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I tend to agree with the statement, and the fact that you can draw similarities to several current American political issues is pretty astounding. If you want to hear about an awesome character concept in 4E (dread words, I know!), my brother's Tiefling sounds excellent. He's a Tiefling who is...

... wow, I never thought I'd say this, but the post someone said that the worst enemy of 4E was its own fans just came true to me. Lizard publicly states he's changing his view on at least one major obstacle to 4E he has, and he gets statements claiming he's stupid? I am pro-4E, and have been...

I would like to point out something regarding the 4E Paladin. At the very least, a Paladin's player who decides to role-play cowardice in combat gimps his role. A Paladin's Divine Challenge, by its latest wording that we have, more or less does not work if the Paladin is played as a coward, of...

First, Lizard, let me applaud you for your courage in stating something like this. You're a rather high-profile personage here, and this public airing of this switch in perception (as opposed to simply burying it in a thread somewhere) is very good to see from the standpoint of forum conduct...

Mudstrum, if that's really a quote by Vecna, shouldn't it be, "It's all fun and games until someone gains an eye?" ;) It's sort of like Sauron saying, "It's all fun and games until someone gains a Ring." ;)

Personally, I think they've been reading too much Order of the Stick (if someone can indeed do that)... LG - Miko (note: No one ever said that LG is 'more good' than G) G - Roy Unaligned - V E - Xykon CE - Scribble It's pretty cut-and-dry from that standpoint. :p

I don't necessarily have to worry about this, but I have made it clear to my players (and several of the players have made it clear as well!) that they definitely want a sense of 'wonder' and 'discovery' with 4E. E.g., none of my players are looking at the monster entry excerpts. Thus, if any...

While I like the system for Dragonmarks, issues like grafts should be handled with rituals. It's very analogous to magic item enchantment.

To borrow a phrase from failure analysis (and engineering in general), hit points and other ablative effects fail gracefully (at least mechanically), while binary effects fail catastrophically. In general, minions are a superset of exception-based design, in some ways. That seems to be the...

Considering that I will be running games for my group for quite a while after release (or I at least I hope so!), I think my first character will be a Psion or a Necromancer. Or a Bard. Most likely one of those three.

Well, the math regarding AoE attacks vs. minions is breathtakingly elegant, IMO. The math, quite simply, is: percentage chance to hit ~= percentage of minions targeted that are killed I think the point above about minions being a different type of ablation needs to be be reiterated. Also...

BrownJenkin: I would say that you could read almost all theory about why WotC does something as 'something they think would be in their own best interest'. Since most people find that to be an obvious statement (only the insane willingly do something that is against their own best interest)...

Okay, the Sneak Attack rules seem to justify getting the damage (as it should...). The range question is still there. It would really suck (comparatively) if the Warlord and the ally in question both had to be in melee range. Switch the Rogue to a TWF Ranger (assuming they get Hunter's...

Well, first, Warlords don't necessarily appeal to the same type of player that, say, a Rogue appeals to. It is meant to appeal to the tactical-minded (and clearly that at-will is made more for the Tactical Warlord), and also to those who like telling other _players_ how to run their characters...

Clearly, some classes are more 'hybrid' than others, where role is concerned, even in the PH. The Paladin has some Leader functions (Lay on Hands, Defender-through-buffing) in addition to his primary Defender role. Alternatively, you can state this as a Paladin seems to use the means of a...

Argument #1: Races with a Con bonus have more Healing Surges and more HP, and the Dwarf can Second Wind as a minor action. This is good for any character, but best for a Defender. I believe your counter-argument to this is that the higher AC of the Halfling is another way to mitigate damage...

Wait, so being a Defender means you're not allowed to Dodge? How odd. I would hope that there's room in a game for a nimble, dodge-oriented Defender. And if you want to know how he gets the enemy to focus on him, cf. Tasselhoff.

I think that halflings will make better Paladins than Fighters, for a couple reasons. As pointed out above, halflings can have a generally high AC compared to most characters their level. Let's say that the Halfling has an AC (base) 1 higher than most in his party. If he is the defender, this...

Well, at least they give the Dragonborn the option. Otherwise, the utility of a Blast 5 vs. Blast 3 could really be up in the air. (Unless there's no friendly fire here....) Another interesting feat is the +2 dmg when bloodied. That can be anything from nigh-worthless (Dragonborn Rogue) to...

I find this is interesting. I generally have a good head for remembering situational modifiers, so that wasn't something that bothered me so much in 3.5, much less 4E. I'd like to see them all before commenting fully, but it's very interesting. On a somewhat different note, for those of us...