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Um, okay, check me on this, but it seems like you're saying that the two of you are discussing whether "1 elite monster = 1 PC" but one of you is thinking "=" means "is the same as" while the other thinks "=" means "is a good match in a winnable combat for" which are two very different...

Yeah, I thought so too. I mean, horns and hooves for the Tieflings make sense, and also there's a limited range of ways you can draw humanoids with hooves and horns and still make them attractive/sympathetic, so I can excuse some visual similarities, but giving the tiefling girl bulky...

A lot of what people have said in this thread is perplexing me, so maybe I should state a few of my basic assumptions about 4E, based on the things I've read mostly on this very site, before I get into the points I want to make. Or, maybe I should say the other points I want to make...

I really liked 3.5 psionics mechanically (better than Vancian casting, that's for damn sure) but I always thought the flavor didn't mesh with what for lack of a better term I'll call "Old school D&D." Y'know, that little bit of cognitive dissonance you get in situations like this: "This is...

I can't be the only one who wants to see an RPG version of Avatar, the Last Airbender and i think the new powers system of 4E would work well for it. This could be so great if they manage to do it right. More of that awesome third-party psionics material. WotC has always been very hit-or-miss...

A cleaner way to do this might be "All offensive powers used against demons are resolved as if your character were 2 levels higher than its actual level." although I admit it doesn't have the flavorful appeal. And I do hope to see stuff (as feats maybe?) like this.

I also think we won't see the settings that weren't even updated to 3rd Ed. updated to 4th. So that leaves, what? Eberron, obviously, probably Greyhawk, although maybe not. Ravenloft is possible, but probably a low priority. As for what I'd like to see, a new setting that takes advantage of...

I've been wondering about NPC classes as well. Obviously WOTC hasn't released any actual answers yet, but there are some clues. First of all, monsters have roles the same way PC classes do. Different Design and Developments & Playtest Reports have referred to monsters as Brutes, Soldiers...

:D As for names: 1. Faerie. Feywild is annoying because it says "Okay, we're talking about Faerie but we need to punch it up! Give it some zazz!" Just my opinion. 2. Meh, dragonborn is fine. Whatever. 3. Lots of options, depending on which mythology you want to use. Shadowfell is fine too...

In order from what I feel is Most Likely to total longshots: 1. Psionics. We've pretty much been just out-and-out told that it's in. I'm guessing it'll be in its own book, rather than the PHB2, but it could go either way. Personally I'm hoping for its own book, because that way we'll get lots...

I mostly agree with Intrope, in that it's helpful to divide the roles into Offensive and Defensive to aid understanding, but I'm not sure they divide as well into the individual/area groups like he said. My personal concept goes a little more like this: Defensive side Defender: Spot defense...

What I want to see is a small template (actually less than a template, approximately balanced as a feat, but with the limitations of inherited templates) included in each race's description. This feat/template/whatever would be called xxx-blooded (where xxx is the name of the race) with a single...

Ringleader? Bravo? Chief? Dungeon-Pimp? ... okay, probably not Dungeon-pimp.

Yeah, that's not super-clear, but I would interpret what they said thusly: Brutes are big, strong, and dangerous by themselves, because they're hard to kill and hit hard too, whereas soldiers are defensive, strategic fighters, that work well with others and use intelligent tactics. Basically, I...

Just finished it. Sounds pretty cool, I love the idea of synergistic groups of monsters and hordes of low-level monsters being just as easy to use as big-boss type monsters. The monster roles seem a little muddled, still. For instance, there are, by my count: Brutes Soldiers Artillery...

Yeah, I agree with that. I also think that both the figures in the work were pasted onto the pre-painted background. It's harder to see on the deathknight because at least it uses the same palette and lighting, but it's clearly pasted in rather than occupying a three-dimensional composition. Not...

What I'm kinda wondering is if the Necromancer will be linked in some way to the Shadowfell in the new cosmology. What if the Necromancer and the Druid were sort of a matched set, the former linked to the shadowfell and the latter to the feywild? Wild, baseless speculation is fun! :) I'm also...