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Kind of like SubZero in the Mortal Kombat movie - generating his freezing field to defend against his opponent :D

I hate to say it, but the more I think about it the more I wonder if having the Cast Ritual feat available to anyone is too powerful/flexible. I mean, if the definition of overpowered is a feat which everyone takes...well, I can't see anyone building an optimized character -not- taking Cast...

I'm very much looking forward to seeing 4e's version of Greater Anyspell... re-use any xth level spell you know, as a Daily, which you then demote to an Encounter via Shape Spell, and poof: there's your master of the mystic arts, able to utilize nearly any spell in the game every 5 minutes.

You're getting +1/2 level to stat modifiers, and I would expect those to be part-and-parcel of [w] damage. So effectively, yes.

it was my understanding that the 'only the books you own' in the rules database had been scrapped in favor of the 'get everything as long as you're a subscriber' and that the e-copy of your book for a small nominal fee was still in the works? Eech, guess I better go do some more research. I...

WHO ARE YOU TO BRING LOGIC TO THE TABLE!??!?! But yeah, after the initial enthusiasm has worn off, your measured response is more appropriate. I remain cautiously optimistic, though - this is more than we've ever gotten before in the core rules. In fact, I'm interested to see what the 'cost'...

Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times YES. MY sword stays with me the entire course of my career. Finally.

Honestly I'm pretty disappointed the SWSaga HP/VP system got dropped from consideration for 4e. I thought it made a lot of sense and really liked it that it made critical hits -matter-, even from low level enemies. You could never disregard a random alley fighter - he could always get lucky and...

That was perhaps the funniest thing I've read in the past two weeks. Be my DM? :D

Mike, This being said, I think the groundswell of reaction is pretty indicative of our favoring some kind of official thoughts along this line. What would you think of maybe passing it along as an idea for a Dragon article? I'd love to see an official guideline for running classless D&D, or a...

uh....link? I'm not seeing episode 18 on the list. Nevermind, found it: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4pod/20080111e18

Two minor things: Perhaps the ally-perception-bonus only affects non-elves because they've kicked stacking to the curb and you only take the highest bonus to any particular roll? I can see where that would alleviate a lot of 3.5's issues with myriad small bonuses adding up to very significant...

Scott, for all the crap you and the other developers get, it's posts like this that make me happy to to be a D&D gamer. To have a development team that is willing to slog through all the mud flung at them and still keep a cheerful attitude and toss us the occasional tidbit, or even to have a...

That's true, but I love the IDEA of legacy weapons. I love the idea of characters and weapons being intrinsically related. I want players to be attached to their gear, not just gaff it over the second they see another blade with a better enhancement bonus. I also like Legacy weapons because...

I think they're talking about what buying the ebook gives you in context of the character generator, Scribble. All the talk I've seen has said something along the lines of 'you get the full text of the book (in some to-be-announced-ebook-format) and in addition it unlocks the data for your...

Did I miss a quote on the magic system somewhere? :( In any event, regardless of the actual percentages of their arsenals thus split, I think that could be a decent way to differentiate the 3 classes.

I was originally going to make this a separate thread, but I guess it fits in here. Perhaps what we're seeing is a break down for the "siloing" many of the developers have mentioned. We know that Vancian spellcasting is mostly gone, and it seems likely that that Wizards will be the premier...

Daan, I think the warlock would be a great class to demo the sourcebook editor with - it's quite nonstandard, and if you can make the warlock work with your tool I'll be quite impressed. Also, warlock is my favorite class, so I'm all about seeing it in Redblade and working properly! Thanks!

I think the relevant portion of the Wound Points section is as follows: "Disabled A disabled character is conscious, but can only take a single move or standard action each turn (but not both, nor can she take full-round actions). She moves at half speed. Taking move actions doesn’t risk...

Here's the situation: An artificer imbues items with two spells: Call Lightning, then Invisibility Sphere. He activates Call Lightning, and then activates the invisibility sphere. His next actions are to call down the lightning bolts while invisible. The artificer's player maintains that...