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Thanks Palladion. I expected both Rillifane and Sehanine, but I expected Sehanine to be trickery and I was thinking Hanali would be there instead of Deep Sashelas. Interesting.

This thread's a great read. Thanks to all that have contributed. I've seen that Corellon is one of the 4 elven gods and that his suggested domain is light. Looking at the domain's abilities, this actually makes sense to me. I haven't yet read anything on the remaining 3 elven gods and their...

I completely respect this opinion, but I have to disagree with it. I think any article released that is good has good timing.

What I really like about the new magic missile is that since it always deals damage as an effect, the wizard doesn't have juggle at-wills to try to cover all NADs. Now they have one power that will damage ANYTHING. Another thing that was kind of alluded to but not stated clearly was that the...

I'd say that the biggest difference is that the essentials classes don't have core class functions that require tracking. For instance, defenders don't have a mark to track in combat (which monster was combat challenged, which monster was divine challenged, and was that challenge engaged, etc)...

MV is soooooo worth it! The monsters are great, the fluff is amazing, the tokens are really useful, and the adventure is really really underrated. I love how the intro to it is just so...adventurous. I was drooling while reading it, basking in its adventurocity.

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I'd actually say it's closer to about 2/3 NOT reprint of HotFL. This is actually exactly what I was hoping for. I really wanted the books to overlap the basics so that when I'm running my druid, I can bring just a character sheet folded up inside my HFK, a pencil, and a fistfull of dice and be...

+1 to this question, in case it was skimmed over. :) And to add a third, in what area of the Nentir Vale does the adventure take place?

The Dungeon Master's Book does indeed seem like it's about to fall apart, but it hasn't actually done so yet. Strange thing though, my PHB *did* fall apart after my second day of reading it. I was just sitting there with it open in my lap in my car and the spine started rising and pages 1-92...

Just wanted to point out that dwarves have a Con/Str option or a Con/Wis option. They can't get Str/Wis.

Are these 4 new armors and 2 new weapons something we've already seen in other sources, or are they completely new with Essentials? What are they called?

I meant it in the most non-controversial way, but ruling that out as an option I'd have to change it to improved initiative. I tend to like the controllers, and the difference of +4 initiative on the first round can make a huge difference. Can I re-vote? :heh:

Weapon/Implement/Versatile expertise. Feat tax or not, DM freebie or not, I can't stand missing by 1. With this feat, missing by 1 happens 5% fewer times.

So true on the Vaasa front!

Here is the trigger of the Star Pact hexblade shown today; I'd imagine it would be the same: Trigger: You reduce an enemy to 0 hit points or an enemy adjacent to you drops to 0 hit points.

Recovery Strike is one of the 4 Strength at-wills and allows the next ally to hit the target to regain hit points equal your Charisma modifier. This is a really useful power if you pump up your Charisma, but by doing that you're likely going to have to take a hit on Wisdom.

I really like the warpriest version of the cleric in essentials. I feel that it streamlines the MADness of the strength cleric, allowing the cleric to wade into melee, mace-a-flying, shield-a-blocking, and still have effective riders. As it is now, strength clerics have less than half the...

Thank you so much for the tid-bits so far! I actually approve of the Cat's Grace, etc powers that last all the live long day. The buff seems small enough to not throw the balance off, but still enough to make a difference. I have just a few questions, please answer as time and interest permit...

I think that's kinda part of the point with the new essentials design - fewer things to keep track of mid-combat. No marks, no striker features (i.e. curse, quarry, shrouds, etc.). I see merit in this design.