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I agree with everything you say in your response, I was only responding to problems people have with the name of the class, as some of my players will. If you wanted the class name to apply exactly to your perception of what your character does, calling the class something other than Ranger in...

Kinda boils down to whether or not you appreciate balance, doesn't it. 3.x mechanics were terribly unbalanced, even more so than 2E because of the massive range of options presented. The ruckus over the Paladin mark is an example of how important balance seems to have become to the gaming...

If I allow them, Dragonborn in my game won't look like lizard men but will instead be based on Natsu from Fairy Tail.

Fighter may be a misnomer, but any class name is going to grab the imagination in ways that probably don't all apply to a given character. A Rogue that always does exactly and only what and how a Rogue is supposed to do is cookie-cutter, predictable and boring. A lot of people play this way...

Yeah. I agree with what someone said earlier, that it would be less confusing if they took away the class names. Leaving Ranger as it is makes it feel like it should be split into 3 different classes, at least...Archer, Swashbuckler and Hunter. Ranged martial Striker, melee martial Striker...

This is just a thread contemplating the supposed availability of two-weapon fighting. Given that Rangers are the only class we expect will have powers relating to fighting with a weapon in each hand (this might be an error, let me know), the question is why? While I think that there will be...

If Ettins are in there, I don't even want stats for frost giants. Ettins for the win.

Agreed. Methinks they need to recruit like 10x as many playtesters-for-free (like in a video game Beta) to minimize the chances of this happening. I'd personally be in favor of putting it all online and Patching the rules now and then, but I'm sure this would antagonize a lot of people who are...

Like the Warlord class, I expect that the name of the class "Ranger" is sort of a misnomer, determined by tradition if nothing else. We've seen no indication that Rangers have anything to do with Nature other than their skill list (which might be accounted for by the fact that some Rangers are...

^ This, thanks Lurks.

Yeah...from this we know that you can't attack with each weapon in a round without a power to do so, but that doesn't mean that two-weapon fighting is off the table. From that factoid, it's obvious that two-weapon fighting is viable, and there might be feats we don't know about that increase...

Vancian magic is basically the idea that a magic-user can cast a certain number of very specifically-defined spells per day that they can use before they sleep (or meditate in the case of elves). This applies to anyone who can cast an organized spell, including Dragons. All spells of a certain...

It would seem that they don't, by WotC's definition. The point of minions is to create a class of faceless, nameless orcs that Legolas can kill instantly because he's Legolas and they are orcs, but they can still hurt Legolas if they get too close, rather than just auto-miss. It isn't...

Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be abrasive to support the less popular point of view. But it happens all the time, and it's why I don't take people seriously when they argue with dislike rather than in spite of it. I suppose I could go back to my post and make sure that it's...

It's true that a lot of the fanboys choose not to discuss the merits of the game in rational, thoughtful terms. But it's also true that most of the anti-fanboys are also quite abrasive, and this is actually *less* encouraging for rational discussion than just "wai wai wai 4E roxxors." People...

If you approve of the Vancian system, you probably aren't qualified to comment on the viability of 4E's unknown magical mechanics.

You don't send a ninth level minion against a first level character because one is ninth level and the other is first. Sure, you *can*. But you can also load first level characters up with ninth level magic items. You just don't, because doing so would be...not genius.

Which seems to be what makes 4E awesome.

Rituals might help you out here. The Cleric might not be capable of being as effective as possible sticking only to ranged abilities in the Core rulebooks, but if not I'm sure that fairly soon after supplements will reinforce their flexibilities, or different classes that focus on ranged Divine...

Ran a 3.0 1st-level one-shot years ago where the deadliest character in the group was an Aristocrat who had bought a bunch of Alchemist's Fire.