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We don't have any high-stress techno-guys, like a cyborg or something, do we?

The knee kick sounds like a trip to me, and I'd probably allow the description in a 3.5 game.

Return of the idiot threads! In which I get the "real roleplayer" card pulled on me and the 4aiboys fap to 4e design!

I go by the name of WarlockLord over there.

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Yeah, same with 3.5. For a wizard: alter self (humans)>polymorph (limited selection)>shapechange (turn into absolutely anything, anytime) or fly>overland flight or dimension door>teleport>teleport without error Not seeing 4e's advantage here, and we could do this for a lot of classes/spells whatever...

Isn't that intentional with all this "eternal sweet spot" nonsense?

Maxus, you, sir, win the internet.

How is your tide of iron example any different from the 3.5 fighter tripping the monster, causing him to not be able to move to the ranger or forcing him to stand up and getting smacked in the face?

Don't forget where you can trade actual abilities (such as the wizard's bonus feats. which under PF rules come down to "make item, get moneys for free!" for flavor things such as immortality. Or the idiot archetypes like scrollmaster, where you literally burn gp with every attack. It's be...

Paizo has nailed the policy of filling up your character sheet with things you don't care about and things that are hard to evaluate. They like pools because they are hard to evaluate. They like lists of abilities because they are hard to evaluate and they are easy to write. When you get rid of lis...

This strikes me as the kind of thing they should have stated in the book.

I know that this isn't the first time this sentiment has been expressed, but I just can't help myself .... This whole thing is very simple and basic -- The basic concept of D&D is that it is a game about killing shit in the epic struggle of good vs. evil. Alignment is simply a basic game concei...

I'm going to try to support Lago here. Ignoring the death penalty stuff... Most of the adventures/WoTC book assume that the PCs don't take slaves, rape, and steal from random NPCs. This kinda strikes me as modern morality in DnDland. And honestly, I'm not really sure even the most dedicated roleplay...

There's a difference between detailed, proven-to-work procedures for warfare and military cockblocking "modern sensibilities" that nobody follows anyways. If civilians hide the enemy army you have to kill them. Is more useful to torture someone to get valuable information than just killin...

Not to mention that when you kill one creature, a whole bunch of others suffer. Just because you murderized one mind flayer for eating a child doesn't mean there isn't a little tadpole asking the elder brain why Daddy isn't home yet.

No they weren't. Tolkien was big on "evil cannot create, only corrupt." Morgoth just corrupted elves.

Fuck, even Tolkien hated this trope. Sure, he did make his orcs always evil, but I recall reading that to the end of his life he was trying to come up with a way out of it.

The only thing that makes D&D morality shitty is people who want to play characters who are terrible people. And that is fucking all. That isn't true at all. The thing that makes D&D morality shitty is people who want to deal with game scenarios that more more complex than He Man vs Skeleto...

I thought it was that you didn't need rules for roleplay/exploration because that was supposed to be Magical Tea Party / skill challenges.

Well, what's it doing now? My friend, who's into 4e, didn't know about the "heroes of shadow" book (which someone on here should do a review of, if they have it) and I don't really know any groups in my area playing 4e (anecdotal, I know). But is there anything scheduled to come out after ...

Didn't someone say that's why they liked 4e, because it played like that?

Yeah. Thanks fectin.

Here's a shard, I hope someone can do something with this. The shard inherited by Zepeth possesses power over untruths. Not to enable lying, as any fool can lie, nor to see the truth, but that is harder. It possesses the power to bring deliberate lies into reality, but in the way which is malicious ...

The cloaker lord, planetar, and all the other dumbass monsters which get a spellcasting level above their CR come to mind. I mean, WTF?

What's the word on death slaad?

So who all is left?

Second note: Cool buffs only come in the singular (buff). So if you cast a spell and now are covered in fire or turn into a dragon, that is badass. Turning into a dragon AND being on fire is lame. On the same note, buffs with no dramatic effect are equally lame. There really is no reason to even ha...