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I sort of have to agree with the OP on this, more or less. It feels to me the game is becoming more of a battle mat tactics and skirmish game than anything else, and I've never used miniatures or battle mats for roleplaying games before, Not even in 3E, but none of my friends were munchkins or...

I kindof feel the same way, just like the Cleric's ability to hit a foe and then get +1 AC for himself and a nearby Ally. It doesn't really make much sense, lasts for only a round, is hard to remember, and gives a tiny bonus. Maybe if it was 'hit an enemy, cleric gets +2 ac' or 'party gets +1 ac...

These aren't heat-seeking arrows, they just veer off slightly. It's not magical unless you consider back flipping during combat and one-hit kills to be magical.

I'm personally not at all convinced by 4E though I like some of the ideas they're doing. (Mostly it's the large amount of tiny modifiers, tokens, movement on grids, and small number of builds that get me uneasy.) However, I've noticed alot of people seem to be grasping, either for reasons why...

I figured the same.

Proficiencies in 4th Ed give you bonuses, rather than allowing you to just use the weapon without penalty. Entirely possible Fighter gets proficiency and thus a bonus in these weapons, or maybe both Dwarf AND Fighter get Proficiency and they stack? They might not have Weapon Focus anymore...

This.

You, my friend, fail at history.

I find it funny how whenever they announce a new feature in D&D that has been in other RPGs for years, people exclaim it's the end of the world and that it's an impossible mechanic to make function.

I have no problem with Turn Undead as it is, however to be more thematic and just plain cool I think it should have some caveats. Firstly it's mostly ONLY Iconic to rebuke Vampires with crosses in movies, fantasy, and horror. Almost any other kind of undead you'll ever see doesn't seem...

Good point.

I DM'ed a group of players in a Ravenloft 3.5 game. The players powergamed and made optimized builds from the beginning, but they played gamically rather than smartly to the point they were often using out-of-game inferences to determine in-game actions. The worst of these nearly resulted in a...

And to further the discussion of 'grim n gritty' when you step into any historical situation with institutions that challenge or don't coincide with our current moral values, you can generally do it two ways: 1. It's wrong, bad, and only evil people do it, only good people are victim to it...

I've never really felt that a dex modifier to AC was ever that big a thing to lose. Aside from rogues, it had what effect? Most monsters or NPC's have maybe +1 or +2 from Dex to their AC at the most. So basically a surprise round is that you get a round to move to charge and attack a single...

Rogue, then Fighter, then we'll see.

Yes.

Stunts (Honestly, this was my favorite thing from Iron Heroes, stunts, skill tricks, the ability to kick off of walls, do leap attacks, etc. If they don't put in in 4E they've missed an important opportunity to do some awesome.) Chase Mechanics (Honestly I'd just be happier if anything other...

Allowing various different builds in core is always better IMO than having to houserule such changes.

I also have to say, as for 3x HP at first level...I never really liked that idea. For a funny reason, really, is that I thought 4x, or 2x made more sense, but every time I've played with 3x it just...I don't know, set me off. Firstly because it's 3x(Max HD)+Con Bonus, which I think minimizes the...

I used to love rolling for HP's in second edition...but you know the longer I've played the game and the more D&D has developed into a tactical, ridiculously overbalanced game of number crunching. (The earlier editions were not like this.) The more and more it just seemed like rolling was unfair...