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Putting together an encounter in 4e is going to feel like building a warband, I think. "Okay, I have a war devil - to maximize his abilities I need to include at least 2 other devils of level 22 or lower..."

The succubus illustration gets tamer with every new edition. What?

In 4e, they replaced the reading comprehension class with a paragon path.

Actually, the picador ability makes more sense in a simulationist interpretation if you assume it's getting caught in your clothes, rather than actually stuck in your flesh. One of the effects of the harpoon is that you can remove it as a standard action. If the harpoon was caught in your flesh...

Yes. So?

The orc hit! Do you have any idea how bad orc breath smells? :lol:

If you were playing in my campaign and described your wounds like that, I would expect you to roleplay the effects on your character, not handwave them away.

Whether you take damage, and how much, is determined by the DM. What that damage looks like in the game world can be determined by either the DM or the player, depending on your playstyle. Damage is a player-world concept, not a game-world concept.

"I attack the orc" is input. "I cut the orc's head off, my sword cleaving straight through and leaving an arc of blood behind it." is also input. "The orc lunges at me, but I sidestep. Its axe crashes into the ground an inch from my foot. It snarls, and I smell its fetid breath." is input, too.

Hit points do not represent how much physical damage you can take before collapsing. Instead, they represent the ability to survive abstract damage. That ability might take the form of physical toughness, skill, luck, quickness, magical defenses, or anything else that will let you survive a...

They're using "build" to refer to sets of suggested feats, skills, and class features, such as the examples "Brawny Rogue" and "Trickster Rogue". I don't see any reason they would suddenly use it to mean something else. So, the book will introduce new powers, feats, paragon paths, and epic...

HP make a lot more sense when you think of them as a way of determining how many rounds a PC will last against a set of opponents. The 30 hp dwarf can take more physical punishment than the 30 hp elf, but the elf is better at dodging and lessening the effects of blows, so they both last about...

I laughed.

This would imply that GURPS is pure brilliance. Just FYI.

My humorous summary of the thread so far...

I have a problem with the idea that every decision the player makes is a decision the character makes. It rules out the possibility of a character where (some of) his powers aren't under his personal control - he just "gets lucky" all the time, or he has a guardian spirit, or a god is constantly...

Druids should look like this: :cool:

Interesting... this directly contradicts information from the Design & Development: Magic Item Slots article, which says "shields no longer have an enhancement bonus". I wonder which info is wrong?

There are no +X shields. Problem solved.

Don't forget to make it easy to distinguish standard, move, and minor actions.