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But, you can defile from 1st level. And don't give me the "but Dark Sun characters start at 3rd level" stuff. This is 4th edition, there's no need to start at 3rd level anymore. So your fix means 1st level characters literally cannot be defilers. That doesn't work.

I'm so glad that WotC learned something from WoW. Just like in previous editions of D&D, WoW has far too many spells at higher levels. Yes, spells are upgraded as you gain levels, but there are just too many of them. I love that you replace lower level powers with higher level ones. It makes...

Considering that you only get 2 at-will powers throughout your entire career, defiling should not be an at-will power. Plus, considering you can only use one power per round without using an action point, you literally couldn't defile without burning an AP. That's ridiculous. Defiling should be...

My head's going to explode.

I'm hoping that thri-kreen will be in the Forgotten Realms book, if not the MM. If there are no PC rules, it shouldn't be too hard to create them. I'm down with Ogres as Half-Giants, it seems simple and elegant. I wouldn't want a Sorcerer King epic destiny, but rather a dragon epic destiny...

Aw. And I was hoping it would be a paragon path / epic destiny for the tieflings. Damn.

The easiest way to do psionics at first would be the half-elf multi-class like ability to use an at-will power as a per encounter power. Just give that to everyone. Half-elves get a total of two. Just call that one a 'psionic' power source. You could pick just about any power in the game, I'm...

I was on board for some of your quick fixes: coinage, wizards are default defilers, and the gear. I like the fix for dragonborn, that's a good idea, but I wouldn't want the half-giants to go. I would prefer keeping as much about the original as possible. I would go with dragonborn are the...

I was thinking combo as well. I liked Planescape, but hated Spelljammer (once I grew up), so I really hope they avoid mixing the two.

Pardon my re-organization... Medieval fantasy... in space... and you complain of silliness. I'm confused.

There is definitely some blindness going on, that's for sure. As I stated in my post, I can't log-on to Gleemax 90% of the time. There are many others having similar, or worse, issues with it. If DDI is based on Glee, they're automatically cutting out all those people. If they only do on-line...

This is just proof that once maverick companies that end up on top go from being innovative to conservative. If you look at the other game companies you'll notice that many/most offer their pdfs at a discount compared to the pdfs. Green Ronin offers their pdfs before the print book, this helps...

Except those same DMs will still likely say PHI and DMGI are the only books they'll allow. The "core" label only made it easier. We had the same issue back in AD&D with my group. The DM refused to allow Barbarians, Cavaliers, or Acrobats because Unearthed Arcana wasn't "core". Strange thing was...

D'oh!

I would assume it's not going to be anything like Fighter 5/Cleric 2 = 7th level character. As they're already doing away with PrCs (having changed them to Paragon Paths and Epic Destinies). It's likely a simple talent tree. Multiclass 1 (you get to pick from the first row of abilities from the...

Considering that WotC has announced they will publish one setting per year, we could see five or six before the next edition. But, remember that over here there are 311 votes for Dark Sun. Even assuming 100% of the voters here voted on that one, you're still missing a couple of votes.

I don't know about paladins as templars. The were never described as meat-shield defenders. They were the bureaucrats and spell-slingers, more like clerics or even warlocks with a "sorcerer-king" pact. That fits much closer to the source material. As for the preservers vs defilers, the split...

That's so cool. Can I just tell you how much I love POD and pdf books. I know that there aren't as many people into Dark Sun as say, Forgotten Realms or Eberron. But with the ability to print on demand and release ebooks there only restriction is developer time. With POD and ebooks there's no...

That argument doesn't track. Sure, competition forces companies to make better games. But, seeing what White Wolf did with Exalted made D&D better. With 3rd party D&D products, not so much. With the OGL, any crunch put out could be swiped by WotC, so that's free design, but the vast majority of...

Good points. Personally I like the original series of novels best, and the original box. I hated the revised edition and the changes made. I prefer to play before the novels, so Tyr has her slaves and Kalak is still in charge. Let the characters be the heroes. Others disagree. It's like the...