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THIS. If you're reaching out and puttin' the hurtz on *one* creature, you're a striker, not a controller. Even if what you're doing is redirecting that creature.

I don't really see how a Ranger (or Monk, for that matter) would make a Controller. They really seem to me to be about 'Reaching out and touching someone' not 'shaping the battlespace'.

I'll venture that it won't be a Martial class; I'm just not seeing how the flavor of that would work. And it *is* possible that there will be just one controller class! But, it's no fun to speculate that there won't be one, so here I go :p Beyond that, I don't think we even have a...

So would I! But it seemed (throughout 3.x) that most encounters tended to be very short (note: no Dragons are included in this). My theory is that 4e reduces the damage output/round of everything, so that combats will last longer and that larger numbers of weaker opponents are a meaninful challenge.

This sounds like support of my less-damage-per-round theory--7 rounds is pretty long for most of my mid-to-high level, one opponent battles.

Admittedly, I'm amazed at how *poorly* gleemax works: I mean, most of the widely used blog & bulletin board software is pretty lame by my standards[1]--but virtually all of them are better than Gleemax! A quick list of Gleemax's failings: - Terrible Color Scheme - Terrible Font Size defaults -...

Amen: at $1-2 dollars, I'll unlock every tome I buy[1]! (well, OK: I won't unlock the two Preview books ;) It seems well worth it to me: a pdf version, with errata interpolated, and full ability interpolation in the character gen for ~$1.50? [1] Which is likely to be most of them...

Tease! Oh, and welcome to ENWorld! I've found your two playtests interesting, even if you're very careful about letting good stuff slip :D

Heh! that works for me: and you'd have (I'm guessing) 5 majors per suit? (1-10 + 5 majors = 15 cards per suit). 40 majors is enough to suit me :p

Or, (especially for D&D worlds) you could have the new 4 map to outer-planar/alignment types: Light(Good), Dark(Evil), Rules(Law), Changes(Chaos). Or something along those lines. Of course, if you're building a super-tarot, you'll need major arcana as well: I recommend The Drama Queen, The...

Fixed, sorry: but I'm surprised that it was even a problem (1000px isn't exactly huge...) Anyway, thanks to James Jacobs for letting us in on the Graz'zt's dad issue, too!

So that's where Darth Maul got his horns! :p And that was a really cool article, too.

Leeds Castle would be good, if you're anywhere near it!

I'd prefer a dragon-man type race, personally. Just so long as it's not those damn Bat-people that WotC seems to love for some reason!

If you go with Big Box stores, choose one of the warehouse-type outfits (Sam's Club, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.). You can climb up the racks and hide on top of them. Heck, in the Home Depot or Lowe's, you can use the Lumber to make catwalks and have quite a setup, 20' off the ground! If you...

I get the distinct feeling that Tieflings are 'anti-Numenoreans': A Human offshoot via Diabolic interbreeding that rose to great power in the distant past, but has since fallen to ruin & are now rare.

It's a secret. One-handed! No, but it rolls better if you wear an eyepatch. Sorry, I couldn't resist!

I think you're spot here: slower move for everybody makes for more tactical positioning; if everyone's movement rates are 'cross the board' it cuts down on the tactical aspect. Well, unless you have chess-like movement rules (In 4e, Clerics can only move diagonally, & Fighters can only move...

Yah, but they're a troop of minion Commoners, every 4 of which are as powerful as 1 actually commoner! ;)

Darn it, you beat me! Oh well: SKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURGE! :D And on the whole, we really do know a lot more: the recent 'it's still a d20 game' post told us far more in a few lines than *ANY* of the 3e previews did!