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This is one of the first things about 4e I've found largely disappointing, though as often happens the complaints so far in the thread have been extreme enough to lead me to develop some sympathy for WotC's system. As others have mentioned, the treasure parcel system (while it is no doubt...

Arguments about the unbelievability of the minion rules seem to rest on the notion that various particular individuals in the game world "are minions," and noticeably so. But that's not what minion status is for. An individual character (PC or NPC) considered as an individual is never a minion...

That actually keeps you knocked prone longer than without the "Save ends," though. You don't roll a saving throw until the end of your next turn, when you could just stand up as a move action on your turn. Deadstop

The feat could even give the same bonus as a trained skill (+5), only in an area of endeavor not covered by a standard "adventuring skill." That would keep the math for such rolls on par with standard skill rolls. Further reflection might reveal something terribly wrong with that notion, but...

Yeah, that surprised (and kinda disappointed) me too. The level curve seems a lot shallower in 4e; both monsters and spells are spread out a lot more, and stuff that used to be relatively low level is pushed higher up on the food chain. Still, with the two weakest orc types being minions, it...

The "duke doesn't take well to intimidation" example seems to be part of the new way they're "statting out" NPCs for use in social challenges like this one. Look back at the "vampire caravanserai" Role vs. Roll article. All the NPCs are described in terms of which social skills work best on...

Power swapping seems to me to make it even easier to create a character who starts at a higher level. Just give him the appropriate feats and choose some powers from the second class in place of powers from the primary class. You don't have to worry about when he theoretically would have taken...

It seems likely that the "origin" types correspond to parts of the 4e cosmology: Aberrant = hailing from the Far Realm Elemental = hailing from the Elemental Chaos (including the Abyss) Fey = hailing from the Feywild Immortal = hailing from a Dominion of the Astral Sea Natural = hailing from...

Aberrant is an origin, though. Ooze is being suggested as a "shape," like humanoid or beast. You could have natural oozes (gray ooze and the like), elemental oozes (the classic "moving lump of stuff" elementals), and even immortal oozes (Juiblex?) in addition to aberrant oozes. Deadstop

According to someone who has played the actual game, in this very thread, NPCs get those too. This one's true. A first-level fighter has the "martial power source" backing him up, whereas a typical first-level guard does not. It's like the 3e "fighter" vs. "warrior," only probably even more...

Where are you getting this? Has anyone but you ever said these things? Yes, in the "default D&D demographics," they are cutting down on the number of people running around with PC classes or the equivalent. That doesn't mean "4e does not allow NPCs to achieve the same things as PCs." What...

Since it's entirely possible to build NPCs with the PC rules, this is untrue. Heck, you can even give a simplified-build NPC the exact spread of PC powers you want him to have, without worrying about how he leveled up to get there or anything. We've seen quite a few monster-style 4e NPCs by...

I am a little surprised that the Defensive Training description doesn't read "defenses" rather than "save rolls." The description is obviously a brief blurb that merely summarizes the actual power, so it could be that defenses are what is meant. ("+2 to all defenses" seems to be a common...

You are certainly correct on the human/dinosaur coexistence front, but your timeframe is off just a little bit. The dinosaurs only died out about 65 million years ago, so it certainly didn't take 100 million years for us to evolve, else we would not be here yet. I have heard much the same and...

I would imagine that you normally can. However, the pregen cleric and paladin have "Channel Divinity" encounter powers which specifically state that you can only use one Channel Divinity power per encounter, not one of each. Because it's specifically mentioned there that you can't use more...

Thank you! Um, I actually went and re-posted my thread on the EN Publishing forum, figuring this was the wrong place. I came back here to edit my post with a "disregard" message, only to find you'd already responded. Feel free to delete my other thread, or however you deal with such thing...

I have become intrigued by the War of the Burning Sky adventure series. I eagerly attempted to download the free Player's Guide, Campaign Guide, and first adventure to get further information before subscribing, only to find that those items do not seem to be available. Am I doing something...

I reacted the same way at first. But the report doesn't indicate that the priestess-monster has beaten the angel yet. The session ended when she entered combat. Also, it was still the players who earned those NPC allies, and even the players' actions that influenced the priestess-monster to...

I don't quite see what you mean. Looking at the kobold slinger statblock, it has a sling. It has special ammo for that sling in defined numbers (3 total, minus however many have been used in the combat). Each type of special ammo has a defined effect in addition to the normal sling damage. So...