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    • GMChris

      GMChris voted in the poll, "Simulating Combat".

      April 11, 2012 at 4:10pm
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    • GMChris

      GMChris voted in the poll, "Random monsters and treasures ".

      March 22, 2012 at 7:22am
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    • GMChris

      GMChris voted in the poll, "Players can balance risk versus reward".

      March 22, 2012 at 7:22am
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    • GMChris

      GMChris voted in the poll, "DM freedom to present what he or she wants".

      March 22, 2012 at 7:22am
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    • GMChris

      GMChris voted in the poll, "DM guidance for monsters (some kind of CR system) ".

      March 22, 2012 at 7:21am
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    • Ed_Warlord

      Ed_Warlord voted in the poll, "Iconic Cleric Poll".

      March 16, 2012 at 9:07am
    • jskell27

      jskell27 voted in the poll, "Sneak Attack".

      March 9, 2012 at 8:11am
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    • jskell27

      jskell27 voted in the poll, "What is your favorite class from across the editions?".

      March 9, 2012 at 8:09am
    • jskell27

      jskell27 voted in the poll, "Death in D&D".

      March 9, 2012 at 8:08am
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    • OatsMalone

      OatsMalone shared an article.

      Putting the Vance in Advanced www.wizards.com
      February 29, 2012 at 10:44am
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      dwarvenwarmaster
      dwarvenwarmaster
      How about an ability similar to the clerical way of "memorizing" spells? An invoker can memorize a bunch of spells, but burn them for a fireball spell, similar to how a positive aligned cleric can burn (substitute) a bless for a cure light wounds. This allows for more flexibility than a straight vacian system, and allows for more utilitarian spells to be memorized without withholding combat effectiveness. You could go more of an opposite route with a utilitarian specialty memorizing combat...

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      April 15, 2012 9:04 PM PDT
      Otto_von_Rheinsberg
      Otto_von_Rheinsberg
      How about improvised magic as an option? This should be less powerful than planned magic. It is costed based upon the liklihood of the effect. Things that are likely anyway are easy and strange things are expensive. Maelstrom and GURPS both feature concepts like it. Examples are given for the most common cases (ie. iconic spells) and perhaps combat magic (which must be faster to draw upon both for the player and the character) must be of the pre-baked libraries (Vancian or Powers).
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      April 18, 2012 10:01 AM PDT
    • Nills

      Nills voted in the poll, "What is your favorite element of high-level play (choose any that apply)?".

      February 23, 2012 at 6:20am
    • Nills

      Nills voted in the poll, "What do you think of high-level play?".

      February 23, 2012 at 6:20am
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Should the fighter be broadly customizable to accommodate a wide range of warrior types or have a specific function in the game?".

      February 13, 2012 at 1:13pm
    • luchexx

      luchexx voted in the poll, "".

      February 13, 2012 at 1:09pm
    • OatsMalone

      OatsMalone shared an article.

      Difficulty Class Warfare www.wizards.com
      August 16, 2011 at 7:01am
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      halvgrim
      halvgrim
      @hawaiianbrian As I read it, the numbers go like this:
      Novice attempting novice task: automatic success
      Novice attempting journeyman task: DC=15
      Novice attempting expert task: impossible

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      January 15, 2012 8:29 AM PST
      halvgrim
      halvgrim
      A child can get lucky and hide from an adult, but it is difficult for an uneducated adult to get lucky and pass a math test. This means that some skill tests allow for more luck than others. So as an optional rule we could use the following table instead:
      Physical task (allowing for a lucky outcome)
      Novice attempting novice task: automatic success
      Novice attempting journeyman task: DC=15
      Novice attempting expert task: DC=20
      Novice attempting master task: impossible
      ...

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      January 15, 2012 9:19 AM PST
    • TheFounderPrime

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

      August 2, 2011 at 6:18am
    • OatsMalone

      OatsMalone posted a new blog post.

      Character-A-Day: Harvis Visaldorf
      New character for D&D Encounters! Harvis Visaldorf, Dwarf Knight, Unaligned,...
      July 5, 2011 at 8:09am
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    • OatsMalone

      OatsMalone posted a new blog post.

      New Campaign
      I am starting a new campaign; information on it can be found here. So,...
      July 5, 2011 at 7:50am
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    • OatsMalone

      OatsMalone shared an article.

      Minimalist D&D www.wizards.com
      July 5, 2011 at 7:42am
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      GrayS
      GrayS
      Dsrilk, I wholeheartedly agree that Fortune cards (or ANY "cards" come to that) are a massive cause for concern - this all goes toward the "dumbing down" of the game that started with 4E. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
      And don't even get me started on the DnD Insider subscription.... When 4E and the "Digital Initiative" (which eventually became DnD Insider) was announced, we were promised so much, and in the end so little was delivered. Where is the Character Visualizer? Where is the...

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      July 16, 2011 5:08 AM PDT
      snakefeather1
      snakefeather1
      late comment, but please stop pushing dnd too far in the minimal direction. no game will ever be all things to all people. there are diceless games out there and they don't sell well. Not saying that is what you are doing, but that sounds like the direction you are going and I think its a bad one. i have not liked mr cook's approach to 4e so far either. Its fun to theorize different approaches to the game, but the game is good right now. it is neither too simple nor too complex. i really...

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      October 10, 2011 12:04 AM PDT
    • OatsMalone

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      July 4, 2011 at 9:57am

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