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Snatch: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/ Bullet Tooth Tony: Boris the Blade? As in Boris the Bullet-Dodger? Avi: Why do they call him the Bullet-Dodger? Bullet Tooth Tony: 'Cause he dodges bullets, Avi.

The mechanic Mearles described sounded awfully similar to the alternative "extra difficult" skill checks (PHBII? DMGII? Can't remember where I saw them). Essentially, you make repeated skill checks with the goal of getting X number of successes before you got Y failures. The intent was to add...

I think the important, unanswered question here is: how many times (per encounter, per day) can you count on that healing? Is there a limit to the number of times you can use your Second Wind? One of the design paradigms that the devs seem to be focusing on is resource management -- giving...

Hey, even if 4e doesn't have soul, at least it'll have animus.

Yes, I know. I was amused by the fact that someone mentioned Have Gun, Will Travel in a D&D discussion -- the protagonist's name was Paladin. The attached file was his calling card. I think you are spot on with the analogy. The new PoL conceit lends itself to that type of episodic...

lol. That was Paladin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun,_Will_Travel

I sooo want a Ranger with Favored Enemy (Irritable Outsiders)!

With apologies to Steven Brust: D'zur

I suspect that "slide" is a key word for straight-line movement where you physically occupy each intermediate square -- that is, unlike teleport, your movement can be blocked by terrain or creatures. In this instance, it's like telekinesis. I'm not sure about the provoking, though I can't see...

Oooo, ooo, let me try: A creature bursting in a fit of pique like an over-ripe watermelon seems silly and video-gamey to me. A lord of hell, calling on his infernal and irrefutable control of lesser devils, hurls a minion at his foes and detonates the unholy energy binding it to him in a...

I was thinking something similar -- perhaps in the transition from Paragon to Epic: in order to rescue their friend's soul, they must travel to the Raven Queen's domain and treat with her. In return for her boon, she demands a mission from them, perhaps thwarting Vecna or Orcus in their plots...

A minor point, but I would classify a spike-chain fighter as firmly in the Defender Class. As the devs have described it, Defenders are "sticky", hampering the movement or actions of a single combatant -- which is the chain fighter's shtick. Controllers, as described by the devs, impact...

I SOOOOOO wish we could give posts thumbs-up, like on boardgamegeek!

Well, we are told that Elves are "of this world" and Eladrin are "of the Feywild, just visiting". Perhaps Eladrin are just "too fey" to mate with humans. Or too arrogant.

Ennui.

Perhaps I misunderstand your intent, but it seems to me that what you enjoy is the struggle of having low powered characters against similar monsters. If that's the case, why not simply extend the low-leveled end of the campaign by slowing down the rate of advancement? Sure, the PHB will give...

Off the top of my head I'd guess that silos might be related to the "power sources" -- arcane, martial, divine. Abilities could be related to one of the power sources, classes have access to one (possibly two) power sources. Choosing two classes with over-lapping sources would allow you to...

Ahhh, so, you think 4e will be more a return to 1e? But without the Lankmahr and Vancian references. Got it!

Well, Aragorn WAS a healer -- following the Battle of Pelenor Fields, he is the only one who can heal Faramir and Eowyn from the wounds inflicted by the Nazgul. Aragorn goes to the Houses of Healing and asks the wise woman there for an herb, Kingsfoil. In fact, she recounts an old wives tale...