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I don't think there is any precedent for CB prerelease material, so I'd guess no.

Seconding this sentiment. I never got to meet Gary, but I did have a brief interaction with him on these boards. The specific words I remember learning from the old 1e books were "scrupulous" and either "ascetic" or "aesthetic" (memory is fuzzy on that one). It was from the NPC personality...

I think that's the generally accepted idea. I still prefer feytouched for the enhanced nova capability (action point is +attack instead of ignore cold resistance.) I also prefer getting the teleport damage at the beginning of paragon since paragon is my ideal tier to play in, and I'd rather...

I'm a big fan of feytouched for the teleport damage. The +4 attack on an action point round is also nice, as are all of the pp powers. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the misty step replacement.

Vorpal doesn't apply to light blades. Vorpal Glaive with Gauntlets of destruction does 9 damage per [W]. Vorpal Glaive without gauntlets does 6.67 damage per [W] Glaive with gauntlets does 6 damage per [W] Standard glaive does 5 damage per [W] Vorpal d4 with brutal 1 does Sum(i=0..inf)...

<3 otherwind stride

On a related note, does anyone have a good idea on how to use a hybrid druid wild shape / beast form powers?

Btw, unless I'm mistaken, hybrids are seriously bugged in the CB right now with respect to power replacement. You can never swap out a power from a class you only have one power for. So unclear... Say you have a barb|sorc 1. Enc Sorc power 3. Enc Barb Power 7. Enc Barb Power 13. You can only...

You could do... Monster AC = 10 + (Monster Level - Player Level) ... or something similar. I've never been a big fan of having attack and defenses getting into the 30s or 40s anyway. This creates slightly more prep work for the DM, and ought to speed up combat a bit for the players.

Why do people like fighters so much?

I keep it on RSS, but I don't obsessively check every day anymore. It really needs to be at least 2/week to be worthwhile. Meanwhile, erfworld is pretty fantastic. I think it's something like 2 strips and 2 text updates each week. I'm actually more interested in that story than in OOTS at this...

Glaives are the only reach blades. This is really important for arcane classes, especially swordmages. Khopeshes fit this distinction as well (as the only blade/axes)

Some good ideas up above. As a general guide, I'd do the following 1. Ability score compatibility. 1a. Both classes sharing the primary OR both classes using the same two is best (eg. barb|sorc for str/cha) 1b. The primary of one is the secondary of the other is usually ok. 1c. Avoid...

Hybrid rules. Right now, I'm sans gaming group, so most of my fun is from 'theorycrafting' (More along the ideas of fun themes than CO). Hybrid rules give me more play with that than anything else.

I don't understand the problem with the "it ain't d&d" sentiment. I'm kind of inclined to agree. It is *very* different from my first experiences (red box basic set). That's fact, not a value judgment. I still think it's a great game, and in my opinion more satisfying than the original. What...

As a followup to this, I do enjoy that characters of different types (fighters etc.) now have more options. On the other hand, it would be nice to have some kind of gradient of simple to complex classes so that newcomers have an easy introduction and advanced players still feel they have freedom.

The blog mentions feeling overwhelmed with the number of actions at first level. I see this in the opposite light. I miss playing a wizard in previous editions and having so many options for actions that I couldn't legibly write them all on my character sheet.

If that's the case, the power is also pretty silly. It makes me want to build a battlemind who carries a tiny plastic hammer and just uses it for that power. Magic bonuses and weapon dice don't matter at all.

I think the key is just to ask your players what they want, and build your game world around those elements.

Otherkin maybe?