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    My First Take

    It's so you can take them both. Also, what's with the "Weapon: Weapon: if..." bit? That makes no sense. Are you sure it says that and if so, what does it mean?
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    What happened to the Racial Substitution Levels?

    Also, not race specific. Anybody could worship Moradin, and in fact as the diety of blacksmiths an Eladrin Smith would have as much reason to take that path as any dwarf.
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    Speedbumps cost 50k gold

    The Economy and Rewards article said that; at 5th level (heroic), it takes 2.5 encounters to make enough money to afford the 500gp. at 15th level (paragon), it takes 1 encounter at 25th, it takes less than 1 encounter. All you need to do is ensure that you alter all the money amounts or (and...
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    D&D 4E No evil gods in 4e?

    The same priest is also not a priest. According to his class. So, whatever. It's a description, not a definition.
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    D&D 4E No evil gods in 4e?

    That may be because the only people who can defend the new system are still under Non-Disclosure Agreements. Me, I don't need a NDA or to have read the rules to defend the new system. It has more broadly defined terms than before, and defines the only things I need it to define. White hats and...
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    How're we supposed to divvy the loot?

    We did, because after playing through 15 levels we stopped and had a discussion around "Why is my character unable to function?" We had gone through a level worth of adventure with my Fighter/Thief being unable to hit anything and unable to deal with half the traps. We managed, in the end, to...
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    It's No Longer A Joke

    Not the discussion I was involved in! The one I was involved in was about the fact that there was a level cap at all not if the level cap was 'name level' So, yeah - you still progress beyond name level; but there is a sort of level cap in all editions of D&D where you stop gaining meaningful...
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    It's No Longer A Joke

    Except... they don't. I mean, at 20th level the spell charts stop (or some arbitrary number) at that point Wizards, Illusionists, Clerics etc. stop gaining spells. Druids capped at ... 18th? Illusionists at something like 16th? In AD&D the fighter attack tables stopped, spell tables stopped...
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    It's No Longer A Joke

    All versions of D&D (except 3.x) had a point where you stopped gaining 'meaningful' levels. Because +3 HP isn't meaningful compared to +1 HD. So, just give people +1-3hp per level over 30 and you more or less have the 'open ended' system of 1e.
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    D&D 4E 4e: Death of the Bildungsroman

    A 1st level Fighter in Basic D&D was a Vetran. You never started as a Farm Boy. Unless you ran those "0 Level" games.
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    D&D 4E 4e: Death of the Bildungsroman

    Why are dragonbourn an issue but 300 year old elves aren't?
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    D&D 4E A Couple 4E Questions...

    1) Yes 2) Different, I think, but not released yet.
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    Keep on the Shadowfell preview

    "I punch the Iron Golem, hitting AC 44!" "You break your hand" "Huh" "Seriously, have you every tried punching Iron? Your hand would break well before you did anything to the Iron." Why should Rogues (or Fighters) be constrained by the Laws of Physics when no-one else is?
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    D&D 4E Is 4E retro?

    I'd say that purchasing equipment during character creation is significantly different to purchasing equipment in the game. But then again, I'm not a playtester.
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    Excerpt: skill challenges

    But it's not - it's not an example of anything. It's a Template. Not to be used without looking at customising it to fit the explicit situation.
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    Intimidate, or "whoops I wasted my skill points"

    So, using an example from 3.5, if I have a base of +77 to my diplomacy role then anyone I can talk to is my friend? Or are some things not swayed by Diplomacy? If some things are not swayed by Diplomacy, surely some things are not forced into helping you with Intimidate? Intimidate (like...
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    Excerpt: skill challenges

    Yes, that is better. *Flash of Inspiration* The new ENWorld site is going to need a "Skill Challenge Template" forum. And that's a good thing.
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    Excerpt: skill challenges

    This is all kinds of awesome, but what are the consequences of failing and is doing a ritual identical each time. Hmmm.... Template: Ritual under pressure. "Quick, set up those candles" "The rain keeps putting them out!" "Then MAKE them stay alight, if we don't finish the rite successfully all...
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