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    D&D 5E (2014) Is Monte Cook working on D&D 5th Edition?

    Not necessarily. You certainly let team members go if the reason is that the team is why your product isn't doing well (or as well as you'd want). It is unlikely that he is being hired mid-cycle for a 4e product. If not 5e, then possibly a revamping of 4e/Essentials into a single cohesive...
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    Pathfinder 1E Player looking to join Pathfinder game

    Too bad you in north Jersey. We are in south Jersey and looking for a Pathfinder player.
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    Anyone excited for DCC RPG?

    So you aren't going to check the game out because of the hassle of buying some dice and the cost of shipping, yet you can check the game out for free by clicking on a little link on a website to get the beta... Your bias is showing - it isn't a bad decision. Its a decision you don't happen to...
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    Anyone excited for DCC RPG?

    Ya know, people have been using substitutes for "those weird dice" since the very first days of D&D and it really isn't that hard to, say, use a d10 and a d6 instead of a d30 and still generate 1-30, and with the rapid increase in the number of tablets and smart phones, I don't think that an...
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    Anyone excited for DCC RPG?

    I don't quite understood those of you who went from "I'm possibly interested" to "Not my thing,' just because of some funky dice or tables. You don't have to use the funky dice - it is simple enough to use regular dice - or you could even use a dice roller program - if you don't want to buy...
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    Holy sheepdip - wotc to republish old editions

    That boat has sailed - I don't think they'll ever regain those customers. I agree - this isn't what the community wants - but again - part of that is probably tied to the fact that they alienated a bunch of people who are now happily playing Pathfinder or previous editions of D&D. The other...
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    Skills As "Weapons"

    Why not? Other systems use this approach in reverse from traditional D&D in that they make weapon use and armor use skill-based.
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    Good Obscure Settings? (and some ruminations on classic vs. newer fantasy settings)

    I'd go with Goodman Games' Gazetteer of the Known Realms boxed set detailing the world of Aereth (the setting that became the default setting for the DCC modules.) Two books (Gazetteer, DM's guide), two adventure modules, 4 maps for the players, 15 more detailed maps for the DM. Just enough...
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    Introducing Psionics (To both the players and me)

    I've got to recommend getting your hands on a copy of the Spycraft 1.0 campaign setting Shadowforce Archer, even though it is 3.0-based and will need a few tweaks to make it fit more smoothly. Psionics are handled very creatively, such that psionicists don't overpower non-psionicists...
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    How should I respond to my DM?

    So - who decided you got to pick a paragon template? You, or you with concurrence from the DM the first time you generated the PC? So - you just so happen to have played this same PC through a single campaign over 8 years, or in multiple campaigns with multiple DMs (i.e. essentially, different...
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    Pathfinder 1E South Jersey - Pathfinder Game Seeking Player(s)

    We meet at my home (Winslow township) every Monday night roughly 6:30ish-10pm.
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    How should I respond to my DM?

    Frankly, the very first post had me going, "Ohhh.... Okaayyy..." So, the PCs just happen to start out with all these templates and levels applied rather than having to have earned them through playing the game?!?!? As a DM, my first response to even the concept of such a campaign would've...
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    Mearls: Abilities as the core?

    Not to belabor the point, but I assume you meant 3.0E hill giant's 7cha? That having been said, I think that one of the biggest problems people have/had with DMing 3.x is that they won't arbitrarily change something to make it fit their campaign.
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    Rebutting a fallacy: why I await 5e (without holding my breath)

    You miss my point - in prior editions of the game, character abilities were thematically and mechanically different. A fighter didn't have "powers." He was able to engage in combat based solely upon his own physical ability and training. A wizard was able cast spells do to an entirely...
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    Mearls: Abilities as the core?

    This is why systems like D&D are at a disadvantage when compared to systems like Traveller or Twilight:2000/2013 (I've never played GURPS, so that might support this as well) where a comprehensive "life" system ensures that players have the opportunity to create a background for their characters...
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    Mearls: Abilities as the core?

    I really don't see anything wrong with the basic idea of rolling low with your ability score as the (unmodified) target. Take a look at the (crying shame that it is now OOP) Twilight:2013's Reflex System: You have skills at various levels. Those skill levels determine how many d20's you...
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    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder outselling D&D

    This is actually a lot less likely than you might imagine. AFAIK, Paizo is a private LLC rather than a publicly-traded company, so there is little-to-no chance of a hostile takeover. Additionally, unless an offer were made that was so generous that they couldn't refuse, the principals...
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    Rebutting a fallacy: why I await 5e (without holding my breath)

    I don't think that a focus on "balance" would be a serious factor in getting non-4e players to buy 5e. Frankly, to an old-school player, balance is probably the wrong thing that D&D should ever focus on. I think the version that 4e was a turn-off to so many people who played one or more of the...
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    Pathfinder 1E South Jersey - Pathfinder Game Seeking Player(s)

    We are in the middle of a Pathfinder game set in Goodman Games' DCC World of Aereth and looking for 1 or more players. There are 3 players, plus me (the DM) but one of us will be going on hiatus for the birth of his child, followed by being deployed by the Army, so I'm looking for 1 or 2...
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    Does the Gamer Seeking Gamer App work for anyone else?

    It worked ok (albeit slowly) for me when it first was released, but since then, no joy. IE6, IE8, Firefox 3.x, on two different PCs, not to mention an Android browser on my phone - nothing. Edit: Not working with Firefox 5, either.
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