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Oooh, my bad.

I wonder if a team with a few PHB2 characters would've fared better? (Doubt it, as the PHB2 is fairly well-balanced, in my opinion. But that was just the first thought to popped into my head). In a strange way, I'm kind of excited. I haven't heard of an honest-to-goodness TPK in 4e, or if it...

This. Both are quite true. Controllers were initially designed, I think, as the role that attacks multiple foes. The problem is, every class eventually gets access to these abilities. Status effects don't match up, either, especially with Rogues dazing and blinding everybody and Wardens slowing...

Controllers: 1. Attack multiple foes with ease (ie., via At-Wills) 2. Inflict status effects 3. Re-shape the battlefield with pushes, pulls, slides, and (sometimes) zones.

Great stuff. I especially like the encounter with the spined devils... sounds like they got a surprise round? And having the broken portcullis as a limiting factor in the terrain is just brilliant. Very cinematic... I imagine somebody saying, "Hey, I think there's something back here" as they...

What are you talking about? The DMG has fairly extensive rules on making your own monsters. Pages 184-185. All I want is a traps and hazards equivalent of that, and I'll be extremely happy.

I'm assuming the DMG2 will contain lots of extra traps, and clear rules for making your own. At least, I hope that's what it will contain. That's really the only reason I'd buy it.

I agree with this, myself. Guess I just caved to peer pressure in not including it. I also had trouble figuring out what Eladrin are 'good' at, beyond Wizards. Swordmages, certainly, but we're not using FRPG, so I didn't mention that. Are there any Dex/Int classes I'm forgetting? Or classes that...

I'm getting together with my (extremely casual) group of players to DM a game this weekend. It's the first time we're playing since PHB2 came out, so I wanted to give them the option of making a shiny new character with the new class and race options. Since I'm the only person in the group who...

Here's my problem with passive perception checks; if you know your party well enough, you'll know ahead of time whether or not they'll find it. Let's say you're making a level 1 dungeon. You know your party's Perception checks run the gamut from 10-22. If you make a secret door in the dungeon...

Not a great benefit for Infernal Warlocks, sure. But it's pretty sweet for Star Pact Warlocks and Dark Pact Warlocks, since their boon stacks.

If anybody ever makes an OotS style comic about 4e, you know it'll have to have a Warlord as the party leader. They're just so hilarious and uniquely 4e. "Get up, you pansy!" "But... but I have a sword in my brain!" "Want me to kiss it better? Or do you want to GET UP AND SAVE THE DAMN WORLD...

The only problem with that is, by RAW and the DCs given in the MM, your 'Nature' check often ends up telling you a great deal about the creature's history, for some reason. Take, for example, the goblin entry: Huh? Why does a Nature check net you information on their Religion? Here, the Nature...

This is one I use, myself. Never understood why the hermit ranger or shaman who spent his whole life squatting in the woods would know all about the ancient hobgoblin empire, while the history buff wouldn't. Every other knowledge type has a creature type associated with it; why not humanoids and...

Wow... you mean your controller actually controlled? That's so beautiful I think I might cry. I've had my doubts about the Wizard, but if you're telling me I can actually have a "You shall not pass!" moment with one, I'm rolling one up as soon as I can!

That, sir, is deliciously evil.

As a player, I prefer the iconic and mythical over the weird and new. If you say to me, "there are marrashi flying overhead," I'll ask, "what the heck is a marrashi?" And then you'll explain it, but by then the moment is gone. But if you say there are manticore, wyverns, giant vultures, or...

Hmm? The Ettin Spirittalker is from MM1. Were you just using it as a baseline for comparison? Or are they going to reprint MM1 monsters in MM2?

While I'm not an enormous fan of either dragonborn or tieflings, I think it was a good idea to include them in PHB as a 'core' race, even if they're not necessarily the most populous. It was really an act of mercy, for both players and DMs. I used to help run a freeform play-by-post website...

It's even worse, actually, since Total Defense only lasts until the start of your next turn. All your turtling would be for naught, as the monster would just wait for you to 'drop your guard'. So all those pretty +s to AC you get from Defensive weapons and other features would have no effect...