Recent content by HeapThaumaturgist

I'd be curious to know what sort of issues they ran into working with WotC. I work in software as a project manager doing custom solutions, so 400k doesn't make me blush for something the size of that. 1.2 million, though, would be a fairly significant project but not out of the ordinary for a...

My read of the rules was always that people just miraculously live if the encounter ends while they're still hanging around Death's Door. The monsters go away, a short rest can occur, the fallen are un-fallen'd through a Take 20 or such of a Heal skill, etc. Hit points are, relatively, an...

If anything, I would think the GSL will encourage producers to BE Fly-By-Night. Get something out fast and dirty and try to sell it before WotC releases something that means you have to burn it. Do Y before WotC changes X. Nobody is going to want to produce attractive hardbound books with...

I ran a 4E-conversion SciFi game and the Defender had Get Over Here. It was intended to pull allies to the back for healing/safety. The Defender was using it every encounter it to haul some NPC Soldiers out from behind him and push them into the fray. I kept hearing R. Lee Ermy shouting...

But the OP's complaint is that this amount is STILL not enough to warrant the monster switching targets to the tank, in his game, because the GM view is that the monster can more easily take down the True Striker (low HP, lower AC) and focus on the Paladin. So even that the Paladin's spikes are...

To be honest, your way lies madness. Essentially, and you see this in PVP, there's absolutely no reason not to play a Striker if that's the methodology that is being employed by the DM. Otherwise you have to overpower the tanks as they overpowered Clerics in the last edition and then, being...

The big effect on Windfall is that bump to profession. A small investiture in profession will quickly begin to churn out Wealth increases that keep their Wealth values up even as they purchase equipment. --fje

I'm not a trained thespian. I sucked when I did theater in school (high and collegiate). It's not my natural mode. My group is a little more immersive in role-play than I am. I'm more used to GMing, where I take a narrative approach for the most part. I run out of fun accents and mannerisms...

Let's see if this attachment works. At any rate, I've been toying with a 4E-inspired Modern conversion system for some time now. My group has been playing it on and off for several months. It started with some elements of SWSE and has grown from there. There's quite a bit different from 4E...

Some small minority of the community are so incensed by the GSL as to specifically NOT buy GSL-supported product and would be MORE interested in purchasing non-GSL D&D-compatible products. --fje

I LIKED the classes. A lot. And I wouldn't want to lose what they brought to the table, which was infinite flexibility. I always loved to see people make a concept come alive with different selections from the classes. You might have somebody do a Strong/Fast gunfighter or a Strong/Fast...

I'm sure they'll be available in the DMG 2 or 3 and/or they'll be printed in Dragon in DDI at some point. Value add, baby. --fje

I think it is because, previously, the Fighter was SEEN as "The Guy Who Fights ... With Weapons". Even if the most EFFECTIVE tactics were, usually, melee builds of various types, it remained that there were feats and such to support the Fighter as the guy as what fights with weapons ... all of...

What can't I do with 4E? CREATE a game that isn't heavily focused on very precise archetypes. I like the rules assumptions, a lot, but I'm working on general-flavored classes and, right now, it just isn't working out well. Everything is very hyper-focused. Every step aside from a current...

At this point, they took a BIG hit from me. Seriously. Mostly the lack of communication. But I've been around this block with them before, back when 3E was released. There was a grand plan for digital there, too. I have a feeling this is going to get released 6-12 months behind schedule...