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Again, I commend your skill as a DM. That sort of ability - to analyze the situation quickly and efficiently, and react appropriately - is the mark of a good DM. But I don't think your ability to handle the situation is a reason to insist others should just 'man up' and be as good a DM as you...

I've already heard of folks who tried out D&D based on Castle Ravenloft. A cheaper and more directly transitory version seems viable, while also being familiar enough to remain an appealing product for existing gamers.

Another Hybrid I had fun with was a result of my desire to recapture an 'old school' druid. I wanted someone running around, stabbing dudes with scimitars, calling down the lightning, summoning animals, turning into animals, healing allies, etc. I ended up with a Hybrid Warden|Druid...

A recent Unearthed Arcana article, Strange Gods, allowed Clerics to swap Healing Word for a new power. I don't recall the details - something along the lines of being able to expend a healing surge to deal that much damage to a nearby enemy, or the like. It was rather interesting - it changes...

You are putting this out here as though you think that, unless our discussion in this thread will directly - and immediately - result in a vast and significant change by the 4E designers to the core of the game... then it isn't a discussion worth happening. And... I disagree. Look, I agree...

Rather, I think the claim being made is that any incompatabilities, while they may be present, are minor enough elements - and the same sort of thing we've encountered before. Backgrounds in the FRPG. Themes in Dark Sun. Just like with the magic item change, the DM may need to make one or two...

Yeah, the suggestion in the DMG2 is to actually act out past events (or even current scenes that the PCs aren't part of) with the players taking the role of important NPCs rather than their own characters. I totally get it might not be for everyone - indeed, the section has a disclaimer on...

Sigh. It's not 'rewriting history'. It's adding new features. If you don't touch Essentials, no one is going to show up at your game and yell at you for not calling your PHB fighter a "weaponmaster". Previous, there was a fighter class, and it had several builds. Now, there are some variant...

But also, I suspect, likely a big part of the reason why the game is $35, instead of the $60 for Castle Ravenloft of $80 for Conquest of Nerath.

What sort of stuff specifically? From what I've seen, the DMG and DMG2 are some of the highlights of the edition. DMG2, in particular, introduced several concepts that may have been obvious to other DMs (in-game flashbacks, off-player activity during a solo mission, etc) that were breakthroughs...

Because this sort of response just seems like an attempt to shut down discussion you disagree with. I mean, we're in a thread aimed at talking about this subject. I don't agree exactly with him, but I do feel it is an area where the game could be improved, and discussion about it is the first...

I have the PHB1, Martial Power and Psionic Power. This means I can use everything from the 'Beastmaster Ranger' build in my game. I cannot, however, use anything from Psionic Power in my game. What is this if not a compatibility issue? Look, we keep present similar situations to you...

I think his point, though, wasn't that it hasn't been a problem in his own game. It was that, in this entire thread, I don't think we've seen a single genuine example of confusion - only hypotheticals. No one has actually run into a problem in their games. That doesn't mean one can't prefer...

Going with the earlier mentioned Paladin/Warlock combos, I had a similar character (Paladin of Asmodeous, rawr!) who was basically all about putting the opponent in a lose-lose situation via Hellish Rebuke and Divine Challenge. Attack me? Take some damage. Attack someone else? Take more damage...

This, ah... seems a bit too much like "my way of gaming is better than yours" for my preferences. Is there really something wrong with wanting a character that is both flavorful, and effective in combat, and has a system mechanically support both elements? Look, I agree that worrying too much...

We had a running joke that one player, every time we ran a one-shot, kept having his characters lost in another plane, after it happened something like three times in a row. Once it was appropriately thematic - the party was investigating a monastery filled with insane, mind-flayer...

Again, just to be clear - I assume you had the same objection to Psionic Power, yes, since it relies upon PHB3 to be of use?

I think there have been some issues with the roll-out, but they aren't nearly as severe as you make them out to be. They've mainly been in the advertising department, the issues with the Red Box, and the wishy-washying on the magic item system. Compatability? Not an issue at all. Sorry...

Well, the obvious one - Rangers are strikers, Hunters are controllers. The ranger will do a ton of single-target damage. The hunter will do more control and multi-target effects. It's a good ranged character with some versatile stances for different builds/situations, but also much simpler to...

I'm about to start a Ravenloft game, and one player threatened to play a Half-Vampire Zombie Robot Vampire. (Warforged Revenant Vampire Dhampyr). Or sub Werewolf for Robot via Shifter. I like having the different approaches, but yeah, it gets silly when you stack them. :P