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On one podcast with the Penny Arcade guys Mearls sounded really enthusiastic about fighters' expertise dice, but I'm not sure if those are gone or just moved to a subclass.

So a War Elephant would be around 1600 GP? Not bad.

They could probably get away with a few generic listings by size category as well. "Tiny Animal", "Small Animal", "Huge Animal", etc.

Dire Animals are too iconic to leave out, IMO. Faerie dragons were in the 3e MM, right? I think they'd want to include a few dragon-ish creatures like those and wyverns just to illustrate how different the iconic dragons are.

Yes, you should add your proficiency bonus to the attack. Your proficiency bonus applies to many of the numbers you’ll be recording on your character sheet: • Attack rolls using weapons you’re proficient with • Attack rolls with spells you cast • Ability checks using skills you’re proficient in...

High Elf would work, for the free cantrip.

The special feature is the tough bit. The more examples we have to draw from, the better.

Consider that the cantrips actually deal less damage than a simple crossbow/longbow once you factor in dex mod. I for one, am happy to see 1d3 cantrips and 1d4 1st level spells dead and gone.

I hope he takes being assaulted by bad puns as a condiment.

"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legends, right Boo?" Are they really bringing Minsc back? Awesome. For myself, and I'm sure plenty of others, Baldur's Gate served as an introduction to the concepts and mechanics of D&D, though I didn't play the real game until 3rd.

One reason I like the ability score cap is because you can start with a character that is a little behind in his "most important" score and still catch up.

No more confirming criticals means I can get excited about seeing 20 again. :D:D

Don't forget that certain evil creatures are weak to Sacred Flame's radiant damage. EDIT: Actually on second look they aren't. I could have sworn undead had a weakness to radiance... EDIT 2: Ok, Vampires from the playtest were vulnerable to radiant, not other undead.

Yes, exactly.

It's pretty simple. Normally on your turn you have a move and an action. Some things, like the Rogue's Cunning Action, give you a bonus action, but you can only have one per turn. It's like a minor action, except you can only take it if something specifically says you can.

It really depends on your group. When I played 3.5, which everyone will tell you is ruled by clerics and wizards, my groups were never really interested in playing casters. At most we'd tend to have an arcane/melee hybrid, or a fighter with a few cleric levels. We had a lot of non-standard group...

@Trevor_WotC Hey, there's no chance we could get the Starter Set characters in PDF, is there? Forgot to scan mine before using them. @koga305 Yeah, we'll get them on the website later this month.

I like that the "similar threads" box has a post you made about 4th edition that's almost exactly the same. :p

* Any High Elf with Minor Illusion as their cantrip.

I expect to see a fair amount of Elf clerics favoring strength and longswords.