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Arcanists and mages are the two major types of wizards. Mages have a specialty school and arcanists specialize in a type of implement.

Changes coming in Essentials and part 2. Also, races have ability score bonus options and some have alternate racial powers (see change documents above).

As far as threatening reach goes, the DM's guide advises that you describe to the players the feature of the monster that is giving it threatening reach.

Look at it this way: he could be using Arcane Admixture and Enlarge Spell to make Winged Horde a burst 3. Or he could be a gnome psion that's adding slide 5 to any at-will attack he makes while hidden.

When your character performs certain actions, he can't defend herself as well. Enemies may take advantage of this opportunity to make an attack, hence the name. Opportunity attacks are triggered by a) making Ranged or Area attacks in melee (not Close attacks) or b) moving out of a square...

Yes. It's called "all the old ones are uncommon." It's an easy rules to remember. The exceptions are listed in either this document or this one.

"We Greyhawk the bodies.": We search the bodies for any and all valuable material, but you don't need to tell us how much it is right now. Comes from Living Greyhawk, where there was almost every adventure had way more gold in it than you were allowed to keep afterwards. Pinchy: A Resourceful...

Well, the thief has the maximum attack bonus he can get at this level, which is important for a thief. They don't have daily or encounter powers for big bursts of damage, it's good for them to ensure they deliver damage consistently. I'm not sure about the knight's AC, though. 8 for plate, 2...

So instead of worrying about the content that the players actually bring to the table, you want to screen every piece of content they could possibly bring to the table? Wouldn't it be a whole lot simpler to have a discussion with your players about what power level everyone is comfortable with?

Just ask to review what the players actually pick. That's a drastically smaller set of options. Besides that, 4e is balanced enough. There are a few outliers, but the vast majority of material for 4e can be let in without worry.

I'm not following your argument here. In 3.x, DMs had to limit the amount of content in their game if they wanted any semblance of balance. In 4e, I have seen absolutely no problem with allowing every every source available. So if you aren't concerned about the power level of content in...

The problem is you give up your healing ability to get it. In encounters without acid, cold, fire or lightning damage, you can trigger zero healing surges. But when it applies, you'll prevent a huge amount of damage. I haven't played a Runepriest, though. With careful coordination, maybe...

Rune of elemental attuning is pretty niche and should only be considered if you're firmly committed to being a second leader in a party. On the other hand, Subversive Word is pure, unadulterated crazy. And by crazy, I mean awesome.

Wow! A blast from the past! Is it 2008? I keed, I keed

Once your mini isn't on the battlemat anymore, does it really matter how far off the battlemat you are?

I was disappointed that they reprinted the same old bottom-basement powers with only a couple nerfs. Why go to all this trouble just to stick some flavor text on the exact same thing? Then I reminded myself they cancelled the book this was going to be in, most likely because it wouldn't sell...

The way I see it, if it causes a (save ends), it's an attack.

Well, it doesn't work against daze or stun effects, so that knocks it down some. I'd say it's level 2 or 6 for a defender or level 10 for other roles. Also, it's eerily similar to the hobgoblin racial ability.

Yeah, I thought overland movement was assuming 2 move actions a round. I was talking assassins with my friend when I realized something: the e-ssassin's controller tricks would work a lot better with shrouds. Apply some debuffs and control while you bide your time and then boom! A devastating...

No, I mean the item category "Rare". The magic item system of 4e expressly forbids double enchanting the same item, but if you work with the players to come up with specific exceptions and limit them to one per PC, it would be fine. Although it might be fun to come up with an 'item miscability...