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I think you have Epic and Paragon tiers mixed up there. Interesting break-down, though.

Another option is how Shields work in Saga. IE: If damage exceeds the threshold, the damage is still absorbed, but the overall Resistance amount is reduced (by 5 in Saga). There are also actions you can take to restore your Resistance back to its normal value. So if you have Fire Resistance 30...

Yep, they were a random encounter in Pool of Radiance in the wilderness area. That's the first (and only) time I've ever seen them in a DnD game. Incidentally... that game was also my first exposure to DnD. Fond memories. :) I'm liking the more "alien"'ish appearance of the fey.

Hmm... that reminds me of the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za vs. Kohr-Ah conflict in Star Control 2. Or the Drengin vs. Korath conflict in Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar... Except in both those cases, the "races" in question were just two ideologically different factions within the same species. Still...

A couple things: 1. If I remember correctly, you can use an Acti... er, I mean... "Force" Point to refresh a power as a Swift Action (or reaction, can't remember) and there is also a technique that can be used to regain Force Points used during an encounter in one of the Jedi Prestige Classes...

Bull-hockey. *points to Bard in PHB Wasn't there a "Societal Mind" psionic class floating around? Also, I'm not too worried about Wizards going "grid" crazy. After all, we are only getting 1 controller (supposedly) in the intial PHB for 4e...

Oh man, I gotta try that sometime. Consider the idea yoinked, even if I do have to find a viable reason why he can cast a resurrection spell in the middle of combat... (hmm... epic level spell, world shattering ritual to bring back a certain dead dragon that the PCs are trying to stop, but in...

The Warlord killed the Truenamer and took his stuff :p

Interesting... I really hate to say this, but I have to, but WoW, if my memory serves me right, divides armor similarly (Cloth, Leather, Chain, Plate and Shields). Of course, so did the Might and Magic games well before WoW was even in beta testing. Same armor categories as WoW too, at least in...

"Drunken Monkey Champion", heh.

The Racial Levels in AU/AE are basically mini classes those races can multiclass into... the racial substitution levels are levels you can take <i>instead</i> of the normal level benefits for a given class, basically alternate class features for a given race. A bit different in practice, but...

The impression I got with AC still being around was that it was basically your Reflex Defense plus your armor/shield/whatever, not an entirely different defense. They are listed separately for convenience. There are no touch attacks (or similar effects) in Saga Edition, so it wasn't necessary to...

*winces* As for the topic at hand, I honestly couldn't care less whether or not Half-Orcs or Orcs make it in the PHB, as long as at least one of them ends up in the MM with a full "as a PC" section...

The Urgosh, Quarterstaff, Double sword (even if it is a little cheesy...), and polearms (if you let players bash with the other end...) are fine by me... the rest? Ridiculous, get rid of them...

For what it's worth, throw my vote in for 3.5 weapon sizes. Although, I wouldn't care if they dropped the -2 penalty for inappropriate sized weapons. Then people get the best of both worlds. :)

What if they are all using material from Ghost Walk? Those are more "solid" than typical "ghosts", aye?

That is how it appears to be in Saga Edition. There is no Defense or AC listed in the Defenses entry, just Ref, Fort, Will.

I'm kinda liking the three tiered skill proficiency change, as it certainly will make characters/NPCs easier and much quicker to build with fewer mistakes, but I think the elimination of synergy bonuses and the condensation of skills to the extent that they did goes a bit too far. Sure...

Inquisition, maybe?

I always figured the green energy was deadly regardless of what it hit, but it was particularly harmful to the undead. At least that's how I read the quote... *shrugs