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Heh, let's see... we got a mama War Troll, a papa Mountain Troll and a baby... err... Troll-troll ! :D

1,545 HP Orcus, 'eh...? Looks like he might finally be tough enough to hold his realm against the odd ambitious Balor or two... ;)

I've got an updated version of Greyhawk in the works for 4e which I'll run until they actually get to the setting (hopefully in 2010 :D). Mix in a lil' Planescape when it comes out...

I'm talking about about the "advanced" game naturally. It feels odd in that now there is only Good flavored Law and Evil flavored Chaos now in D&D. I should have said the Moorcockian influence is stronger again D&D which had really put it's own stamp down with it's wider range of Chaotics and...

LOL! When does any "discussion" on alignment end well? :D

There's definitely more Moorcockian influence on alignment now (Law associated with "Good", Chaos with "Evil"). On the surface it feels rather odd for D&D though, given the game's history. I'm curious to see where they're going with this because I'm not seeing an obvious improvement to the game...

I think the principle was no "one-shot" wonders, but we already knew you could be turned to stone for example (from the beholder interview) - just that it wasn't immediate and so someone has a chance to intervene before you're out of the fight. I'm guessing that in the green dragon's case, epic...

Honestly I was quite anxious to find out myself what they had cooked up. When they first started talking about raising the dead it sounded like they might have something interesting up their sleeve. My guess was that with the Shadowfell so prominant in the new cosmology (and where spirits first...

Well, KotS would seem to seem to disagree with that premiss - that wee little village has an NPC priestess who can raise dead. My central issue with it remains that it's just throwing money at the problem in the end, and that's not what we we're led to believe...

I'd also be interested in hearing about how NPCs are handled...

Anyone get a look at some of the heavyweights in the MM, for example... Orcus? An ancient Dragon? The Tarrasque? Even just some tidbits I'm sure would be interesting...

Did either of you find any Paragon Paths or Epic Destinies that caught your eye? Any nifty Fighter powers?

True, it looks pricey, but WotC really led us to believe that returning to life was going to be more of a hurdle than just throwing money at the problem... :(

Thanks indeedy! This is like a dozen WotC "excerpts" all in one night! :D

Sweet... :cool:

Yeah, that was my impression as well - I wonder though if Raise Dead has any conditions attached to it such as requiring a relatively whole body. Perhaps if you destroy the body (burn it, hack it to salsa...) it can't be raised?

Thanks Thalmin! That's almost exactly what I imagined it would be. :cool: Are the stats chosen for you depending on your class (which is what I expect) or do you choose?

Did anyone catch what kind of ability score bonuses classes gained as they leveled?

I'd like to know this as well as I thought they weren't going the Far Realms angle on this (though I hope it is!)...

Yeah, that's what I thought... just enough to get you goin'. I imagine DDI will flesh out a bunch of these races as well.