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    Amazon and Preordering

    Then you're better off paying full price in a shop. If you opt for free discount shipping, expect a bit of a delay, because, you know, you aren't paying for it.
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    Excerpt: powers (merged)

    Hmm. I don't consider it a big deal, but if she's actually serious, I'm glad they put some thought into it.
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    Multiclassing via Feats. Thoughts?

    A warlock with scorching burst is very different from a wizard with eldritch blast? I can get behind that.
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    Ritual information

    Except feats we've seen posted have stat requirements of 17 and 15.
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    Excerpt: powers (merged)

    Except nothing terrible happens if someone does smack a rat around. The best you can do from what we've seen is a tiny amount of damage or a small temporary bonus. Fiddling around with the bag doesn't need to be 'Verboten!', because its a stupid thing to be doing in the middle of a fight. Its...
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    Excerpt: powers (merged)

    You know, I actually ran into this at a game run at GenCon back around 1990. The DM handed over a rolodex full of the wizards spells along with the character sheet. It was a pretty decent reference. Its seems somewhat unnecessary for 4e though, since even at level 30, you'll have less than...
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    Excerpt: powers (merged)

    Its a thought experiment, like Schroedinger's Cat. Its a way of testing rules out to see if they meet a certain criteria. Its particularly useful in the design stages of a game to see if the rules you are writing have stupid side effects. Honestly, if someone is actually pulling it out at...
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    Are you interested in Middle-earth setting or supermodule?

    Not me. Middle Earth is a bit dull, and you'd have to rip roughly 80% out of 4e to make it fit. D&D doesn't really handle the relatively low fantasy of the setting well. When magic is the sole province of semi-divine beings and healing is an art that requires specific herbs and days or even...
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    Excerpt: powers (merged)

    The hierarchy of hell forces them to consent? If they aren't willing it never happens so the power couldn't exist, so the powers very existence means he can blow up his subordinates
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    Gnome Art Preview

    He does look a bit like a tiefling. I can't tell if thats really supposed to be hair, or if gnomes have been crossbreeding with satyrs.
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    Ritual information

    I would hope anyone could pick it up- you can tell better stories that way, and it avoids the blatant power advantage of spellcasters past.
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    Excerpt: powers (merged)

    Hurrah. Far more crunchy than I expected it to be. Definition of terms is always a good thing. Interestingly the definitions of allies (and I'm pleased that you aren't your own ally. MPD is annoying) and enemies explicitly allows bag o' rat tricks, like with cleave. Of course, if thats...
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    D&D 4E New 4e Info! GAMA Tradeshow Scoop

    Hmm. I remember starting the game in the arena and just insulting the arena master and getting fight after fight. You level up pretty quickly and the game is pretty much a cakewalk from then on. You just have to stop and rest and start a new series of fights before the really big desert...
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    4th Edition Mounted Combat ... did I miss anything?

    There should be something, at least for general riding rules. I doubt they'll be much in the way of powers. And thinking about it, riding may just end up being really simple and a check of dex + 1/2 level. If absurd damage multipliers happen to fall out of the game, however, I will not be sad.
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    Multiclassing via Feats. Thoughts?

    Also, channel divinity is a class feature, not a power as such (as in, it isn't taking up an encounter power slot).
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    Multiclassing via Feats. Thoughts?

    Yeah, I think you take the other class' powers instead of one of your own. Getting them in addition is crazy good, and throws off the progression chart in the 'tiers of play' article. A free power would give you 33-25% more power each encounter. Though it may be like the half-elf warlock...
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    Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

    Your sarcasm aside, I wish they would do this.
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    Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

    If you'll front the gas money, I'll buy the sharpie and drive to WotC's printer. :cool:
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    Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

    Only if the best approach to dealing with concerns is to dismiss them entirely if you don't share them.
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    Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

    I've played with enough gamers to know you're glossing over a major detail- by the fifth time he complains that he can't find the 'weapon master' in the book, you're going to be annoyed enough that you're going to snap and say fine, write 'Kensai' down on your rastafraggling character sheet...
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