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Hey Rob! , nice to see you here. re misakes. Of course you didn't. Everything was always a learning experience, never a mistake. :) What I meant of course was that while play testing, the various things that were tried and which you all decided did not work. That you were trying to pass on your...

Yes you are, and this quote " The final word, then, is the game. Read how and why the system is as it is, follow the parameters, and then cut portions as needed to maintain excitement" proves it. He is saying it very clearly to paraphrase, "Learn the rules, understand them in context, then cut...

You are the one that started this with accusations of "rife with speculation and nothing concrete." This is a ridiculous attempt at provocation and was frankly beneath me to reply to other than to point out that starting a post by claiming another's "posts are rife" with anything or that there...

Except Sacrosanct is wrong. As I pointed out, Gary gave very clear consent to "and then cut portions as needed to maintain excitement" yes Gary did try to standardize D&D to a degree to help people not make the same mistakes he and his playtesters did in earlier iterations and while trying out...

I have had a couple responses to your earlier posts that I've nearly posted but which I then asked myself, do you really want to respond to someone that is clearly this combative and clearly looking for a fight, and I erased them. A question for you, do you not realize that this thread is about...

eye quirk In my experience the only sort of people that unironically use the comment "it is not a good look" would also use the word "optics" with a straight face. But To address that "you and yours rollplay, me and mine roleplay line". Please... quote me where I said that precisely or retract...

I was likewise 10 I think. And likewise I'm glad that they swung hard back toward the a more classic style with 5e. They just need to lose feats, the long rest full heal, the 3 death saves and such and I'll be much happier.

Precisely. It's meant in a more metaphorical way. In part, yes. I was trying to emphasize that it's not what is executed in the rules, but where the design of the game chooses NOT to lay down rules. Rules are frequently the death of imagination imo, and when there are gaps, you are encouraged...

I went through the first 10 pages or responses and you know what I found. Not one person who actually addressed this fine posters honest and sincere question; "what about that design speaks to you so strongly?" Not one. Instead what did I see? Page after page of people singing the "praises" of...

I think that this is a matter of people hoping and wishing for things to support their personal view of reality vs actual factual reality. Forty Percent of Dungeons & Dragons Players Are 25 or Younger states that 40% of players are 25 and under. Conversely that means that 60% of players are 26...

I pointed out that exact thing. The VP at WotC, in an interview, specifically STATED that the reason D&D is #1 is because over time there has been a buildup of gamers who know how to play it, that know the rules of the game. It's a ubiquitous gaming system... like windows is a ubiquitous OS...

Wow... What I got out of this post Grognard are nothing but bashers Grognards aren't REAL fans of the game Grognards are bitter Grognards are detrimental to the hobby. Grognards are black holes to the game and should just shut up. Wow... no wonder the Mods are getting pissed off with...

Proof that Grognards make the (gaming) world go around. New players ARE needed to grow the franchise. But at the same time the single largest force that keeps D&D going is its ESTABLISHED base of fans. The Grognards. Don't believe me? Read this section of an interview with Ryan Dancey the VP...

Quoted for truth. They've lost my purchases already, and honestly I do hope the 4e fails miserably. Why? Because I'd rather see Hasbro sell the rights off to someone like Kenzer and co who would do the game justice and bring the game system to a state where both new and old time gamers...

Forgive me for saying this... but I think that this whole thread is something of a flamebait when you look at how it's named. Asking the question "Are Grognards killing D&D" is surely not a good way of tamping down the fighting and incivility that's going on in the forums. It could very easily...

magic has never been manditory (save the spell casing of mages and clerics) in the system. And you can always restrict character classes for that. Played in a super magic poor campaign once. Every player rolled a percentage dice. If you scored under 5% you had "magic" and could become a mage...

This is one of my beefs with 3.x and now 4.x edition. Under 1st and 2nd edition...forcing the extra special neato powers that the characters acquire into having to be from magic items serves as a pressure valve for rebalancing a campaign if it's needed. PCs getting too powerful for your...

Not going anywhere near 4e. I'm done with the D&D brand after hearing what their plans are for it. It's no longer even close to the game that I grew up with.

I'll agree with that and let me add an apology to the original poster for being rude. That said, I stand by my argument that the statement that Gnomes have no place in a fantasy world just doesn't track. Gnomes are, and have been a part of our shared and combined western fantasy heritage for...