Detail Discussion

[Zelc]

All of those and also, a 4th that is a parallel to 3--added complexity and preponderence of rules leading to unintentional exploit combinations.

This is exponentially more problematic with 3rd party stuff, as WotC (until some of their insane recent books that seem in light of 4e to be intentionally unbalancing to see what happened) generally tries at least a little to avoid these, but they don't read 3rd party stuff, so they can't try to avoid overpowering combos.

It's just a different paradigm here for proposals--we're trying to be careful about balance while allowing a good amount of official material here, but we tend to look askance at totally homebrewed or 3rd party material. On the other hand, Living ENWorld only uses open content and has accepted some free 3rd party material in the past (I think it was from the netbook of feats).

Well, I'm not as worried about broken interactions happening because of the group of people who tested and designed it. Oh well, it doesn't look like it'll happen so I won't make the proposal.

 

[Bront]

We're not anti-homebrew here, but with the great amount of WotC stuff out there, we haven't had any reason for it yet.

 

[Erekose13]

I personally am pro 3rd party material, and would be happy to dl and review the Society Mind. I'm a fan of Dreamscarred Press' stuff though I havent had time to read their Untapped Potential that I've got.

 

[stonegod]

All outstanding character approvalss have had a look through. Check your emails for updates.

 

[Erekose13]

[RL Intrudes]

Hi all, I've already emailed the other judges about this but I feel it belongs here too. I've recently hit a rather tight spot with time commitments and need to pull back on some of my online gaming. Its a good thing, a promotion at work, and I'm not leaving completely. I just need to cut back on some obligations. Judging LEB is one of those commitments. I'll be continuing to judge Animus' adventure until its conclusion but other than that I'll be tossing in the towel. I've had a great time with LEB and I'm quite proud that we've been able to grow such a great Living community. Stonegod will be the sole character judge until I am replaced.

I'm not going far, you may still see Bloodtalon and Aethelus around in adventures here and there. But no more judging or dming new adventures for me.

 

[stonegod]

Judge thing: I am currently reviewing a character that is using an age category other than the default. Our approval process is silent on this, so it is a matter for potential debate. Judge thoughts?

 

[Bront]

Judge thing: I am currently reviewing a character that is using an age category other than the default. Our approval process is silent on this, so it is a matter for potential debate. Judge thoughts?

In my home campaign, I'd probably be ok with this, but since age is an odd thing in PbP, I'd personaly think we'd best rule to not allow that to be used in character creation simply because it has potential for abuse.

 

[Knight Otu]

Way back, someone was interested in doing that in LEW, but they never posted the characters. I believe we ruled it to be ok, but that was LEW and a different time.

 

[stonegod]

Me, I'm a bit hesitant about it as it favors one set of classes over the other. The penalties/bennies are not too out of whack, so I'll listen to arguments from either side.

So
- 1 Against
- 1 Neutral
- 2 outstanding
(though E13 could still officially vote if he wished)

 

[Rystil Arden]

Ditto to Bront--I might allow it in a home campaign, but in a living world, it's opening a can of worms.