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Given that logic, spells will probably have a range and area of effect listed by squares as well. Fireball Range: Long (80+8/level) Area of effect: 4 radius burst

With extraplanar heritage, it seems only fair that tieflings should be able to choose from a variety of abilities to round out their character. Who is to say exactly what their heritage is? They could come from a demon, devil, yugoloth, who knows. Limiting them to a set list of abilities is...

It will be interesting to find out how spells that affect a certain number of hit dice are handled in 4e. Perhaps they now affect total hit points' worth? As for how to assign hp to a creature we set up, it's likely related to the XP they are to be worth when setting up the encounter. I wonder...

Somehow I feel like I'm supposed to agree and yet feel really bothered at the same time. I also feel like I need to say that you'll find a way to convert 3e to 4e fairly well. But that's been said already elsewhere.

I just turned 40 last month, so don't you be sayin nuthin.

I've never played a warlock, so I can't really decide one way or the other until I see the rules and try one out. I'm not sure about the sense of cheesiness of the abilities. A maw that chews you up? ("I... am a mouth!"). A temporary banishment to Hell that tears you up? ("Go visit my mother...

You step on a Symbol of Really Really Really Disabled. Everyone save.

If AoE effects can crit everything with a single roll, I WILL be using multiple dice rolls, regardless of 4e's intent. Unless, as stated, there is a clause to keep it from being game breaking.

As much I don't enjoy having to save or die, death effects are as much a part of the game as being disintegrated and petrified. The hazards are there. The trick is to notice them and counter them. Death Ward? Granted, I haven't run a lot of high level games, so I haven't dealt with Power...

I think all they meant was that they acknowledge that 6-14 or so in 3e is where the math works best in the game. They are carefully engineering 4e so that the math is similar across all the levels, not that 4e 1-30 = 3e 6-14.

The best I've heard is that 4e 1-30 = 3e 1-20, but 4e level 30 will be a little more powerful than 3e level 20. EDIT: Okay, maybe not. 4e 30 = 3e 16? Bleh! From the 4e info page: "Chris Perkins on the rate of advancement: power level is increasing (although not by a "startling" amount)...

I am eager to see how well the per-encounter abilities keep a party going.

I was figuring if I wanted to give the player an identical chance to save as the bad guy's chance to get past their defense, and still preserve the "higher roll is better" mantra, that I would have to do the following: Attacker's bonus is B. PC's defense is D. Attacker must roll d20 + B >= D...

Well, each of the articles right now has a Download option at the bottom, but the PDF's aren't exactly stellar. The one for Ecology of the Death Knight has a Spoiler Warning that, when clicked, tries to connect to the wizards site. So they still have some kinks to work out.

Hard to feel much at this point, since we've gotten, what, 2 articles (sorry 3, inspiration for 4e I guess could count as one)? That's enough for maybe 6 printed pages, not counting advertisements. I am, however, eager to see what Demonomicon:Graz'zt looks like. What I am NOT eager for is a...

If you want to cast cone of cold at an angle upwards over the halfling 15' in front of you at the 50' tall flaming humanoid, I allow it, even though the cone layouts assume you can only fire them horizontally north, south, west, east, or diagonally. I also allow casting dispel magic at specific...

$10-15 IF it has enough information to dink around with the ruleset and set some solid expectations. If all it is is a book full of "look at what we're gonna do with 4e, wow!", it's worth less than its weight of paper in coal.

I certainly hope so, I have trouble winging it with 3.5 with all the details I need to keep track of.

Instead of 4DVENTURE, they could plaster their site with ADV3N7URE5!

But if we get no more tidbits, we'll speculate and become angry. And then 4e will be hated until it's finally released!