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No offense taken, and I think we're basically in agreement. I actually just wanted to make sure I wasn't coming off hard-nosed. :)

I'm not saying this kind of situation can never be used to roleplay, just that it hasn't worked in my experience. It's not usually interesting for the player (who just wants to know what the item does), it's not that interesting for the other players (who want the opportunity to know what their...

For my part, it's not that I don't care about roleplaying, but that I do not want to engage in a tedious guessing game with my players. When a player gnashes his teeth and threatens one of my NPCs because he has cheated him out of thousands of gold, that's a potential roleplaying situation...

I'm curious how the 4-level variance is going to affect character power levels. It looks like the math has taken into account the potentiality that a 1st level character could in fact acquire a 5th level magic item (say, a 1st-level Fighter with a Flaming Greatsword.) But I'm wondering what...

Oooooo, juicy preview. Is it June yet?!

The "pilot" is going to be shown in theaters. After that, the series will continue on TV.

There is another explanation for this: they thought quality would be better served by devoting more development time to a smaller number of classes. The druid and monk are fairly complex classes and I can see them being tougher to develop properly. The barbarian and sorcerer are rather...

Yeah, that's the general consensus. Probably because it's so different from Raiders and Crusade. I can't entirely explain why I like it. Probably because it is so different from Raiders and Crusade. Wouldn't say it's my favorite, though; I like them all pretty equally.

This is tough to give, because most people don't have the full rules yet, and the NDA has not been lifted for the playtesters. I think you've been given some pretty solid answers so far, but they all boil down the same thing: waiting. I think the best thing you can do is ask this question...

I was in need of some action from Dr. Jones, so I watched Temple of Doom. Man, I'm excited for this one.

Ah, one of my favorite episodes of Samurai Jack.

For one thing, we don't yet know whether there is a leadership style feat for this kind of thing. On the other hand, your class mostly represents combat mechanics. What you describe is story-related. I wouldn't require multiclassing in order to build a Dynasty, but I would require the player...

Well, they were involved in V for Vendetta, which is one of my favorite movies. But I don't think they directed it. Still, it's probably safe to say that the Matrix deserves the title of Fluke.

It does make sense, though. Losing a move action looks like serious business.

I'm going to assume that you weren't trying to put words in my mouth. But let's be clear here: that's not something I said, or even implied.

WotC does not have the best editorial rep. That said, this is a new edition. New edition, new beginnings, better editing? :) I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. But I expect there will be at least some errata. It just depends how much.

Aha, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out. I think it applies to the daily powers though. Brute Strike is 6d6+3 vs. Curse of the Dark Dream, 3d8+4 and has a secondary effect which can be sustained. Not nearly as bad. Hm. Perhaps Fighter Encounter Powers don't do 2[W]? The DDXP...

How are the spellcasters (wizards and warlocks, namely) going to stack up against the classes who use weapons, and whose weapons are multiplied by their encounter powers? Take a Fighter's encounter power, Spinning Sweep, which is +6 vs AC, 4d6 + 3 and knocks the target prone. Now compare that...

Hah! Wow, I didn't catch the mortal coil reference, otherwise I might've placed it. Thanks!

I haven't decided how I will incorporate them into the setting. It's just not a huge concern for me. Often my worldbuilding is heavily based on the implied setting, or I used a published setting like Eberron. I tend to build worlds as play happens; the edges of the map get filled in depending...