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But that's one of the things that defines Forgotten Realms, the deities interacting so directly with the world.

I'm sure there'll be another Mystra, or a deity taking over her portfolio and re-establishing the Weave. Most likely, just in a new form, to provide an explanation for the magic system changes.

1372 at the start, 1375 from Expedition to Undermountain I believe.

But that's just it. The only thing I've seen anybody complain about as far as dying is the lousy die rolls. (And even then, a lousy die roll at the beginning of a battle specifically.) I do think that save-or-die spells should go except for maybe one or two. Beyond that, a well-designed action...

I, personally, like magical items, and like to have them in my games. Usually, by level 20, every character in a group will have at least one very major item. But I totally agree on the 'pure stat boost' items. I'd like to see a wider variety of effects that can be used to build more interesting...

Are you sure? DirectX 10 is the latest and it only works on Windows Vista. I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere that DDI would be Vista-only.

Actually, I'd say it's more like buying a 'making of' documentary. Maybe it doesn't go into detail of how it's made, (if such documentaries did they'd have to spend half their time explaining the techniques being used), but it gives insights. I'm hoping the same will be said of these books...

Rate of advancement, while in some people's campaigns may be linked to power level, is totally separate when comparing power levels between editions in that manner. It could take 10 minutes to get to level 20 if you multiply XP a few times, but if 20th level wizards have Wish still, that's a...

It's not difficulty, it's annoyance factor, plain and simple. Once you get beyond a certain level and have enough money to restock multiple quivers between adventures, it's pointless to track since nobody'll ever run out. Thus, it's time spent for no real gain.

Why? I only once ever let players level up in the middle of play, (and that was a general anything-goes game that nobody was taking seriously anyway). Since levelling up will still only happen every 2 to 3 sessions (instead of 3 to 4... big change, that), you could easily leave levelling to the...

So you avoid all high level play? (Something that would *never* work for me. I, and those I play with, like high level play. Thus, why we stopped keeping track of these things, even though I do like details.) Or do you just stop keeping track when you get to high levels?

I *love* getting into the details like that, but really, as Dragonblade said, it comes down to a time issue. Especially since I mostly just play in text chat and keeping track of stuff to that level just slows down an already slow medium.

I'm kind of on the fence on this one. It's true, for the most part, it is just flavour. On the other hand, it's *major* flavour. The story opportunities they provide measure up more than most other aspects. One possibility is, with the change away from Vancian spellcasting (finally), they may...

Yeah, but we'd previously heard of those. This seems to have been something brand new.

Um.. D&D Insider is free until the game comes out. You can see preview articles free there until then.

Yep. I want those articles.

The only reason they publish books at all is to make money. That doesn't mean the game won't be good, though. In fact, it's more likely it will be. The better the game is, the more money they make.

Personally, I like the whole thing for the default book. I just hope that they keep the subraces for Forgotten Realms. (Or, at least a historical reference to them, if they get wiped during the spellplague.) Forgotten Realms needs it's sun and moon elves, even if just historically speaking. (I...

I'd like to as well.

I don't know if they answer PM's, but I sent him one asking that very question in response to that blog.