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Of the ones listed, for play purposes, I'd say Eberron, Realms, Nentir Vale, Dark Sun. To be honest though, I wouldn't play any of them straight up in a campaign. I just steal bits and pieces from the source books, though my last campaign was based in Droaam in Eberron (though I changed things...

I can't stand the errata as it stands now. To begin with, it is far too often. Once per year would be enough for my taste. (Preferably not at all.) My biggest problem with errata is that it combats the min-maxing phenomenon. In the end though, the min-maxers find another loophole, and those of...

This is exactly how I feel. I want it a lot, but it's hard to justify an $80 purchase for something I would only use a couple of times at most. I have had both Ravenloft and Ashardalon for months and the shrinkwrap is still on them.

Actually, the things I was talking about aren't the Essentials rulebooks, which are fine by me (though it doesn't make sense that they're so much smaller than the non-Essentials rulebooks). I thought my comment about "magazine-style" made it clear I was talking about the other books inside the...

I wasn't really looking forward to this because it comes in a box, and I'm opposed to boxed sets. It's more waste material than I can afford to store. (My Essentials boxes are still sitting on my computer desk because I have nowhere to put them.) The previews, however, make this look like a...

Here's my guess, with absolutely no reason other than inspiration to support it: it will be a link to a PDF version of the Class Compendium, fully compiled.

I don't mind the content so much as the packaging. Enough with the boxed sets already! They take up too much room, and besides the Monster Vault this year, I'm not buying any more of them. I know people have said "Just throw away the boxes" but the "books" inside are flimsy magazine-style...

I don't remember an article I've been anticipating more than this one. WotC has said that they've done significant testing* on new multi-classing options, and I'm really excited to see the results. Multi-classing is my only real complaint in 4E. I want better** rules for it. * This is not a...

What's really strange to me is that recently I was thinking about many of the concepts the OP talked about. I was thinking 4E would have been "better" (to me, at least) if "classes" were more like Themes that you could lay on top of a base character. A small handful at first level, where you...

There have been a lot of conversations on Twitter and in the blogosphere lately around Theme-based multi-classing. The general speculation is that Themes are the planned future multi-classing option that has been talked about by WotC in articles and at DDXP. It definitely makes sense. As soon...

Hahaha. I've received smart comments regarding my name before, but this is original. Well done. :lol: ----------------- So I have a question for those who are anti-mechanics for flight scenarios. What did people do in the days where morale was part of the game? Isn't it mostly the same as this...

Posts like these drive me absolutely insane with anger. I hate to be the one to break it to you guys, but not everyone has been playing D&D for 20+ years. Some of us have only been playing since 4E, so we don't have a grand breadth of experience with running the game. I "collected" D&D books...

You could make that argument for the two Monster Vault books, but not really for the other stuff coming. I'm actually a fan of fluff anyway, so I want the books over just stat blocks in the Monster Builder. I just don't need or want any of that additional stuff and I don't like having to pay for...

Actually, and it's my own fault for not being as clear as I should have, that's exactly what I want. The boxes are great for those who like them, and I see no reason to take them away from those that do. I would simply like the option to purchase the book on its own without the additional...

I've been very positive towards everything WotC has been doing lately, but I truly despise boxed sets. The Red Box was a nostalgic thing, but I'm disappointed with the DM Kit, and I really didn't appreciate having to buy a box full of things I won't use just to get the Monster Vault book. I...

My favorite part of the podcast was the clarification from Mike Mearls about the canceled products. Basically, they're not sticking to one book per month but rather they're looking to more fully test the material before releasing it. They've tried to say this before, but this was the clearest...

I'm not going to spend a lot of time on making this an argument. I finally had a chance to hear the question and answer on the Tome Show podcast of the Q&A session. Mike Mearls and Trevor Kidd were clearly excited about the state of their multiclassing testing, which excites me. You might have...

Do Themes in Dark Sun bother you? I have a feeling Wizards is working with that framework to put multi-classing into all of 4E. And Themes are already in 4e. They just need to be expanded to all classes.

Obsidian Portal asked that question on behalf of me. Personally, I dislike the Hybrid rules and have since they were first previewed. I'm no fan of the multiclass feats either, which as others have said cost more than their value. The previous edition argument doesn't apply to me, since I...

I disagree that Dungeon Delving is equal to wargamming, but otherwise, I agree with this post. 4E isn't really designed for wargamming. Monster stat blocks would work if it's all monsters on both sides (one "PC" wouldn't be too bad). I'm not sure you'll be incredibly happy with the experience...