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I'm still somewhat expecting there to be another scaling factor that isn't immediately obvious from just reading the power descriptions. Either some sort of 1/2 level bonus to damage, or perhaps weapon damage starts being multiple dice at higher levels. Of course, that does seem to run counter...

I was talking to James Wyatt at D&D Experience and he told me straight up that you don't gain additional at-will powers as you level up. There are more than 2 choices for at-will powers that you can pick from at first level, and if you decide you'd rather have a different one, you can use the...

One other difference: The reflex defense on the sheet is 16 but it is 17 in Keterys' post.

The sheet also still has an extra +2 to sneak attack that shouldn't be there because he chose Artful Dodger instead of Brutal Scoundrel.

Correct!

I specifically asked James Wyatt about blasts, and he told me that they are a square area that is adjacent to the space of the creature using the blast.

One thing to keep in mind is that 200-300 points of damage won't all be directed at a single monster. With the way 4E encounter design works, if you've got 5 PCs, there will likely be 5 monsters as well. When you've got that many different targets for damage, encounters should still last a while.

But if the Con modifier is including 1/2 level in it, then it would scale much better.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/combatModifiers.htm How is the DDM2 rule for ranged cover any different than 3.5? There is an exception in 3.5 for larger creatures and melee cover, but ranged cover has no special exception. Under this situation in 3.5, C2 would have cover. One other thing...

The balor wields a vorpal sword, not the pit fiend: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm#balor So, nothing to worry about yet.

One thing I have seen is that it's not going to just be a single roll by a single PC that determines the result of the social encounter. I suspect that you will see multiple checks being needed over the course of the conversation, made by all the people participating to determine success. A...

It's certainly true for stuff that WOTC released. 3rd party stuff is a different matter of course.

There really isn't anything the preview books that address this one way or another. I can still see them designing spells or rituals that would allow for little pocket dimensions and extradimensional spaces. Bags of holding have to have someplace to store all that stuff, right? :) And you can...

Technically, the term "Prime Material" was removed in 3rd edition. It was always just the "material plane" in 3rd. :) That being said, in Worlds and Monsters, they do confirm that it's just "the world" in 4th edition.

No, that is not true, because their are no damage dice in the minis game. Resist 5 fire means just what it says, you reduce fire damage by 5 points.

Well, thats a black and white picture, so of course it's going to look white.

I don't think there will be an ethereal type any more since there is no more ethereal plane. The new miniatures rules have a condition called Insubstantial, and you do half damage to insubstantial creatures. I expect we'll see something similar in the full 4E rules, and it will replace...

I don't expect to see shifting taking a move action in the actual 4E rules. I think that's a simplification for the minis game because attack and move actions are the only action types in the minis rules.

Yeah, based on what is talked about in the Worlds and Monsters preview book, the ethereal plane is gone. Instead you have two planes that are imperfect copies of the world (Shadowfell and Feywild), a plane "above" (Astral Sea) and a plane "below" (Elemental Chaos). You also have a plane that...

The article that was posted today also mentions radiant damage, but that type wasn't mentioned in the rulebook. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20080117a I read through my copy of Worlds and Monsters last night, and both radiant and necrotic energy types are mentioned. Necrotic...