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Well theres a few reasons I am putting in restrictions and it depends exactly on what we are testing. First off, I commonly see on these boards that the fighter is the servant of the wizard, so the wizard is a good test case to prove whether or not thats true. You happened to mention 6th...

Fighter vs wizard, I think the wizard would probably fair worse in 3e, although I could be proven wrong depending on the build. Druid would win hands down, which shows a number of the flaws in the druid design in 3e. 3e in general seems to give extra carrots to the healing classes to encourage...

I would be up for this, I think the results might be revealing. Although I would have thought we'd used the wizard, thats traditionally the class thats bemoaned about. I suspect you picked the druid because there are problems with the druid in 3.x, which recieved so much needed attention in...

Totally agree, especially about the antipaladin role. The alignment change doesnt have to be player punishment, its just there for the story and narration of the game. Paladins are good, thats tjust the way it is. There should be other faiths with other benefits for fallen paldins (thats why...

I confess that the first couple times I DMd I may have been a bit tooo harsh on my alignment restricted PCs, paladins, druids etc. I can see why people hate this, my druid just wanted to be friends with the party, what was he supposed to do defriend the evil necromancer building a sprawling...

I can't really think of a type of popular magic that isnt at least partially combatible with D&D or one of its variations. Id start with gandalf, but his rare use of magic in the books doesnt give us a lot to work with. He could easily be a vancian wizard who only uses his big spells...

In my opinion one of the best features D&D has over other popular games is its Dungeon Master. DM arbirtation, cocreation and imagination is what makes D&D so fun and such a different experience. I disagree with the OP simply because it suggests to put a system in place where the DM could...

You have no idea what your talking about. Conan and "frodo" have each made more money and occupy more attention in RECENT video games, and movies than samarai shampoo and all the other **** fiction you mention put together. Also just wondering if the OPs post is fair on these forums? I know...

How about we let the players decide where they want to focus instead of setting up some system that forces them a certain way. The author mentions his player took "fast running", so... whats wrong with that? My solution, make a variety of feats that focus on a variety of things, try to balance...

Magic item creation is fine as a module. I always liked doing it by whim better then the player telling ME what he could make. The real problem was scribe scroll and wand and the rules enabling players to make buckets of extra spell items. That was houseruled immediately out of my campaign...

Two slots for knock. uh... How about 1 slot for knock and we leave it as is in 3e, because the only place knock ever created a problem was an internet forum or a badly DM'd game. The advantage a rogue has is he can pick locks all day long, he doesnt have to substitute a different power, use...

I think its defintely true of spells. I play wizards/druids a lot when Im not DMing. Heres a comparison of a few wizard spells. For me. The old way of writing spells made me want to curl up, find out what the spell does and imagine if my character would want to do that. The new way makes...

Mage hand has never been able to open anything but the simplest of doors in any campaign I have ever run. Your "rules laywer" can argue however he likes, but after he makes his case and a competent DM says "you attempt that.... and fail" life goes on. Speaking of the rules, the second...

Completely disagree. I think you will find it much easier to ignore alignment in 3e then just place it in 4e. Not to mention the fairness of you randomly puttin it in 1 (otherwise balanced) class and not the other. I prefer the designers to make archetypes like the paladin that sometimes...

I have seen good DMs brought down to bad DM status by systems with too many rules, and to monotonous of a structure, so balanced and flavorless that it effected the DMs abilty to make things exciting. I can totally see how 1e really enabled good DMs, and possibly another system (guess) was...

classes having the same power structure is a complete and utter dealbreaker for a lot of the people WOTC is trying to win back.

Took a lil bit of wind out of my sails. He's been involved in vmany of the projects that I consider great - 3e, Ptolus, Iron Heroes, Arcana Unearthed - so I'm not sure, I hope they continue with some of the ideas he left for them. After 4e I don't really have a lot of faith in WOTC being able...

Exactly. I loved AD&D, but after 4-5 campaigns, we wanted something new and a bit updated. 3E entered at the perfect time. I thought it was incredible, all the options, the elegance, loved it. But after 4-5 campaigns it was getting repetitive and we wanted something a bit updated, so we...

Took the words right out of my mouth. Nostalgia has already been screwed by WOTC. Last time they screwed it we gave 4e a chance, and after a while.... well were now happily playing PF (and wishing someone would update it). If 5e feels like D&D I'm sure I'll be in.

I think healing surges are tied with the power system for being the worst thing in D&D. Yep, worse then thaco. Monte, come back!!!