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I preordered from Amazon in March, and received the books on June 15.

Short or extended? If the PC chooses not to rest, can they just keep going indefinitely? Or does that mean that there is an implied 5 minute/18 hour cap to all sustainable powers?

The text for invisibility reads (thanks, D&D Compendium!): Daily Arcane, Illusion Standard Action Ranged 5 Target: You or one creature Effect: The target is invisible until the end of your next turn. If the target attacks, the target becomes visible. Sustain Standard: If the target is...

Jhaelen, that's a nice chart - did you get that by adding up all the parcels, or just eyeballing it?

In glancing through the "start at a higher level than 1st" info in the DMG, it seemed to have different assumptions about how many magic items PCs should have than the treasure parcel lists. Specifically, the advanced starting info says PCs should have a level+1 item, a level item, and a level...

In the run-up to the 4e release I got the sense that Mike Mearls was the Head Honcho. But then I get my 4e books, and his name is only on the Monster Manual! Was I wrong in my impression that Mearls was the guy in charge? Or does "the author" mean something different in terms of RPG design?

Is there no way to use multi-classing to get another class' at-will powers? I see the feats for daily, encounter, and utility powers. Is this a design choice (and if so, why?)? I'd like to make a charisma-based warlord and I thought I'd nab some of the paladin's CHA based attacks...

I think I agree, actually. After initially noting how short the list was, I was actually hard pressed to think of very many specific things that weren't on it.

I got my 4e books this weekend (thanks Amazon!) and I had a weird moment of nostalgia when I saw the equipment list: it's so tiny! Not even a 10' pole!!!! I flashed back to my early days with the red box Basic set and it's similarly meager offerings. I remember the first time I opened up the...

Thanks Malcolm, that's very helpful.

Hi folks. I just got my 4e books over the weekend, and I'm loving it! Unfortunately I'm also dreading converting my homebrew 3.5 races over. I just don't have a feel for the system yet. There are four races with a vague elemental flavor: Zamini (earth), Aatashi (fire), Sukuni (water)...

Hi folks. I thought I had a handle on the new "marking" mechanic - it seemed to be tied to particular powers, especially defenders. But I noticed in the stat block for the skeleton warrior that it marks anyone it hits with its weapon: However, it doesn't seem to have any powers that take...

Thanks everybody!

Hi folks. I'm trying to track down a classic tale of awful players. The bit I remember is that one player is playing a ninja, who does nothing but sneak after the party, cling under their wagon, and hide from them. When asked why his character never participates in the action, the player...

I have a player that really wants to build a character around a wand of wonder, but we're starting at too low a level to afford it (6th). Does anyone know if there are stats for a junior rod of wonder out there with less powerful abilities?

Last night I did the first chunk of the Tomb of Horrors 3.5 adaptation. I was glad that the traps had save and disable DCs, to make the Tomb more playable and a little less arbitrary. But I wasn't really prepared for the rogue to just take 20 on all the search checks! This means they...

You rock. Thanks, folks.

I will have gamers in my house tonight with no adventure to run! They only started gaming in the 21st century, so they haven't done any of the classic old DnD modules - Keep on the Borderlands, etc.,- so I thought it would be fun to run them through one of those. The problem? I don't have any...

Hi folks. I'm starting a campaign using OpenRPG and I'm trying to see what resources are out there. Has anyone developed some nodes for basic MM monsters?

You guys rock. Thanks for all the help!