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Cut and Run is not "a better invenstment in the long run" it's just better. Two [w] attacks do more damage than one 2[w] attack and you can shift. Thundertusk boar strike is also just "better" for similar reasons.

You missed Rogue, but sure.

Make whole, Magic mouth and Silence don't require a check, the "Arcana" designation just describes the type of reagents to use. Comprehend Languages has a check, but it works fine even if you botch it. Tenser's floting disk is much more usefel with high arcana, but can still be used without it...

Templates work by moving normal monsters to Elites, and Elites to Solos, adding Templates to Solos would make them "double Solos" or "annoying and unfun".

RAI, yes, I agree, but RAW, Reliable doesn't say "if you don't hit" it says "if you miss", as in... if (miss) --do not use up power. Or using 4e terms Daily * Martial Weapon Standard Action --- Close Burst one Target: Each enemy in burst you can see. attack: blah vs blah hit: do damage/effect...

Uhm, no, it really, REALLY didn't. It had rules for making NPCs(which had their own problems), but the rules for making monsters where "give it bunch of stuff, find a monster with similar stats and give it the same CR". Sorry, that's wrong it also had stuff like "does it have hit dice between...

page 295 "knocking a creature unconsious".

1)Longbows do more damage. 2)Crossbows better fit the assassin archetype.

Well, it's one point of damage per weapon die, which scales nicely with encounter powers, daily powers, and twin strike, and makes it better than weapon focus, which is a perfectly acceptable heroic feat. (as well as better than two weapon fighting which two weapon defence needs, which seems...

It also got some of the best reviews for a bond movie in ages. So yes, I think it's a good analogy, allthough not the one the OP meant.

Note also that level ~1 is when you get magic +blah items, with the intention of making the flashy items a better option.

The GM puts them there.

Yeah, Microsoft products actually need tech support from time to time, D&D pretty much doesn't. If they take down the FAQ/errata that would be annoying, but I don't see the problem with this, especially since most people playing 3.x will be playing heavily house ruled versions or pathfinder anyway.

A couple of things. 1)Allready mentioned, it's not theft, it's copyright infringment. What does this mean? It means if you get busted you'll get sued for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars instead of the community service/month of jail/slap on the wrist you'd get for stealing $35 of...

So what you're saying is 4e is the only version that's balanced for the way people actually play D&D in the real world, as opposed to to some theoretical ideal? I agree.

They're set up to have the same amount of squares they do with Squares, 1, 4, 9, etc, which is why they look a little weird

Exactly, the major difference is not that you get penalties to hit, but that your int is lower, and you'll get less out of the encounter powers which give int based bonuses. This is not actually some huge deal.

I think you mean "at will power" or "class ability" as the "Novice Power" feat lets you swap encounter powers fine. (You can technically swap at will powers, it's just difficult and possibly not worth it, and you can never swap class abilities)

Although it should be pointed out that a magic shuriken will return to your hand after every attack, so if you've a magic one, it's the only one you'll need.

They're decent. I like the starting feats, and unlike certain people, I think the Power swap feats are fine. Choosing another class's Paragon Path has specific issues (Warlocks & Rangers to be specific) and the actual swapping out a Paragon Path for "full" multiclassing seems like a complete...