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I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this. It'll probably all come down to the organization within the class chapter.

Well, 'run away' is a vague term that I believe here really means 'gets far enough away from the monster so that the monster cannot attack the Paladin'. It's quite possible that the Paladin is off doing other things. Whether or not it is an exploit in terms of actual game mechanics, it is an...

Er, Seraph, I know they commented that they changed the Paladin's Divine Challenge (or, in my mind, 'clarified' it)... have they said the same for the fighter? Nice review. About the only thing I'm worried about now is the over-tacticalization of my home game, but that's not nearly a new...

Wolf: At that point, the argument will shift to how the data was collected. Self-election, statistically meaningless polls, etc. etc. etc. ;) Seriously, while I'm sure WotC will listen to feedback, they need to watch for any extreme unduly influencing their PoV.

Well, if you really want to discuss statistics... Please throw out the extreme data points in the reviews. I contend that we have 3 basic groups of data points to consider. One group is 'very positive', one is 'positive', and one is 'ambivalent'. Since we have no out-and-out negative...

I get my 70% statistic from a general idea of how many reviews I've read, and how many sounded very positive as opposed to 'just positive'. We're also getting into the realm of customer satisfaction, being the difference between what a customer expects to receive and what a customer does...

Er, if you don't read the full reviews (and please note, by your own admission you've read 1 part of what was explicitly a multipart review), how can you expect to create an informed opinion regarding them? The only review I've seen on here by someone who actually played the game that was not...

Karin: Well, I have a question for you in response to this. How many people do you know would go to a Con (completely paying their own way, in both time and money) simply to trash it? I can't think of many people, off the top of my head. Also, all reviews I've read so far have mentioned...

Well, the whole 'getting rid of extremes' is a statistically sound approach... if you use it properly. (Like everything in statistics.) However, the question here is what are the extremes of your data set. Right now, you have at least 70% of the people who have played the game saying it's...

While in some areas, you can argue that 4E helps verisimilitude, I don't feel it has more or less verisimilitude so much as the placement of it is different. For example, the OP makes a cogent argument about how the same magic heal has widely different simulationist effects based on its target...

I must say, this sounds like a very balanced 4E review. I'm not downplaying what anyone else has said about it, but this has both good and bad to say in about equal amounts. (Alternatively, you could describe this as 'a grousefest _on an overall positive experience_'.)

Well, for those using the DDXP information to infer a lack of role-playing options in 4E... Since we know that we're not seeing everything in 4E, why are you assuming that the characters we have seen are the sum total of what's available? I mean, if the dungeon delves are pure combat...

This contradicts what we've heard from WotC employees. This is the only disconnect I've seen, and what he says about running a game is _very_ similar to what WotC employees said on the latest podcast. Overall, good times.

Er, doesn't Power of Amauntor require the power to be augmented to do radiant damage?

While I am very pro-4E, the argument presented that there is no 'wrong' race to play for a certain class is incorrect when considered from a crunch perspective. Consider, if you will, the following two races for consideration when doing a Str-based class. Race 1: +2 Str, +2 Con Race 2: +2 Dex...

I would like any/all information they could give re: the Warlord. Information similar to what we've received from the character sheets would be more than sufficient.

While comparisons between game systems are not fool-proof, 4E is not the first system to use the idea of 'healing surges'. I know Earthdawn did, and they handled the 'healing potion' situation in both ways, actually. 1) You had 'Booster Potions' which allowed the use of a Healing Surge in...

Hmmm, no Warlord? How very disappointing. I have no fewer than 3 players in my group who are simply dying to see what the Warlord is like, and the omission is... irritating. Oh well, hope one hits today.

Um, I hate to do this... AGAIN... but where are the other character sheets? I've looked in every blog and forum that I know of connected with DDXP, and I cannot find them. Thanks in advance. *feeling bad*

I hate to bring up something that seems 'settled', but is there a known 'speak no evil' clause in the NDAs under discussion? Having playtested quite a few different games, every NDA I've seen says, 'You can't talk about this. Period.' Once the NDA is up, you can say anything you like (about...