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I like the way you put this: The fighter would be the melee wizard, if the fighter could also sneak attack like the Rogue, rage like the Barbarian, and control the battlefield like the Knight. And switch between wielding sword and shield, a 2h weapon, TWF, and a bow, all during one fight. And...

And yet, in all the editions there have been, all the official settings, there was one... One... that actually treated magic like technology, and did as you suggest; Eberron wasn't even invented by anyone at WotC/TSR, it won a freaking contest. Mind you, I love Eberron, for that very reason...

I'm sure you've heard of malpractice right? Where you have people who don't know what they're doing, acting like doctors? Same is true in D&D, now. You don't want someone trying to cure you of diseases if they don't have a good Heal skill. Keep in mind; to have learned the ritual in your...

That would be one way to 'balance' the fact that Fighter's marks don't do damage. Let him mark as many as he can attack per round. Given a 2h reach weapon, or some Close area attacks, he could really control a fair-sized area. Even with just a sword and shield, the 8 squares surrounding him...

Powers tend to have 3 effect lines: Hit - occurs only when you hit Miss - occurs only when you miss Effect - always occurs, stacks with Hit or Miss.

I like what you said here. Another way to look at it is the presence/absence of 'fiddly bits'. The 3.x approach to D&D had lots of fiddly bits; the skill point system, massively-multiclassed characters, all the different bonus types and templates etc. The conflict resolution system was...

Where I am (western NY), $30 will buy my wife and I dinner at a restaurant, once tax and tip are rolled in. And by restaurant, I mean one step above fast food, aka the Family Diner. Even at a cheap station, putting 10 gallons of gas in either of my cars is ~$40. The kid who comes by to help...

I thought it had been settled earlier that it was a 32-pt buy (starting from 8's) with a slightly different counting scheme than 3.x? 9-13 1pt 14-17 2pt 18 4pt Total Costs 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 7 15 9 16 11 17 13 18 17 This looks like a decent...

I agree; Eberron is pretty ideal for the changes in 4E. Heck, they had an action point system in the ECS. They had magic that really affected the world in an everyday way; more than just the cliche 'That's the desert created by the ancient wizard war'. And they really encouraged that pulp...

I, all of my players, and I think most players, have no problems with you altering some basic assumptions form the phb/dmg if you come out and say so from the start. "Hi, I'm running a low-magic D&D campaign; PCs are restricted to Humans, and classes with the martial power source. Also...

Okay, these are good examples of what you were talking about. These kinds of things do exist in fantasy... but they've never appealed to me, with the possible exception of the spirit-binding thing. 'Runes' and 'power words' and the like tend towards 'sympatheic' magic... speak the name of the...

The rebuttal was that Eberron Campaign Setting's Artificer class had this ability in it (called Reclaim Essence), and was released before WoW. People don't seem to understand that little to nothing in WoW is new. Blizzard, in it's entire history, hasn't 'invented' anything... they only...

I heard a podcast by a few fiction writers about writing magic systems in fantasy stories; the fantasy author was very big on having sensical rules for magic, and gave several reasons(Google 'writing excuses'). How does magic work in the world if it doesn't involve an energy source? I think...

Picking up the set from my flgs. I spend enough time there gaming that I feel it worth it to support them. Yeah, I'm paying more than if I got it from Amazon... but I'll have it day 1, and my store will keep stocking P&P stuff, rather than shifting completely to CCGs or comics like most of the...

I agree with Greenfaun; a majority of the powers in the dragonmarks are non-combat related. Most of the effects granted by the 3.5 dragonmarks aren't even powers anymore; some are (we think) skill effects (mostly Arcana), others are rituals (teleport, fabricate, clairvoyance/clairaudience, etc...

<derail> I really wanted to like Burning Wheel, but I couldn't get my players into it. They like some of the mechanics, but can't seem to get into the goal-based RP mindset... and one of my players hates the 3-panel combat format. Without them actually pushing plot ideas, I have nothing to...

Lizard, (1&7)You can fight orcs at first level just fine... use the 4th lvl drudge minions(44xp each, quite a few in 500 xp), maybe 2-3 skirmishers, etc. PCs can fight enemies above their level with some success. It'll be tough, but doable. I wouldn't include the controller/leader types...

Oh yes, we need a paly standing over the rogue's shoulder, rolling Insight and making 'helpful' comments. "No, not that gear, the brown one!"

My guess is it depends on how quickly you roll the needed successes. It's likely you make one roll per round, so if you need 6 successes, it takes at least 6 rounds, maybe 8 if you fail twice. Maybe only 3 if you fail a lot right off.... but then we're back to the 'de facto penalty for...

Yeah, but it's an orc. Big STR, lots of sound and fury, not so much on the tactical 'stand here and throw stuff'. Also, note the 'Killer's Eye' power... if target is inside 25', cover and concealment are ignored by his ranged attacks. He has face-seeking hand-axes. Player> I peek around...