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If you're keeping your campaign purely core, the Spiked Chain is definitely more under control. However, it can threaten at 10' and 5' (or 15'/10' Enlarged - without having to take the Short Haft feat), is a light weapon, has special trip and disarm bonuses. I think in 3.0 it might have been a...

Hopefully tying weapon types (blade/hammer or slashing/bludgeoning) into powers in 4th edition will make the choice more interesting, at least.

You probably haven't run into this. I wouldn't shed a single tear if I never saw a spiked chain again, in any edition.

Not if it's anything like the 3rd edition Warlock.

I'm not sure if selecting powers has been explained yet. I'm hoping that it's more like picking a spell/power 'fireball' and getting a at will, per encounter, and per day ability when you pick that power. Otherwise, if you have to pick 'per day' and 'at will' fireballs separately, you can end...

If you want a system with a lot of charts, you can look no further than Rolemaster. There's a chart for everything. Hit a monster? Chart. Ordering ale at a tavern? Chart. Taking a dump? Chart. Player: "I rolled a 12..." GM: "Uh oh, diarrhea! You've clogged the toilet! Roll for the...

You can login to DDI by leaving a blank email and password and then clicking 'submit'. This leads me to believe that the postback isn't performing authentication. I haven't really tested it thoroughly, and I'm not too worried about it at this point. I think speculation about the entire...

I think everyone is overreacting. I do .NET and ColdFusion programming everyday at my job and my thought is that the current login system is merely a placeholder that doesn't do any actual authentication. My guess is that it will be fixed by the time it matters.

I wouldn't be surprised if rituals required some kind of focus and material components, and take much longer than normal to cast. I expect regular (non-ritual) spells will not need components.

I agree. However, the PoL setup will probably make the cliché caravan guard scenario a bit more dangerous.

I bet you're right.

For most of us hard core gamers, maybe. But I think someone who might casually want to play D&D is going to balk at buying a game where the player guide is 500 pages.

You need some other kind of rule that prevents certain situations where being extremely hard to hit (only on a 20) means that you're only hit 5% of the time, but are critted 100% of the time. I think this is the situation that helped develop the critical confirmation rule in the first place...

AFAIK, flanking is no longer required, so I don't think the term 'backstab' will apply anymore. Now a rogue will need something called 'combat advantage' to be able to sneak attack, which is apparently easier to achieve than flanking. I believe that combat advantage can be reached without the...

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Very true. However, you said it yourself: the dramatic tactical changes will have to be demonstrated in play before most players notice them. Since we haven't seen the entire ruleset with respect to the 1-1-1 diagonal movement, it's difficult to estimate the exact effect this rule has on 4th...

Actually, some of the knowledge skills (Nature, Religion, Dungeoneering) are useful for monster lore. This occurs in some 3.5 monster descriptions, but not all of them. From what I've seen in the previews, I think this will be a standard for all monsters in 4th Edition:

<random movie quote> Like the back of a Volkswagon? </random movie quote>

I wouldn't call light fighters ineffective, but they usually fulfill a role that isn't that of a typical heavy fighter. In my experience, light fighters can often do some interesting things and generally have better mobility. However, they sacrifice the ability to tank well and deal a large...

Hopefully this will be handled well in 4th edition. From what I've read, it seems that lower level monsters can still appropriately provide a challenge to players, at the same time giving the players a relative sense of power fighting them. In other words, you might be able to throw a group of...