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It's an interesting read, though I want to point out it's not Matt James' blog

I think keeping the current time makes sense, as you say this seems to be a critical time, that changing it a few years can define things a lot depending which direction you decided to take. The suggestion of framing things as a set of different "possible futures" could be a good way to do it...

http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-discussion/322789-into-unknown.html

I think an issue is that older versions were good at making the fighter into a linebacker (my impression, never had experience as a fighter pre-4e). 4e with the defender marks turned them into the tackle, and until the Slayer was released with essentials making the linebacker melee character...

I think having something like 4e's mark makes sense to include, basically representing a person fighting in a way that's more protective of allies. But one thing that lets it work is that it's not a strict algorithim and the DM is free to go after someone else at times that seem to make sense...

Indeed, in fact if you have access to the Dragon magazine, there was an article not too long ago that too things in that direction https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dra/201109gondsway

They do monthly updates, usually small changes, every once and a while there's some more significant ones. Yesterday was actually one of the minor updates. Last significant one mostly focused on giving rarity to a whole bunch of items. All updates are listed on the website here...

Strictly following the rules it should still work against a flying creature. I suppose you could describe it as a shockwave or debris that gets thrown up. I want to say I've come across powers that explicitly state they don't affect flying creatures, though I can't place any right now.

There's d20 monkey It's ended new comics but irregular webcomic had both a fantasy and sci-fi storylines Just started getting into Gunnerkrigg Court - By Tom SiddellGunnerkrigg Court which seems to have a nice mix of sci-fi and fantasy

Responded and will be interested in seeing what you do with the data. Though I agree with Yora, at least about Worldbuilding, that defining things as time/session doesn't always make sense, but figured a rough estimate of the percentage of prep time in general. Another thought I had while...

So far it's been mostly flavor, I did suggest my DM run with a conflict between patrons when by coincidence a written adventure had an enemy with powers that were associated with my pact. Unfortunately that campaign fell apart soon afterwards, so we never really went anywhere with it. Honestly...

Well as expected my players decided to try to get info out of their prisoner. I didn't explicitly explain the mechanics, but was planning to use it as a guide of how to respond. However one player rolled high on the very first check, and after that it ended up being pretty free form since they...

I like the setup for tailing, seems to make sense that different skills come into play following and keeping yourself out of sight. Not sure how I feel about the multiple PC rule. It works that multiple people should be have an easier time keeping up, but it seems like they'd also be more...

There's also companion characters in DMG2 on page 27

You should have some chances to get to use skills, the traps might be one place to show this off, but there probably should be some other examples. You might also want some social scenes giving her a chance to get into character, depending on how much it's integrated into other aspects. In the...

I've rarely had it be much of an issue with my warlock - usually you curse an enemy and focus on them till they drop anyway. Plus with moving to keep shadow defense bonus, if I want to target somebody I usually can.

There was another seminar on DM advice. I went to the equivalent seminar at Pax Prime, which granted was before the announcement, but I'd think it would be pretty similar. It was basically an hour long q&a with wizards staff about how they run their own games. I imagine most questions were...

They're supposed to represent powerful individuals who have died, though it doesn't seem quite right to think of them as undead to me. More like you are channeling their spirits through your body.

Mostly, there's also a bonus due to weapon proficiency (usually +2, some weapons have +3) and you also get a bonus equal to 1/2 level. But as far as stats go it's Str for melee and Dex for ranged unless your class has a special feature that changes it. This is correct, and doesn't include the...