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Dollars to donuts says that [W] is weapon dmg - playtest reports confirm that weapon damage is still expressed in dice of different sizes, so 1[W] = standard weapon dmg dice, 2[W] = double dmg dice, etc.

Awesome, awesome stuff. Quick summation of what look like the highlights: 1 - Int doesn't affect your amount of trained skills. 2 - Con only affects healing surges and 1st level hitpoints, not subsequent levels. 3 - Dmg is a LOT lower than it was in 3.x - only 5d6 sneak attack damage at Epic...

I've definitely seen a "shadow" power source mentioned by WotC people at some point. There might have been a hint about in the Shadowfell section of W&M, though I'm not sure. Also, I know we've seen at least one playtest report where one of the players was playing a *redacted* class, so there...

Started with White Wolf (aberrant), graduated to 3.5, dipped into Iron Heroes/SWSE, jumping at the bit for 4E.

But even better if you remove the sword. Then you're just wielding a "Great". :)

Nice.

Tons of minor reasons, but there are 2 big ones that stand out: 1) Death of Vancian spell-casting (stupidest, most annoying mechanic ever) 2) Straight Fighters supposedly being actually worth playing after 7th level

3.x was a great game, and I had a lot of fun with it. But to be honest, I was getting a little tired of it last year. Even before the 4E announcement, we were poking around, playing with Iron Heroes, old White Wolf stuff, etc. I'm in 3 games a week, so there was always 3.x going on somewhere...

Yeah, I remember the first time a nasty fey giant moved up to me and then made a full attack I freaked out and got completely out of character for a minute. Then I realized my DM in that game was home-brewing, remembered that he's a good DM, and relaxed and enjoyed a good fight.

WTF is your Scrapper? If you're talking about home-brewing classes, I don't see why it'd stop you. You'll be just as good or bad at balancing and designing it as you were before.

*laughs* Hey Dave, Monte's rigging your poll! (Teaches me to read all the way through before I vote - I glanced over the list and went with PHB II - didn't even see Ptolus on there, otherwise I would have voted for it too).

Can't wait 'til June, can't wait 'til June, can't wait 'til June . . . I enjoyed my 3.5 games a lot, but knowing there's something better coming has made me totally lose interest in 3.5. I'm already planning to take time off work as soon as it comes out. (Man, I'm a geek).

Yeah, I'd be all over this if 4E wasn't already coming out. As it is, I'm sticking with SWSE as my 3.75, and as cool as these look, I don't think I'm going to spend any more money on a game I don't plan on playing again (3.5).

Yes, it will. 4E is also a surprisingly helpful marriage counselor, and will create playlists of your favorite music automatically.

And don't forget that the OGL gave us Iron Heroes - many of the ideas in 4E come from that. Also, there is a significant proven talent pool WotC can draw on in hiring from people working on OGL D20 products. I'm not saying the OGL needs to continue exactly as it is, but I wouldn't call it a...

Okay, leaving aside the debate over whether or not tables are organic, I think the main point this thread has proved is that A) everyones play-styles and requirements for NPCs differ and B) you can't make a custom NPC by the rules in 3.5 in under 30 minutes. I think this is a minor semantic...

You could always try Dausuul's mechanic - "slap a fresh skin on it and ignore the odd muscles underneath" - I'm going to be in his first 4E game, and I'm gung-ho to play a Dragonborn, but I'll be playing a Fury instead. The parts I wanted (sweet melee positive race and honor-bound mercenary...

I agree. To make your math work, you're essentially assigning random bonuses to the monster role as if it were a class. I think the "level 26 leader" generates those basic stats all on its own and the ability modifiers have very little to do with it.

Hmm - I wasn't around for the originals, but I'll go: 1. Dark Sun 2. Planescape 3. Al-Qadim

Why Martial first? We already have 4 out of the 8 classes in the PHB as Martial classes. Don't get me wrong, I love my melee brutes as much as the next man (if not more), but why Martial first? Wouldn't some Divine or Arcane love make more sense?