Search results

The new higher starting hit points is a good thing.

All game design ends up in crunch time, and many good games come out of it. The nature of games and their open possibilities causes it, and the pressure of deadlines is good to the process. It changes how the developers and designers think and makes them look at the core essentials differently.

All I know, is when we went to the first Blizzcon and they had horde players cheer out "For the Horde!!!" and alliance players call out "For the Alliance!!!" The Horde players sure looked like they could take out the alliance players :P So, be careful what you say ;)

I suppose Booster is no less weird than Striker or Controller. I agree supporter can have negative conatations, but so does leader in the opposite way. We need a term that doesn't imply it is superior to the other three roles, like leader does. I think leader is as bad (or worse) of a choice...

I apologize if I offended you. I don't agree with the idea of one player type influencing the others more than the other influence each other. I think that takes to much power from the other players choices and ability to determine how they want the roles to work together. I alos don't think...

Ok, this is the best arguement so far. Now, something that is key here is a leader/support type class either giving a bonus because they are backing someone up or because they are telling them to stop snivelling. The role is either undermining the supporter or making them undermine their...

WOTC has flat out said, they didn't want to use the term supporter because it sounded secondary to the terms defender, striker and controller. Supporter is the opposite role to controller. Supporter buffs the party and protects it, the controller strikes with debuffs and suppression against...

Gnomes can hold off until they get them designed right. Gnomes will eventually be back an they wsill do a good job on them too. Relax. Gnomes being taken out was a good thing.

They then said they didn't do it because it it brings technology in with it, and that ruins D&D, which is true. So they did not 100% blow it. No tinker gnomes in D&D is good. Let them put tinker gnomes in Eberron or something.

I just want to put my 2 cents in: Like they said: Gnomes are part elf, part dwarf and part halfling and not really in their own niche. This is totally true. The only niche gnomes have is being cute at that point. I 100% agree with WOTC that gnomes need a redesign and to be removed until they...

The leader in music guides the whole band, the leader of a business guides the company. If anything, the term leader is deeming to the other terms of striker, controller and defender. The 4e rules set is covering the entire gamut of roleplaying. Social encounters, fluff, story and history...

Obviousily there are so many possible scenarios that you cannot judge them all. At the heart of it, we are looking for 1) effectively getting off power attack (hitting) 2) dealing large amounts of damage as possible. Take into account effects typical CR 20 encounters have to prevent you...

We are going to be judging how effectively the character uses power attack against CR20 threats. That includes groups as well as single BBEG. We want you to write up the full character. You can use ALL ofiicial WOTC published materials. I do not see where it says only the cores, compendiums...

Leading is 90% of the time stepping up and taking the reins and proactively directing people. The few passive leadership techniques are similiar to what you are referring to. Leading is not a class role. It is player dynamics and character concept that creates the leaders, not the class they...

Ok, I want something clear. I am not confused myself nor would I care about the roles as an advance player. The primary goal of 4e is to make the game accesible to people who do not play D&D yet, but knows someone who does. These roles are for them. Your girlfriend reads leader, and she is going...

It still is misleading. I thought of the leader being a more provocative descriptor too, but ironically, the role of support seems to be missing. There are players who look for support roles to play actaully. They LIKE them. The defination of leader is: lead·er (ldr) n. 1. One that leads or...

I know its not new, but it is to D&D, and that is what impressed me. It was a good choice.

Leader on the other hand is preemptively stealing some of the glory and mislabeling the classes in that role. Controllers control conditions in the battlefield and enemy choices. Defenders protect other party members and take damage on themselves, strikers dish out damage and hit hard, leaders...

I understand that leader doesn't mean LEADER. I am thinking from two perspectives, 1) new players and 2) designer guidelines. If it doesn't mean leader, than why call it leader. The name leader is confusing.

This is part of my point. The role "leader" shoe horns. What if we want to have a class with support features but is not story-wise a leader type? The bard would fit here to a degree, does that make him the leader? Support is the actual role being filled on the team. A good example of this is...