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GMChris voted in the poll, "Gain noncombat bonuses in the pursuit of evil or the protection of others ".

May 22, 2012 at 6:32pm

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GMChris voted in the poll, "Resist damage from evil foes ".

May 22, 2012 at 6:32pm

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GMChris voted in the poll, "Smite evil foes ".

May 22, 2012 at 6:32pm

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GMChris voted in the poll, "Protect his or her allies ".

May 22, 2012 at 6:32pm

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GMChris voted in the poll, "Be an expert at mounted combat ".

May 22, 2012 at 6:31pm

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GMChris voted in the poll, "What kind of access should player characters have to self-healing?".

April 30, 2012 at 1:33pm

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jskell27 voted in the poll, "What’s the best way to reflect your control over how competent your character is with a skill? (Choose one.)".

March 8, 2012 at 1:32pm
jskell27 voted in the poll, "How many skills would you prefer to see on a skill list? (Choose one.)".

March 8, 2012 at 1:32pm

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jskell27 voted in the poll, "Hit Points".

March 8, 2012 at 1:29pm

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adembroski11 voted in the poll, "Should a character at negative hit points who receives healing add those points numerically to her total until she reaches consciousness, or should healing always grant positive hit points?".

February 14, 2012 at 4:36pm

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February 13, 2012 at 2:14pm
adembroski11 voted in the poll, "How important is racial choice to a character mechanically?".

February 6, 2012 at 5:40pm
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October 6, 2011 at 10:57am
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August 2, 2011 at 2:48am
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Tony_Vargas

I think the L&L musing are falling into two 'traps' ...
1) Trying to please everyone. There are lots of RPGs out there. What would you rather play, an RPG that /is/ the kind of RPG you like, or an RPG that can be kit-bashed around into something mostly like the kind of RPG you like?
2) The D&D fan base wants a 'one true way.' They can't agree on what it should be, they don't want to admit it, but they absolutely hate, loathe, dispise, and reflexively dismiss anything but...

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August 9, 2011 1:24 PM PDT

hawaiianbrian

I see your point, and I agree that it could certainly go that way. However, I think WotC is seeing the growing success of games like Savage Worlds that ARE easily customizable and would like to throw off the "one way" shackles to move forward. Just a guess, of course.
As long as a shiny, new, customizable D&D wasn't watered down or made to feel unsure of itself, too vanilla, or trying too hard to be a people-pleaser, it could work.

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September 21, 2011 1:22 PM PDT

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TheFounderPrime voted in the poll, "CC - 4 - Displacer Cube vs Intellect Tyrant ".

August 2, 2011 at 2:01am
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July 25, 2011 at 6:42pm
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Komomachi

The original announcement of the contest rules stated that the winner would be statted up for a future publication.

August 10, 2011 9:39 AM PDT

Komomachi

Re my prior reply, in the interests of full disclosure, after your original comment I agreed with your general PoV and voted against dragon-kin entries for the rest of the contest.

August 10, 2011 9:54 AM PDT

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July 14, 2011 at 7:56pm
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July 13, 2011 at 11:25am
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Kendor

I did not mean that 4E is lacking because everyone has a viable presence in combat. On the contrary, I love it. What I miss is having the option of choosing something else than attack powers. I will enjoy deception and all other things you spoke of, but 4E has a real lack in flexibility when it comes to character creation. And 3.5 was not perfect either.
I think my comment was more critical about being too blinded with 4E. We have to remember that this edition lost a lot of die hard D&D...

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July 26, 2011 1:29 PM PDT

hawaiianbrian

Mr. Mearls, while you're working on coming up with a customizable and modular D&D rules set, please come up with a way of playing WITHOUT CLASSES. I find them to be restrictive and force me to box my character in. In a Pathfinder game I was in last year, I had a character concept to which I simply couldn't find any class that suited me. Every class "came equipped" with abilities or focus areas that I didn't want, and every class locked me out of some of the ones I did want. Classes might help...

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September 21, 2011 1:15 PM PDT

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jalopezjr voted in the poll, "CC - Gray Matter vs The Medusa Hydra ".

July 13, 2011 at 11:10am

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jalopezjr voted in the poll, "CC - Elder Brain in a Jar vs Displacer Dragon ".

July 13, 2011 at 11:10am

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About Me: Software Developer in Portland, OR.

Movies: Fight Club, District B13, Serenity, Falling Down, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Thirteen, The Great Escape

TV Shows: Firefly, Burn Notice, Leverage, Royal Pains, Legend of the Seeker, Warehouse 13, 30 Rock, Castle, Dollhouse

Books, Comics and Graphic Novels: Tolkien, Creighton, Goodkind, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Ludlum.

Conan, Serenity, Star Wars, as well as a dabbling in the classics (Superman, Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, etc..)

Music: Rob Dougan, E.S. Posthumous, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Dave Matthews Band

Hobbies: Drawing, D&D, parkour, reading climbing, videogame design/development.

Likes: Spending time with my family, playing D&D with my wife :)

My Games:

Dungeons & Dragons
Magic: The Gathering
RoboRally