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With 1 minute spells players can feel even more pressure to hurry on. The shorter the spell lasts, the more pressure there is to make the most out of it.

That would be Dofus, or maybe it's sequel Wakfu, I'm guessing?

I would play that game.

As an aside, I weep at the suggestion that casting Grease could be considered creative play. But to the main point, in this example the mage still used magic. Even when faced with a "haha no" monster, he can still resort to using his big main class feature. Setting up a rope or collapsing a...

I see this said a lot, but I don't recall any statements in the books to that effect. I do remember WotC labeling some books with the word "core" on the cover and others with "supplement" - which undeniably points to the conclusion that not all books are core.

Nobody is forced to play LotR-style if dragonborn aren't included, nor does anybody here object to other people who do play in that style. But we do object to the "LotR uber alles" vibe that threatens to strip the game down to only those elements that were present in LotR. But D&D is not LotR...

We're talking about a first level rogue with a club and without a Str bonus. In what way is this character not exactly as effective as a first level commoner with the same equipment and stats? What class feature of the rogue puts him above the commoner?

Drow aren't Core in 4e. There are three kinds of books for 4e: Core, Supplement, and Essentials. Drow is introduced in the Forgotten Realms book (supplement) and again in Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdom (essentials).

I'm a little disappointed. The typo in the thread title made me think this was an argument against the Genesis of the world. :p I think people who oppose the "can be used against anything" abilities are being a little selfish. Just because you don't enjoy a certain vision of the ranger, means...

The article and poll are too vague to be of any use. First, let's take a look at the most common response: "uncommon, always a threat". Well that's not hard to do. Just make any natural 20 auto-kill if confirmed by another natural 20. Now your level 20 paladin can still be threatened by an...

I don't hate any class, but my least liked is the sorcerer. In 3e it was a wizard, except worse. Less flexible, lags behind one level in spellcasting, and has to pay a price for using metamagic feats. Too heavy a price to pay if all you ever wanted was "not vancian". In 4e I find them a...

I prefer my D&D to be like literature: Conan, Orlando Furioso, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Which is to say, warriors start out as the most powerful archetype and eventually become even more powerful. No just kidding. ;) But I do mention them to make a point. There is no reason to appeal...

Didn't you already start this...? http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/318748-opinions-racial-ability-modifiers.html

Depends on which edition's Disintegrate we're talking about. ;) About SoD, one idea I've seen floating around is to let such effects do a certain amount of damage and then if the target is bloodied afterwards there's the SoD. If it remains healthier than that, the SoD portion is ignored. That...

Couple of things. 1. What historical warriors did is of practically no consequence to D&D, beyond "uses a sword". This is a game. One that has very little to do with historical accuracy. 2. Defenders typically don't encourage all opponents to attack them, they encourage one or two to attack...

That is not my experience. Most fantasy novels are human-only, at least insofar as PC-material is concerned. (D&D novels are the most notable exception but that's obviously a chicken-or-egg thing.) But D&D is not "most fantasy novels". It's beholders, gelatinous cubes, and dragons that are...

There are two problems with OP's sentiment. 1. There is no reason why one's own preference for races should dictate what the game's core rules should be. Even if the Tolkien-races are the most core races of D&D, that only means they should be included. But just because some things must be...

Eh, looking over 5e info page I can see he said they would move away from jargon, brought up in context of power sources. But I don't think they can really have no jargon at all. I mean, "Armor Class" is jargon too.

Where did they say this?

People will complain about D&DN no matter what it turns out to be like. There are too many preferences about D&D to satisfy everybody, regardless of how modular you make it. So it's neither surprising nor unreasonable that there's people who dislike what they see so far. Me, I'm still on the...