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For Christ's sake could you possibly whine more?! (Yes, go ahead and hit the "Report" button; it simply has to be asked.) My "snide implication" is actually "if people don't like the results they're getting from doing X, it's reasonable for them to not do X." That is what I have said and am...

"I don't like basketball, because the goal is too high for some people to dunk at 10 feet. I'd prefer to set the goal at 16 feet, because then everybody is equally able to dunk." Gotcha. The game you want isn't "basketball." I'm sorry that's all you're hearing, because it's not what I've...

"Frustrrating elements." Right. ... What? Because the "problem" they perceive is at the very core of, for example, what makes 3E different from 4E. For many of us, the vast disparity in the world-shaking capability of a mid- or high-level wizard and his fighter peer is a feature -- a major...

No, what I am saying is very, very, very simple: If it hurts when you do X, stop doing X. Or choose a system in which it doesn't hurt when you do X. Instead, you choose to keep doing X, and to continue to whine about it. It's just ... ridiculous. There's not another word for it. The...

I can, and if this had been the prevalent tone of the criticism here, I would never have even gotten involved in the thread. Actually, I have Pathfinder. (I've never claimed 3E was perfect, right?) It does, but -- really -- that's okay. I can also understand your desire to evangelize for...

Oh, I'm not missing your point. I'm ignoring you, because I have no doubt that you, as you describe your desired and preferred play-style, have the problems you describe. So you can rest easier.

See, I don't even know what classes are "Tier 1 and Tier 2," although I suppose at this point I can guess at a few pretty accurately. Well, no, you're not. I'm not even sure you have a lot invested in making me "acknowledge the problem." But a lot of folks sure seem to. It's not. You seem to...

I deserved that. I really did. (Old enough to root against Bill Laimbeer.) And, BTW, I really do understand. As an anal-retentive, very mildly OCD guy, I have real -- as far as I'm concerned -- issues with the utter stupidity -- as far as I'm concerned -- of 4E's diagonal movement, for...

Well, no ... maybe you do. Many, many, many of us do not. For some reason, you feel that of three alternatives -- (a) stop playing the way you play, (b) find a game that suits you better, or (c) force the rest of us to accept (or just acknowledge some need for) a change we don't need -- you...

I'm pretty sure the line is painted in ink that is only visible to Bill Laimbeer-ish players, so we don't even see it. (So why would we give up a perfectly nice court?) Jeff P.S. "Jesus goes for the lay-up ... oh, he's fouled hard by Laimb -- oh, my God, Bill Laimbeer has just been turned...

That's exactly the point. Within the bounds of the "basketball as game" analogy, there was no mention of winning the game. The entire analogy was on playing the game. At which point he brought up winning the game. Are you saying that his analogy was no longer to D&D somehow? No, me putting...

Cool. Hey, just out of curiosity, how exactly does one "win" at D&D? See, I was talking about playing the game as intended, and then all of the sudden you're talking about winning the game. And, well, that seems to be a common factor in the "teh wizzard is b0rken" crowd. And, well, I don't...

Much like spacing (e.g., 10-feet square horses (with which, BTW, I have no problem), facing in D&D (specifically, the lack of it) only comes up in combat. Otherwise it's the DM's call. In the OP, I'd find it highly unlikely that none of a half-dozen monsters would look in the direction of the...

Is it possible to disable the "Your Notifications" entries drop-down, in whole or in part? It's pretty annoying, and since it doesn't go away from clicking on it (only from actually following one of the links), it's actually kinda useless. It didn't bother me when it was just XP notifications...

In what way is playing basketball by dribbling with your face playing as not intended? Cast your mind out on the cushiony soles of some Nikes* and imagine actually playing basketball by dribbling with your face? Are you there? (You are? Seriously? Damn ... ) Okay, in your imagination, is...

It's happening right now in this thread, because it's true. It's true in basketball if, when you dribble, you use your face, too. (Which is, AFAIK, not disallowed by the rules.) If you play a game in a way that is unintended, and you get unsatisfactory results, it's pretty ridiculous to...

Did you just suggest making basketball more videogamey?

I was looking through his work and didn't see a lot of monsters, but he did a lot of game-fiction covers (The Eberron "Binding Stone" trilogy, e.g.) and RPG covers (Shadowrun's "Street Magic," e.g.) that I really like. EDIT: I realized you may be speaking of WAR here, whereas my reply is about...

The characters that survive -- when "not surviving" is a real possibility -- are the ones that make it into books and movies. (All of the others are half-finished manuscripts and screenplays that never went anywhere.)

He does offer it as a 13x19 signed print for 37.50 (including shipping). Michael Komarck Illustration