy, regardless of player wishes, is not the same as having no regard for the players level of enjoyment. The choice of enemies, the situations they pursue, and the over all tone of the campaign...

As others have said, you are right that the amount of stackable bonuses is very much a problem in 4e. Just eliminating stacking will, again as others have pointed out, break the current math and require massive system overhaul. I think there is a seam to address this issue in narrowing down...

I respectfully disagree. Perhaps the mods will agree with you, I, again, respectfully disagree. I use the stench of Troll in reference to the aggressive tone and argumentative stances taken by yourself and Dannager in this thread. It has nothing to do with agreeing with either one of your...

Because it smells of Troll.

In fact, there was a clear implication that it would be. What left me curious about the article was the character build mechanism to determine the rank a character has in a skill. Where does it start? Can it progress? How does it progress? If the skill system resolution mechanic is divorced...

And yet, in my case, it was absolutely the right play to make for them. I had stopped playing 3e for a number of reasons, mostly related to what I consider broken and not fun levels of crunchiness. When I read some of the developer comments about 4e, particularly when they pointed out...

I play a hybrid Warlord/Fighter in my every other week game. Hybrid Talent for Tempest Feature. Makes a decent off-tank/off-healer. Effectiveness wise, his defenses match the pure defenders, he has lower base damage than the other leader and defender but higher accuracy so his overall damage...

A bit. Since Backstab has to have CA before you can elect to use it and grants an additional +3 to hit, it's going to hit 95% of the time against a same level npc. The free attack trigger is at normal CA to hit levels that's true, but it's a very accurate build so it doesn't lose much expected...

You're right. It isn't broken amounts of damage for the complete use of all encounter/daily powers a 2nd level Thief has (and AP). I think there is a system hole that allows that character build to trigger 2 encounter and 1 daily power from a single successful attack role, though. Honestly...

At 2nd level? yes it does.