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(Bolding mine) Was anyone else a little surprised by the portion I bolded? Development is two years in, release is eight months away, and there was/is doubt about whether or not something like multiclassing is going to work? I've seen a few comments littered through the various blogs and...

Which doesn't really make much contextual sense in D&D as fights aren't rated in terms of how much literal DPS a group needs to bring to a fight to have a reasonable chance of beating it, but the term has become more or less synonymous with burst damage capability.

I think instead it would be where the party pulls out their X/day ability paddles.

For a lot of people it will probably depend on whether 4E will serve their needs as well as or better than 3.5E is. 3.5E has a strong library behind it now and for a while after launch 4E will be anemic in comparison. I don't expect to switch to 4E for a while after launch as it's unlikely my...

I'm a Planescape fan but I'm not insulted. I can recall feeling the same way you describe when reading about demons and devils in the 1E MM. Because the information was sparse there was a lot of room left for mystery and wonder. The more something is explained the less mystery remains and the...

If Warlords make the cut and Warforged make the cut then I will have no choice but to play Waldo the Warforged Warlord.

Reminds me of one of my players who ran a paladin who once took a preventive approach to saving innocent townsfolk from an imminent evil: kill 'em before the bad guys can get to them. He concluded that the evil had already corrupted them when the townsfolk started barricading themselves in their...

I'm not sure what all the fuss is about on this one. We still have our previous materials and can do whatever we want at our own tables. I'm fine with them changing some of this stuff up. More potential ideas in the inspirational cook pot for me. (As an aside, this move does make one thing very...

Yeah, true. I guess I just need to take a break from forums until WotC release enough information that we have something concrete to discuss other than endless speculation and what ifs.

Yet another individual preference that someone feels should be made the new standard in 4E.

Sounds to me more like you've had the defining moment of being done with 3E but I don't think it follows that you should necessarily be looking forward to 4E. Long combats bogging down the game leave me in the same position as you on 3E but I'm undecided on 4E. The perceived potential of a new...

I'd be fine with them leaving mixed races out of the PHB and doing a comprehensive treatment on them in another book. It doesn't make much sense to me to drop one or more full races out of the PHB but leave mixed races in. Easy enough for us to come up with our mixed races if we have the two...

Called shot to the...

When I read the original post I heard the voice of Dives saying the words.

So shouldn't the title of the thread be "Thank ENWorld for ENWorld"?

Good point, and possibly why they added saves in 3E. I guess I'm in the old school camp when it comes to level drain. Coming from older editions of the game level draining monsters were a tactical red alert where the stakes were high. I'm not one for punishing players but that doesn't mean you...

I talk then roll because it works both ways. One of my players is both more intelligent and more charismatic than his character. It comes naturally to him to be clever and charming when he's talking to my NPCs, but it doesn't come naturally to his character. So we play out the conversation the...

I'm a little concerned when taking into consideration the number of fairly major game features we're hearing about that aren't finalised yet. I don't agree with the argument that 4E requires less testing because it is just an iterative change from 3.5E. They are making some fairly major changes...

I'd vote for the Order of the Stick as the new iconics myself.