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I think that with Paladins there seems to be two schools of thought on what they are. The first is the Holy Warrior, a role which, as has been mentioned, was mostly played in editions prior to 4e by the Cleric (which was created with the intention of being a Holy Warrior). The second is that of...

I dunno, given that what it's supposed to be is a very early Alpha version, it's entirely possible that those sorts of mistakes might be present. Alpha is Alpha after all.

Not really, no. I can only assume that you're joking.

I'm curious as to why those who are thinking "OMG THIS IS TERRIBLE!" have that opinion. Treat this as if it were a playtest. Instead of simply saying the whole thing is bad, say what you don't like and why. At the very least it'll mean a little more feedback for any WotC people who happen to...

Personally, I would say not. I feel that there would have to be something other than the rules, the "crunch" as it were to assist in the engagement of the reader. However, as a caveat, I'm speaking as one not overly amazed by crunch - deeming it of secondary importance in the creation of a...

As others have said. While the consumption is necessary for a core book, don't underestimate the importance of engagement. This is a game where we're playing heroes/villains out to conquer/save the world. A book will need to be able to carry off that idea to the players - the idea that you can...

Out of all those options, I think my vote would go to the Pathfinder Magus.

Not really. The quote is about magic "unrestrained". The only edition where the restraints were really off was 3.x and we can see that the result was, indeed, everyone and their pet moose playing a wizard. As long as D&D Next keeps the restraints on, everything should be fine.

Most of the players I know seem to favour the Combat as Sport approach, taking the encounters as they come without spending the time to research them beforehand. Combat as War seems to come in to play when the party feel they have been wounded/humiliated by the enemy in question and thus feel...

I tend to be about 50% narrativist, with probably a further 30% simulationist. The other 20% tends to wander randomly.

I would like to see: Birthright: Not necessarily the setting, but the idea behind it. Greyhawk: One of the original settings, it would be nice to see it return in a modern edition. Spelljammer: The quirky one. A setting for pushing the boundries on what D&D can really do when the GM puts his...

It's not the same thing. It's turning a level 1 creature in to a level 10 creature to fight the party on an equal footing. It's not a group of level 1 creatures successfully taking on and defeating the party.

I think something I'd like to see is an ability to create encounters that can challenge a mid/high level party with just normal critters like goblins and orcs without too much number crunching on the part of the GM. It was theoretically possible in 3rd ed. (if very difficult), but virtually...

Borrowed the 2nd ed PHB, DMG and Monstrous Compendium from my local game club to read over the rules and run through a couple of scenarios. After all, it's hard to know what you want from an edition without having looked at it properly. After all, I feel that it's easier to examine the benefits...

I think that rituals, as they exist in 4th edition are not worth it. However, I think that rituals are a good idea. They were just among the many things I found to be extremely poorly implemented in 4e. Firstly, what should be a ritual? The idea that 4e had seemed to be that every spell that...

I enjoy the S/M/m actions. It works well, and has done for two editions now. I would, however, advocate the elimination of the Full-Round action (Except, perhaps, in the case of spellcasting depending on what they do to balance it out).

The Flumph, clearly. But on a more serious note, I thought that the 'loths got screwed over a bit in the last couple of editions. Especially 4th edition.

Just been re-reading the storyhour for the *counts on fingers* fourth time, and I noticed something odd. At one point in the SH, Fyrehowl got hit by a symbol of death and then, apparantly, got ressurected. How did you deal with outsider death?

Nice update. I loved the (pack?/swarm?/hoard?/plague?) of faerie dragons. Reminds me of Xaositects. Out of sheer ironic curiosity, are they likely to encounter any ratatosk's before that buisness with the Clockmaker?

Is it just me, or does this have Nisha and Clueless written all over it? A good update anyway. I look forward to Nerath's reactions.