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What's meant here is not "taxes" in the sense that characters are formally required to take them, but rather feats that one must take to remain viable. Remember that the 4e team has spoken on many occasions about must-take feats being a sign of bad design, and they're right -- which is why no...

When WotC ended these sales, it was described as a short-term measure, and they specifically refuted those who called it a ploy to encourage flagging DDI subs. Were the skeptics right after all? Only time will tell, but it's certainly looking that way...

Most of the discussion thus far has focused on where in the canonical timeline the 4e setting will be placed and which aspects of canon it will most emphasize. The more important question in my view is whether canon can or even should be preserved if the setting is to regain the prominence it...

Nice to see (some) people finally breaking away from the consensus that next year's setting will be Dark Sun. Athas is a great setting that deserves to make its 4e debut, but it just doesn't fit the clues we've been given so far from the designers that the new setting: a) will commemorate an...

The DMG2, scheduled for release later this year, will feature Sigil as its signature location. There's also a bit about it in the 4e Manual of the Planes.

OK, now you are scaring me... :) But your point is well taken. If they jettison their higher standards for sales, then we could see a PH100 or even a PH1000...

Completely not the point. The designers have said they're self-consciously setting a much higher standard for 4e, adding a class to the game only if it fills its role well AND occupies a needed niche that was previously empty. Having ideas is easy, having good ideas is much harder -- as the...

Most MMORPGs that planned to offer a plethora of additional classes with each new expansion have ended up scaling back their plans, because they were unable to identify any more niches that new classes could actually fill. We haven't received even the tiniest hint that this could happen with...

As a longtime member who isn't a member any longer, I found a couple of things to dislike about the RPGA. First, the level of hubris was uncomfortably high as a general rule, with members frequently though not always regarding themselves as unusually skillful/knowledgeable by virtue of them...

Certainly in 4th edition, alignment's main and perhaps only purpose is to differentiate between Team Good and Team Evil. But other designers and editions at other times have talked about many other purposes, some of which make more sense than others, including: 1) Providing a crutch for novice...

This thread's about what the next setting will be, not what people *hope* it will be, right? With that in mind, on what logical basis do people believe Dark Sun is likely to be the next setting? I agree that it's an interesting and innovative place to adventure, but its dark and gritty done is...

Considering Wyatt has been the driving force behind OA, and not any of the other settings, it seems reasonable to guess Kara-Tur might be the next one to be unveiled. Dark Sun makes a certain amount of logical sense given its power sources, but recent developments with Noonan don't suggest Dark...

No, but you're not the only one who had that impression. A couple of people on these boards claimed to "know" the illusionist was going to be arcane rather than shadow, based on the fact that wizards received a few illusion spells in a recent Dragon article. If true this would have made the...

Perhaps WotC will swipe GW's mesmer and have the avenger slap divine punishments on foes who perform specific actions such as making a melee attack or casting a spell. (Belkar's divinely imposed mark of justice from OOTS would be a more humorous example.) This would fit the literal definition...

Yes, they've said on several occasions that they need at least four classes per splatbook, so it's quite likely we'll see exactly four classes per power source in the future.

To some extent, I can understand why 4e strikes people as being similar to 1e. However, I'm not sure the main reason for this has been properly articulated or understood thus far. 1st edition evolved from tactical miniatures combat and was specifically designed to add role-playing elements to...

I would say there are large differences but also substantial similarities. On the one hand, half the deities are dead or depowered, much of the world map has been revamped and/or replaced, most of the powerful NPCs have been taken out of active adventuring in one way or another, and just about...

Amaunator and Lathander are one and the same. The idea is that the sun goes through phases like the moon does, with Amaunator gradually becoming Lathander and then back again over the course of centuries.

At first glance, this seems cool. Letting players arbitrarily suck out allies' hit points to advance the party's agenda makes warlocks seem like sinister puppetmasters, providing a flavorful new way for ancestrally evil/selfish races like the Drow to employ that aspect of themselves on behalf...

Exactly. It's also worth pointing out something regarding the third-party publishers and their general decision to shun the GSL. This is most emphatically NOT a sign that 4e is weak, as the OP and others are suggesting, nor does it provide evidence that (certain) third-party publishers were...