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Rechan · Apr 27, 2008

So I just came back from a 4e demo.

I learned three things I did not know about 4e:

1) People who have their alignments as Good and Evil must kill each other on sight. That's pretty much what the demo guy emphasized.

2) You don't loot bodies any more. You just get gold or treasure, but you don't loot bodies.

3) He's seen the Barbarian class, and one of the abilities for a 15th level Barb he saw was the barb shifts 30 squares, and gets to attack anyone within that movement.

Ebon Shar · Apr 27, 2008

Rechan said:
So I just came back from a 4e demo.

I learned three things I did not know about 4e:

1) People who have their alignments as Good and Evil must kill each other on sight. That's pretty much what the demo guy emphasized.

2) You don't loot bodies any more. You just get gold or treasure, but you don't loot bodies.

3) He's seen the Barbarian class, and one of the abilities for a 15th level Barb he saw was the barb shifts 30 squares, and gets to attack anyone within that movement.

I'd say numbers one and two are pretty much hogwash. We'll know about number three in June.

The Little Raven · Apr 27, 2008

Rechan said:
1) People who have their alignments as Good and Evil must kill each other on sight. That's pretty much what the demo guy emphasized.

Well, since there's no way to detect someone's alignment aside from their actions anymore, I'd say this guy is full of it.

2) You don't loot bodies any more. You just get gold or treasure, but you don't loot bodies.

Totally fully of it.

3) He's seen the Barbarian class, and one of the abilities for a 15th level Barb he saw was the barb shifts 30 squares, and gets to attack anyone within that movement.

Man, he's layering the bantha poodoo pretty thick.

I'd say your demo guy was one of those guys that always has to "know something," but makes it up because he wants to sound knowledgeable.

WhatGravitas · Apr 27, 2008

Mourn said:
I'd say your demo guy was one of those guys that always has to "know something," but makes it up because he wants to sound knowledgeable.

Or dislikes 4E and cannot bear the thought that other people like it. Because the stuff he's said sounds pretty annoying and stupid. That not your typical "I know something" - only the last points fits that scheme.

The first two rather riff on video game-comparisons.

EDIT: @EbonShar: We won't see in June. AFAIK, the barbarian is PHB2 material.

Cheers, LT.

Vempyre · Apr 27, 2008

Mourn said:
Man, he's layering the bantha poodoo pretty thick.

Or maybe Rechan is just trolling

Rechan · Apr 27, 2008

Vempyre said:
Or maybe Rechan is just trolling

Considering that I am heartily pro-4e, I wouldn't intentionally spread disinformation. Especially information that would hurt people's opinions of 4e.

Two other things:

1) He said you get feats pretty much every level.

2) When area effects were executed, he rolled once for attack, and only rolled differently for damage.

Rechan · Apr 27, 2008

Mourn said:
I'd say your demo guy was one of those guys that always has to "know something," but makes it up because he wants to sound knowledgeable.

He had the WotC employee shirt and everything. So if he's lying, then he's doing it intentionally on WotC's dime; I asked him what his job is at WotC, and he said "Teaching people D&D." This is what he was instructing newbies to do.

Considering that he was running Escape from Sembia module from the D&D XP, he had to have his hands on the WotC stuff. And the "acting on alignment" business was apparently in the module itself, because he was instructing the paladin and ranger "You want to kill this guy because you know he's evil; once he's dead you guys run away because the guards you know are neutral."

hennebeck · Apr 27, 2008

I think we knew those last 2.

And from the other set, I would say 3 is possible, but 30 squares seems excessive. And shifting means no OA.
There is a DDM that has a ranged ability like that but it only is a line 10. So I'm gonna say that a Barbarian can do something [/1]like[/i] that but not that.

mach1.9pants · Apr 27, 2008

Man, I want some of the stuff he is smoking!

Mouseferatu · Apr 27, 2008

Wow.

Just how long was his nose by the time he was through speaking?

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