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Dwarves are not mammals, they are marsupials duh! Damn who would have thought my marsupial line would be ninja'd.

Yeah they don't know if the guy has 5 hp left (unless they are watching bloodied numbers very closely) if they really want a prisoner they will be 'going for subdual' most of the fight, which imo should have some slight negative to it. Also while it is assumed that monsters who go below 0 pts...

On the point about 'not enough options' in a way you are correct, there is usually one or two 'silos' for a class (cha pally, str pally) that given only what is in the phb will be hard to break out of. But the phb is very long (imo.) with little useless fat to trim (unless you are NEVER going...

I can't see any of these goblin/kobold encounters going to the death. If the leader drops or the pcs are plowing through the little guys I think they would run/beg.

Interesting that you should say this because I am looking at the character sheet for the Gnome Controller Wizard I just rolled up, guess I will go throw it in a fire.

But a controller wizard (who might have more lingering effects that will be saved against than a blaster) will get a lot of mileage out of wisdom as well. No reason you can't have a 13 cha still but I would want a +2 bonus in wis or so if I was going to roll up a controller wiz. In fact I just...

Every deities grants different powers to their clerics. If that is not a mechanical difference I dunno what is.

No but it is a bit like a political candidate saying "We won the election but only by 2000 votes, my opponent was obviously cheating" A little unsportsmanlike.

Exactly, I am still uneasy about the Diplomacy skill. And that is what, 8 years old? The problem all over the internets is peeps projecting their dislike of everything under the sun onto the 4e rules. There are plenty of things to be nerd-upset with wotc about: DDI, Dungeon cancellation etc...

Edit- I was not accurate, the real rule is: 20 or higher: Spend a healing surge. When you do so, you are considered to have 0 hit points, and then your healing surge restores hit points as normal. You are prone and conscious. If you dont have a surge, 20 is just like a 19

I have been hearing 'D&D is not a real roleplaying game, you just kill stuff and level up, X system is so much more supportive of roleplaying and telling interesting stories' Since I was playing AD&D back in 1990. People just need to face reality, 4e d&d is not a 'hardcore' roleplaying game, it...

Have to agree on the 'game stores can be staffed by jerkwads' point but I have found that Misty Mountain in Madison, wisconsin to be well run which is why I have a phb on reserve there while still getting the others from amazon. Gotta be a tough business though, nerds tend to isolation and love...

I think Wizard actually looks like a lot of fun, better than I would have thought from the pregens. Add in the Rituals (including classics like Tensers floating disk, comprehend languages etc.) and it will definitely be my first PC. After looking at the feats (which seem intentionally...

The town described makes very little sense politically, economically, sociologically etc. etc. Fortunately it doesn't have to because it is not real. How many refugees were at Helms Deep? Lots. How long would their supplies last? Long enough for the plot to play out. What speed did they...

Yeah this actually skews in favor of 4e because there is 1 positive option and many varied negative options. But web polls are worth the bits they are printed on anyway.

They do, there is one in KotS. Also the melee power would (I assume) gain the bonus of a magic weapon that is wielded. But in general I think the cleric is fine without a 20. The bonus is not that far off from anyone but the strikers and a more well rounded character will have a wider array...

Maybe I'm just old fashioned but I think the answer to questions regarding the stats of townsfolk is: Decide if I want what the player is trying to be sucessful. *roll some dice* Start BSing It's not like the PCs are going to create some gameplay imbalance if they pickpocket a few coins or...

Mine is like Great America but with a lot more booze, gambling and whores. I call it 'Les Veguoos'.

As opposed to the logic of 'Earlier today I could cast Melfs Acid Arrow but then I killed a hobgoblin and now I can cast Fireballs!!'. The game does not make sense.

Eh, it's a first level spell, you want it to be aoe paralysis?