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I'm pleased that WotC has decided to shut Gleemax down. It would seem that WotC was working on multiple on-line initiatives (DDI, Gleemax, D&D website) simultaneously and doing very badly on all of them. If I were inclined to be charitable, I would ascribe most of this failure to the fact that...

I'd like to see WotC clarify the new rules in an article. As they're written, they appear to be excessively swingy. I'm surprised that after realizing that the RAW were broken, and taking some time to prepare a response, they came up with something that's demonstrably worse than what people...

I agree that, on balance, the best Wizard lvl 29 controller daily (Legion's Hold) is better than Astral Storm. However, that still doesn't explain why Meteor Swarm is so ridiculously bad compared to Astral Storm. Really, I wouldn't expect a Wizard to ever use Meteor Swarm when Legion's Hold is...

I don't understand the Astral Storm:Meteor Swarm thing, either. Astral Storm is better than Meteor Swarm in every conceivable way, which would be bad even if the Cleric and Wizard were both controllers. But the Cleric isn't supposed to be a controller... Has anyone asked Customer Service...

The "feat" I referred to in the original post was the human inherent +1 bonus to FORT/REF/WILL. I don't think the pre-gen takes any other feats to give him a bonus to these defenses at level 1. The "human perseverence" feat gives him a bonus to saving throws, not defenses. So I think it...

Could someone explain how the KotS Wizard has a Will Defense of 15? He has a WIS/CHA maximum mod of +1, a human feat that gives him a +1, and he's a Wizard (for +2), so I think his Will Defense should be 14. What am I missing? Thanks, -Chowder

I'm confused about why the Wizard has a Will Defense of 15. Shouldn't this be 10 + 1 (Wisdom mod) + 1 (human feat) + 2 (Wizard) = 14? -Chowder

Does anyone have any insight into this issue? It seems to me that if damage from basic attacks doesn't increase with level, but hitpoints do increase with level, then eventually actions which use basic attacks (OAs, charges) won't be worth doing. -Chowder

If a minion has its hp enhanced by some effect, is it still the case that the minion can't be hurt by effects that do damage on a miss? One could imagine that in an extreme case (where you can probably read "extreme" as "will not be a problem in practice"), you could give a minion a lot of...

I salute WotC for aggressively providing errata for KotS. I'm still disappointed in the editing (and agree with prior comments that leaving out the half-elf ability to save space is insane), but very pleased that the company has quickly responded to customer questions and issues. Hoping that...

There was more than one error on the character sheets alone. There should really be zero errors on those sheets, given how important they are to the proper functioning of the adventure and how closely people will examine them -- more than one error is really bad. I'm quite confident that if...

If they did indeed do this, then that in turn suggests two possibilities: 1. To find the errors, it really is necessary to have a large body of readers. This would mean that they need to increase the number of viewers (or give up on this idea). 2. They didn't pick the right people. Next...

Within a day of store owners receiving early copies of KotS, they found numerous editing problems. I suspect that the majority of errors in the core rulebooks will be found and posted here in the ENWorld forums within 48 hours of the release of the books. This suggests two things: 1. WotC's...

I really hope that this is specific to the excerpt, but given the poor editing of KotS, I have a bad feeling about this... It's going to be *so* disappointing if the core books are littered with these sorts of errors. WotC: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE work on your editing! -Chowder

I'm still astonished that there are errors with the characters. There are only 5 characters, and they're the most important part of the whole product to get right. Further, WotC supposedly has a DDI character editor that can be used to verify that the statistics are right, so either they chose...

This is disturbing. If they can't get the very first characters printed in the very first 4E product right, their editing is pretty sloppy. This bodes ill for the core rulebooks... I'm particularly surprised by the fact that it's the characters that are wrong. Isn't the DDI character editor...

While one can argue that the opinions expressed on the ENWorld boards may not be representative of those held by the general public or D&D fans at large, I think it's very telling that the vast majority of the reactions expressed here are decidedly negative towards the quality of the existing...

A suggestion for WotC: a quick win would be to improve this page: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dndifaq That link is found on the main D&D page -- it's where you go if you click on "What is D&D?" at the top right. On the Dragon Avenue video review, it's pointed out that this page...

The basic point is valid, though. The D&D website doesn't draw you in. If you're not already a fan of D&D, the website won't turn you into one. The WoW website is much better in this regard. This is an important flaw. When WotC starts advertising 4E, people who see the ads will come to the...

There's some possibility that the "lull" is a deliberate attempt to get people really desperate for new information, so that in the last month before release they can feed us that new information in a way that makes sure our attention is squarely focused on the 4E release at the moment of the...