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Alright, now we can all be on even footing discussing this . . . The Orc King Sample Chapter I think that its a bit strange to have such wide ranging comments if this isn't the set up for the new FRCS, and I also think its another reason to be a bit dubious of WOTC promises, i.e. Points of...

Rich has said he will be writing a Forgotten Realms novel called "Swordmage" as the beginning of a new trilogy.

This is what bothers me about this potentially. Part of why there "won't be a 4.5" is because they can "fix" things with the D&D Insider site. Now, if you don't want to subscribe, fine. But lets say there are some 3.5-eseque changes that have been added to the site. They aren't really...

Don't worry, they are simplifing everything . . . this should all make sense in about six months or so, after they figure out other terms to use for core, and then playtest them.

I'm not saying they shouldn't make money. I've not complained the the tabletop will cost money to access. What bothers me is that with each bit of really cool functionality that they bring up, they also bring up another fee, that is not part of the base, that you will have to pay to make their...

Its been said in a few places that they are trying to remove the "mechanical" aspects of alignment, meaning it most likely won't be any kind of requirement for a class. That would be a mechanical aspect. I'm betting the class entries don't mention alignment one bit.

I don't know. I can understand having a "little" more flexibility, but I'm concerned that this per encounter/at will/per day structure is "idiot proofing" PCs to the point to where what decision they may isn't that big a deal. Should you use mage blast or one of your spells? Eh, in the end...

"I bought a scratch card character generation pack today, and I got all 18s, I'm a dwarf paladin, and I get the extra ability to Great Smite at 1st level." "Crap, I got a kobold rogue with all 8 except for one 20, and his special ability is Cower in Corner. Looks like I'm picking up another...

Not to be a wet blanket, but by the time they "announce" this at GenCon UK, a lot of people already know about it. Enough so that people that are interested most likely signed up to go to the show to see if they could learn more. In other words, this would skew any kind of analysis of weather...

Please, please don't let anyone from Hasbro read this thread . . .

For what its worth, "Law" and "Chaos" are more accurately termed "Order" and "Chaos." And the way they are presented is as more of a cosmic thing than as a political thought process in D&D. Law and/or Order represents the idea that you see the world as a place that was planned and structured...

Let me rephrase this, because it was never my intention to say that something does or does not have to be part of the game for the game to be D&D. That's not actually my point. My point is that the Great Wheel, as it stands, has a certain history, and has a certain way that it works, and that...

Yeah, I guess I'm not a real player either, since I didn't start playing until 1984 . . .

There have been several aspects of D&D that aren't "essential," but are still very much a traditional aspect. If 4th edition had scrapped the entire idea of the old planes and went with new outer planes, or planes in general, with new inhabitants, that would be a whole other issue. What is odd...

Well, even without alignment (I'm playing fiend's advocate here, because I'm not thrilled with the demon/devil trades at this point), its fairly easy to see devils as the more traditional horned, humanoid, handsome/attractive winged "fallen angels," and demons as the strange, otherworldly...

I thought it was interesting that in the last D&D podcast they mentioned that there was an assassin base class really late into the development process before they finally dropped it.

As I said above, if its good for sales, or they have evidence that this will drawn in new people, weather or not they loose people like me is kind of irrelevant. If the gain is more than the loss, it doesn't really matter, and I have no idea how indicative I am of the FR fanbase. That having...

I also just wanted to point out that I was trying to be fairly careful about mentioning what was said in the books and where I was connecting dots, which as Ari has pointed out may be completely off. I don't have any special knowledge, and pretty much everything that I mentioned can be put...

True, but there were a few other hints here and there, and I fully admit I may be bracing for the worst here (Spoilers): I'll still be keeping an eye on things, but I'm just not that hopeful that things aren't heading in this direction.

I understand that the point of any business venture is to make money, and that even the people that I hang out with online and off aren't indicative of either D&D fans or FR fans as a whole, but it does bum me out and pretty much kills the setting for me. I'm not saying that they are evil or...