So I have the Martial Powers book.

[Ibixat]

I see you indicated rogues getting shuriken and daggers to be High crit, that's kinda cool since they are traditionally kinda weak options overall to start with.

Did they by any chance expand the starting weapon proficiencies for any classes to cover any AV weapon types?

And was there any Forgotten realms coverage in feats, Genasi or Drow etc, PHB had racial feats for the races, FRPG had racials for drow and genasi etc but are we going to only get racials for PHB races in Martial power and so forth? if so I guess we'll have to turn to DDI an dragon to fill in the non-PHB races (I can see not including feats for dragon published races in published books but it's kinda lame if they don't include the non-dragon races in future books)

 

[DarthMouth]

Fighters get four new At-Wills, (not including utility one's at higher levels like the Rogue got in the PHB),

Can u give a little light in those ones? just curious to see what a fighter can do in -utilitie at will- basis ...
Other classes get some also?

 

[Bagpuss]

Any love for a ranged Ranger? At-wills? Heroic-Tiered Feats?

Read the thread there is plenty love for all the Martial classes in this book as you would expect, they all get about the same page count, same range of powers and feats.

 

[ppaladin123]

I see you indicated rogues getting shuriken and daggers to be High crit, that's kinda cool since they are traditionally kinda weak options overall to start with.

Did they by any chance expand the starting weapon proficiencies for any classes to cover any AV weapon types?

And was there any Forgotten realms coverage in feats, Genasi or Drow etc, PHB had racial feats for the races, FRPG had racials for drow and genasi etc but are we going to only get racials for PHB races in Martial power and so forth? if so I guess we'll have to turn to DDI an dragon to fill in the non-PHB races (I can see not including feats for dragon published races in published books but it's kinda lame if they don't include the non-dragon races in future books)

In the "november and beyond" preview released yesterday there are feats listed from the martial power book for drow and genasi.

 

[Ibixat]

In the "november and beyond" preview released yesterday there are feats listed from the martial power book for drow and genasi.

Ok that's good, I must have missed that page =)

Time to sleep soundly then.

Now if only I had the book myself so I could dream of it's rogue filled goodness =(

 

[Inyssius]

Read the thread there is plenty love for all the Martial classes in this book as you would expect, they all get about the same page count, same range of powers and feats.

Read the post. Are there any new at-wills specifically for the ranged Ranger? Are there any new heroic-tier feats specifically aimed at the ranged Ranger? Are there any paragon paths specifically aimed at the ranged Ranger?

He's not asking about the class as a whole; he's asking if the book provides anything new for a specific build.

 

[JPL]

What are some of the beast companions? I assume it's things like wolves, badgers, cougars and horses at lower levels, but what about Epic levels? Anything really neat?

From the previews, it looks like your choices are always going to be bear, boar, cat, lizard, raptor, serpent, spider, or wolf.

You might describe your "wolf" as a regular wolf, a dire wolf, a fairy hound, a hyena, or whatever, but the stats remain the same and improve as the ranger goes up in level. At 30th level, you might still have that same falcon you had at 1st level --- but it will no more be an average bird of prey than a 30th level character is an average adventurer.

 

[Bagpuss]

BTW: how is the art by your opinion? Nice portraits by any change?

The art work is of a standard you got in the PHB, nothing has struck me as glaringly bad (some pieces in the PHB did).

There is plenty of art like a picture for each paragon path, chapter openings like in the PHB, (some of it is reused from earlier sources, but very little).

 

[Bagpuss]

Read the post. Are there any new at-wills specifically for the ranged Ranger?

Not 1st level ones the only new 1st level at-wills are for the new Beast master ranger.

Are there any new heroic-tier feats specifically aimed at the ranged Ranger? Are there any paragon paths specifically aimed at the ranged Ranger?

Yes, there is love for the ranged ranger, and for other builds from the PHB, but I'd say a good portion of each sections powers (Perhaps a 3rd, less so for feats) is designed to mainly to support the new build options. This is particularly easy to notice with the Ranger as a number of it's powers have the Beast keyword.

 

[Bagpuss]

Did they by any chance expand the starting weapon proficiencies for any classes to cover any AV weapon types?

Not that I can see.

And was there any Forgotten realms coverage in feats, Genasi or Drow etc, PHB had racial feats for the races, FRPG had racials for drow and genasi etc but are we going to only get racials for PHB races in Martial power and so forth?

Not a huge amount, (compared to general or PHB races) but they do get a look in there is a Rogue Paragon path for Drow for example.

I suppose this cross-marketing makes the DnDInsiders Compendium look more worth it if you don't want to buy every sourcebook for every little bit of information.