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I agree with this. There used to be a time when people bought music to listen to the entire album or CD. And even today, the album is generally referred to more than any individual song: The White Album; The Dark Side of the Moon. (Some artists still do this, like Nine Inch Nails.) But now...

And each one of the monsters were unique and distinctive, right? Right.

I'm starting to dread the general shift in the product line (before 4e is even out) toward what seems to be sourcebooks for every little thing (Chromatic dragons, Undead, etc) and the 'crunch creep' - where there's a feat here, a monster there, a paragon path over there, and so forth. Ok, there...

It's odd that the level of emphasis that they've put on the subscription-based online tools has gone from about 50% of 4e news (the 4e announcement seminar) last year to almost 0% one month from the launch of 4e. I kind of think that they realized that it might be a mistake to try to overcome...

Ack! The first time I meet a cartoon or comics fan of questionable taste and reason, playing a halfling rogue that wants to use playing cards as weapons and tries to speak with a Lousiana 'gat' - poorly - I'm going to hunt you down! (Or maybe I'd just force him to wear the pink and purple...

1) I think that indicates what a low, moderate, or high DC would be for the skill challenge - DCs vary by level. They'd almost have to, with the way that check modifiers increase (1/2 level + bonus...) So a skill challenge "equal to the level of the party" would mean that the target DCs are...

Eh... not cinematic enough. How about this? Skill challenge: find your way up through four levels of dungeon before the place crashes down around your ears. Anyway, it's fantasy. You can have damage without total destruction, to whatever extent the DM wants. He shouldn't have to consult a...

Have you been to an American airport since around 2002? :D Seriously, though, how about this: "When we left off last session, you found out that Thorikan was heading to Archer's Gate to steal the Widget of Plot Derailment. He's got a head start on you of at least one day and Archer's Gate...

I'm not sure why I think that's funny: because of the traditional associations with the word "cantrip" or because I can see it happening if I played a wizard. Anyway, the "glass of acid" thing was admittedly simplistic, but I was trying to come up with Mage Hand mischief without any context...

No actual skill challenge in complete form, just some thoughts and observations: I'm personally reluctant to set XP, DCs or success / failure thresholds without seeing the rules, and the save the village or broker a deal challenges seem like fun, and I even used the Escape scenario to explain...

An exorcism? Anyway, I'd feel pretty sorry for that DM in general, because in 4e he doesn't have to do the whole "hide the blue key, hide the red key" stuff. He just has to say: "Skill Challenge! Ahead of you are several doors, each of a different color. They are all locked with what seem to...

This makes me wonder if this is the reason why Warlords are Strength / Melee focused even though their flavor is oriented toward strategy... they'd be too much like controllers with a splash of leader if they were at range. Perhaps they are holding back on what would be a "ranged Warlord" to...

True, but in 3e there was a limit. If you told a player "You can create any sound, in noise level from a whisper to a shout, within 10 squares, discretely and at will, from first level as a minor action, and there is no saving throw or roll to succeed" I think the results would tend to be a...

Only half-joking: Looking again at cantrips, they seem almost too good. I started thinking that these seemingly minor things could cause all manner of havoc with a creative player due to several things, unless casting cantrips is so blindingly obvious that everyone knows the wizard just cast a...

I think the problem is that Illiteracy is OK if 'Barbarian' is a culture, but not so much if 'Barbarian' is a class / set of abilities. If we're talking about a character from the nomadic hordes roaming the hinterlands, then yes, he's probably illiterate. If we're talking about an otherwise...

Off topic, but have I failed some sort of purity test if I go through that list and think "Hey, that actually could be useful if...." or "Actually, that doesn't sound too bad." Somewhere, a diehard Matrix fan is weeping because his favorite special effect is being dissed. ;) The problem...

I’m actually wondering about utility powers and how well balanced they could be. They’re not attack abilities and there aren’t many examples, so they seem to get glossed over, but it looks like they could have a dramatic effect on an encounter. I notice that there is an encounter utility spell...

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More examples of utility powers, from something other than a wizard, plus more information on them in general. Martial characters' utility powers would be cool to see. I see that most of the wizard's utility spells in the fan-made preview are Daily, but at level sixteen there is also an...

I'd think that a half-elf with a multiclassing feat would be an optimal choice for a solo adventurer (or a human with that extra at-will power), but it feels like you should be able to do it with any class / race if you just make the adventure appropriate and use the XP guidelines for...