Red Box Game Day Characters

[Wednesday Boy]

In today's D&D Play Spotlight article they have a preview of the characters for the Red Box Game Day (on September 11th). Some things that I found interesting and new:

The 2nd level Cleric (Warpriest) has:
1) a Create Water power. (I assume is it's Utility power?)
2) a Daily power to let a character spends a healing surge (possibly a class feature).
3) a Smite Undead Channel Divinity power instead of Turn Undead.

None of the two Fighters (both Slayers) and the two Rogues (both Thieves) have Daily powers.

The Wizard (Mage) does not have Prestidigitation or Mage Hand but does have Suggestion.

And that's all that I noticed that is new and interesting with the Essential pregens.

 

[TarionzCousin]

The 2nd level Cleric (Warpriest) has:
1) a Create Water power. (I assume is it's Utility power?)

I make water a few times a day, but I wouldn't call it a "power."

 

[TerraDave]

Article is here, scroll down to find the link to the sheets:

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Return to Adventure!)

I liked seeing them all laid out, and the fighter, yes it is very different then the wizard. Also, suggestion is the jedi mind trick.

 

[TerraDave]

Oh, create wate and suggestion both feel like "alt rituals". The skill mastery thing was also interesting, have we seen that?

 

[Mengu]

I'm having difficulty figuring out why the Human Slayer has +11/1d10+9 and the Dwarf Slayer has +8/1d12+6. Part of the difference in attack bonus is coming from proficiency, and lets say the human has expertise the dwarf doesn't. Where is the other +1 coming from? When I saw the human first, I assumed weapon talent, but the dwarf doesn't have it, and doesn't really seem to have anything else to compensate for it. And I can't figure out the damage bonuses at all.

Having trouble with the elf rogue's attack bonuses too. I'm wondering if their weapon talent now applies to all their weapons.

The wizard's diplomacy power is great, and gets around the "no charisma character" problem.

 

[DonAdam]

I break down the fighters here.

The rogues are still mysterious to me.

 

[Jhaelen]

I make water a few times a day, but I wouldn't call it a "power."

Bah, that's nothing! I have an at-will power that works similar to Stinking Cloud

 

[P1NBACK]

I love the formats of the character cards. I wish the CB printed something similar with a condensed character sheet. I don't need the "background math" on my sheet at the table.

 

[Almacov]

1) a Create Water power. (I assume is it's Utility power?)

I wonder if it may be a feature of him having the Storm Domain.

 

[erf_beto]

Oh, create wate and suggestion both feel like "alt rituals". The skill mastery thing was also interesting, have we seen that?

Skill Mastery is a 2nd level thief class feature (from the table in the essentials preview)