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I suppose it depends on what you're looking for. For example, in the game where everyone met at a wizardry college, the group wanted everyone to have benefited from their time spent studying the arcane. So, we did a gestalt game where everyone was Wizard/something else, where the something...

Another thought - both Initiate of the Faith and Student of Battle create further mechanical alternatives to the old "someone's gotta play the cleric" trope. Assuming that Inspiring Word does the same thing as Healing Word, these mechanics have built in two flavorful ways for a group to get...

I'm actually quite happy with this approach to multi-classing. One thing it allows for that previous systems didn't do very well is multi-classing at first level. (Sure, the 3.0 DMG had "Apprentice level" rules, but I didn't find that to be very satisfying.) For example, the 4E approach seems...

You sir, are my hero. I've been trying to come up with a concise way to describe this since GenCon, and this is perfect.

I loved the concept of the Marshal class when it came out in the MHB, and am thrilled to see it reborn as a tactically interesting, role-play possibility rich class in 4E.

Hopefully someone who knows will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that no one bought into the 5 grand - that wasn't going to be available until the new license was ready, and since the new license took so long, they seem to have dispensed with the 5 grand fee. Instead...

Indeed - kudos to WotC for realizing that the $5000 fee was not really feasible this late in the game. I wonder which companies got contacted?

I voted for "download, still buy". I have the three-book set on preorder from Amazon, and there's no way I would cancel that order. (Assuming I could download the .pdf without exposing myself to a plethora of viruses.) Quite frankly, while I agree that downloading would be illegal (assuming...

One thing I noticed that I thought strange - the Ice Archon is Evil. Had we known previously that Archons (or only Ice Archons perhaps?) are Evil? I would have thought they would be unaligned, given their whole "mercenary willingness to fight for whatever" trope.

Before everyone gets too thrilled about these cards, remember that they're stats for the minis game, not stat-blocks from the MM. So, things like the Manticore being a mount for goblins and the victory area referenced in the Bar-Lgura's card probably are artifacts of the DDM rules, and won't...

One interesting thing I noticed - the Tiefling write-up is on pages 48-49. Granted, it is the last race, but if each of the other 7 races each have two pages like the Tiefling, then the races page starts on page 36 (or page 35 if there is a full-page chapter intro like in the 3.5 PHB.)...

Wonderful tutorial. Thanks a ton for that Pyrandon. I'm excited to get home from work and work through it.

I got a lot of mileage out of The Other Game Company's spell cards for my wizard in my last 3.5 game. I am 100% sold on the utility of cards as a game aid. However, I don't know if I'd spend any money on them, even if it were only a nominal fee. As mentioned, $2 and an afternoon gives me what...

Wow, very well done. How did you do that?

My impression is that most of the art in the "behind the scenes" books is going to be unique to those books. That's one of their major selling points. However, I seem to recall hearing that some of the pencil sketches in those books may be fleshed out to produce full-color illustrations in a...

I may be wrong, but it has been my impression that these features are already planned for the DDI. I don't have a source for that, but these are aspects of it that have had me excited since almost day one.

I just wanted to pop in with minor quibble based on a bit of experience. I live in Muscat, Oman, where the temperature regularly tops 130 in the summer (and is coupled with 90% humidity most days - something I doubt is prevelant in Drak'Thul.) Of course, living here is aided greatly by air...

I'm going to have to go against consensus here. While, as typical, an awful lot depends on how the final production paints turn out, there are a good number of pretty cool minis there. There's a nice range of humanoid adventurer-types (always important for new folks looking to get minis for...

Dragons Beholder Demon/Devil Lord Purple Worm A Leviathan-style sea monster

I've only just recently begun spending time on ENWorld with the 4E announcement, and I must agree. A very nice place to have civil discussion here.