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Dear lord, such a lengthy discussion over Detect Magic? Really? A minor spell that has been under DM reigns since day one? No wonder Magic Missile is being pummeled all over the forums...

This would be good. Better than those "random" heroes pack... Anyway, I'd like to see the iconic's CHARACTER SHEETS in the PHB too. I mean, they are already there, why not have beautifully illustrated, fully built Pregens? You can get on with the game if out of time to build one, and it's a...

;) (caption says "Long time ago, Capcom rolled 20") [edit: only, less anime, please!) So, we all meet at the town square in 30 minutes?

Oh Klaus, as if I needed another reason to like the metric system, you had to show me such a beautiful number like "10"? :p But to be realistic, I don't think we'll see a change from feet to yards/meters. There's tradition, there are too many maps already with feet measurements (the difference...

shouldn't drinking affect all your concentration based tasks? like driving? operating heavy machinery? casting a spell? picking pockets?

It does sound very good! I'd endorse this, specially if warlord healing and second wind become TempHP which disappears after the fight. To have the fighter "nova" and brutally end the combat sooner because he'd rather burn his extra THP than see them disappear, that would be totally awesome!

"Simple" and effective, I love it. Send it to the printers.

I can see something like that working. You'd switch to "Defender mode" and wait for them to come (ie. provoke OA). If you haven't had a chance to swing at anyone during the "waiting" round (this is, no one came into threat range), you make an extra attack at the start of your next round...

I used 3e to DM a one-shot modern game, where all spells were "rituals", taking 1 round per level to cast. It worked great and everyone liked it (one shot, no need for balance ;) ), so I'd like to see all spells with a ritual version. It would be thematically appropriate for some settings.

Personally, I think we won't but depending on how the playtest reports go, it's possible we see cantrips and orisons folded into a kind of Channel Divine, X per day ability. That would be more old school wouldn't it?

I suspect (hope) that they may open the playtest to online play in a couple of months, once they get whatever feedback they want from face-to-face groups.

Something is bugging me about Ray of Frost. Two things, actually. It asks for a successful ranged attack to hit - not a magic attack. (edit: ok, I just reread the "attack spells" section, my mistake). And it doesn't say anything about damage. Isn't it strange that a spell freezes you into...

Definetly, but perhaps only after we see WotC's official statement.

If they build something like the 4e assassin striker mechanic into the rogue as an alternative class feature (the one where you accumulate damage dice before attacking), I'm sure we can have a rogue sneaking around without attacking and still keep his DPR. I say alternative, because I don't...

Well, I don't think he's trying... but he sure as hell will succeed. :erm:

Or magic missile can be "locked" into a 9th level slot to make it at-will but also doing extra damage and oomph (i.e. a basic attack at 17th level). Kinda like reserve feats, but built in. The old school traditionalist may think of it as a spell with a looong duration, that allows you...

I think you're on to something, and what you said made me think about something else. What if instead of minion/standard/solo *monsters* they could shift design towards minion/standard/solo *encounters*? A group who wants highly tactical combats throughout the session should have only "solo"...

Aahhh, another reason to use eco-friendly websites! ;)

You can probably handle that by using several smaller swarms to compose the intended swarm, otherwise some area attacks might be a little weird to grasp...

I *think* it's because (most) undead are supposed to be fearless, and only the divine can make them "remember" what it is to be afraid of death again. Therefore, Turn Undead. A blessed sword could, as a magical property, be used to turn undead, but the plain "deal holy damage" types would only...