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And then here's the real kicker: all attacks in 4e target "creatures" - scenery is technically indestructible save by DM fiat. And anyone who s a creative designer or whatever the fuck for WotC should fucking know that already. That's a flaw in the fucking rules, and the official patch is...

Very interesting. 4E co-designer James Wyatt admits that one thing 4E got SO wrong that it'd take a whole new edition to fix it is.... tata!....magic items! Because yes they're still doing too much. Alas, I stand corrected. :D If you were going to start work tomorrow on 5th edition, what would you c...

3. “4e is about saying 'yes' to players!” I have no idea how this meme got started, and I have no idea who is dumb enough to perpetuate it. You see, 4e takes the exact opposite stance in the game: 4e is about saying “no” to players. A follow up on this one. As you rightly point out, the choice of c...

A 3e warrior needs a +1 magic item by level 3 to keep from being auto-gibbed by allips. A 4e character needs a sword, a cloak of protection, and a suit of magic armor at that level to keep from falling behind the curve they are explicitly expected to stay on. Don't you see the discrepancy of the tw...

And it still only really applies to non casters anyway. I also concede this point, to the extent that if we compared two caster-only parties in both 3.5 and 4E at a level where both of these were viable in their respective editions, then the 4E group would arguably rely on a greater amount of magic...

So all that "item mandatory" part of 3.5 is just that you are playing a different game I agree with that. I'd actually prefer utility items to be back in 4E even if they were made mandatory. But that's the problem. They aren't in 4E, not even as non-mandatory items , because there's no pl...

Feel free to correct me on any of these issues if I am incorrect. I'm not going to, but I'd like to throw in a couple of points to the contrary (and no, I don't think these tip the scale). 1. The redefinition of “Core.” It's actually only a minimal, if decisive, step up from the 3.5 philosophy prev...

The awe inspiring circularity of Noonan's thinking is truly breathtaking. He decided that the players needed combat roles because that's what they have in MMOs, but he couldn't find anything comparable in any previous media - including older D&D editions! I agree that his reasoning is circular,...

Honestly, I don't understand why 4e characters have stats at all. Everything is supposed to fit to arbitrary level appropriate numbers, and the stats have no consistent meaning or relevant effects. Already the monsters of 4e have a complete disconnect between their attributes and their attacks/defe...

Hi there - long time lurker here, finally registered because of this post: You don't bring in someone who doesn't like D&D but loves MMOs, in order to spearhead the mechanics of D&D. Just another reason why Bill Suckadick (or however you spell his name), should have nothing to do with R&...