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Sadly, Essentials does not include the Ritual rules. Which makes me wonder if we'll see them reprinted/updated in one of the Class Compendium articles. Two of the classes (Cleric and Wizard) have Ritual Caster, and if the articles are intended to be used by players brought in through...

Are you really going to waste an opportunity by asking an obviously bitter version of the same question that was already asked in March?

The Fighter still has like 40-50 more powers than the next closest class, even counting the new powers from Heroes of Shadow, and is about to get some errata love from the Class Compendium article (with feats, too). The Martial Power Source still has more powers than Arcane, despite Arcane...

It's an Eberron novel, and branding it with D&DO will probably give it more visibility than branding it with Eberron. I'm curious about that board game, Dungeons of Dread. It says "game board" and that it comes with 4 adventures. That makes me worry that its not going to be compatible with...

Then it's a good thing that Monte Cook isn't writing this one.

And I'm saying CLASS BALANCE IS STILL THERE, THEY'RE JUST EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY!

Your "go back to 3e/AD&D if you want an Essentials-type Fighter" argument misses the remarkable difference between the Knight/Slayer and the 3e/AD&D Fighter: the Essentials classes don't become obsolete by mid-levels because other classes can take care of things without them. I'm a huge fan of...

Yes, and this preview doesn't dispell that belief, since it shows a tiny fraction of one build of the class.

What gets me is that every official mention of the Class Compendium book and later the replacement articles is very clear about the 5 classes being covered being the PHB1 versions with any new errata needed written in the overly verbose Essentials layout, but people still jump to the conclusion...

Inherent bonuses from DMG2 included attack, defenses, and damage. It did not include any bonus from critical hits, which is what the Dark Sun update fixed.

So, people are able to use HoS with either the PHBs or the Essentials books, whichever they prefer. And that's a... bad thing? Did you not read any of the other non-Martial classes? All of which get at-will, encounter, and daily attack powers at the same rate (and at the same levels) as the...

The power point-using psionic classes are not using the same progression as the previous classes. They are far more different from the previous class designs than the majority of the Essentials class design (most of which still use the A/E/D breakdown). To claim otherwise is to ignore objective...

Nice attempt to avoid me pointing out how ridiculous your claim is, but you didn't quite dodge it. It still comes down to this: A Paladin who chooses Pelor as a patron deity has to be Good, by the book. A Cavalier who chooses Sacrifice as his virtue has to be Lawful Good, by the book. Neither...

Which is no different than a power having a rider effect because you're Fey Pact and not being able to benefit from it since you're Infernal Pact. Just like the Necromancer would miss out on any powers that give an extra bonus for having the Implement Mastery (Staff) class feature. The same...

Astral Weapon, a paladin PP level 20 daily power. If it kills an evil/chaotic evil creature, it recharges.

Let me get this straight... A PHB1 Paladin having to be Lawful Good to be a servant of Pelor is not a restriction, but a HotFK Paladin (Cavalier) having to be Lawful Good is a restriction, despite both of them having the exact same mechanical punishment for violating the requirement: nothing?

With the amount of times this complaint comes up as if it were new to Essentials-type builds, I wonder if anybody actually read the description of the divine classes in PHB1 and PHB2? Every divine class, with the exception of Runepriest and Warpriest, have alignment restrictions. Most have to...

If it's in PHB2, then it's not the Seeker, since that debuted in PHB3.

They might be allowing you to actually select the weapons that show. I've got a player who has a couple different weapons for different rider effects for his Fighter, and now he just takes a black marker and marks off the weapon he never uses with particular powers.

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