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I'm sure they figured it out quite some time ago. Not that I'm particularly bothered by it; it was merely an observation. If the reports themselves weren't so vague and insubstantial I probably wouldn't even have commented on that aspect of it. I certainly hope they develop into something a...

Anyone else find it odd that despite it being said that we'd be better off starting over rather than trying to convert our current games to 4E they're playtesting by converting their current game to 4E?

At this point I'm trying to hold the marketing at arms length while waiting for more solid details about what they're really doing to the game. Once we have more specifics than speculation I'll decide whether or not I like it regardless of who they might think they're designing it for.

I'm still running a 3.0/3.5 game with no plans to wrap it up until we see more of the crunchy internals of 4E.

Thank you *twitch* for bringing *twitch* that memory back *twitch*.

The similarities are certainly there but I think it's a non sequitur that D&D is trying to emulate WoW and will fail. Ryan leaves out the fact that Onyxia, like most bosses in WoW, will be more or less exactly the same fight every time. There's really nothing for players to do but farm what...

With the split into arcane, divine and martial power sources I was thinking three classes based on each source. Maybe something like... Arcane: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard Divine: Cleric, Druid, Paladin Martial: Fighter, Ranger, Rogue

With any luck WotC will make a very clear announcement that they are not working on Greyhawk for 4th Edition.

I'm not a fan of his style. I find a lot of the poses very stiff, a lot of his humanoids standing straight up but with a leg in the air so it looks like they're hopping, with the foot on the ground being at an odd looking angle. The overall effect for me is a very unnatural and awkward look...

I don't mind either the art look of 1st and 2nd editions or the tome look of 3rd. Personally I'm not thrilled that they're using Wayne's work for any of the manual covers let alone all three of them. Two things that always bother me about a lot of his work are the awkward way many of his...

It's an emanation.

I'd probably treat it as if the caster teleported into solid matter and apply the clause in dimension door for that situation.

Why does Alter Reality need to be on the list? When a deity duplicates a Heal spell with Alter Reality then for all intents and purposes it is a Heal that is being cast to remove the feeblemind effect. This is already covered in the FAQ.

The Break Enchantment spell states "This spell frees victims from enchantments, transmutations, and curses". Bestow Curse states "You place a curse on the subject" and also "The curse bestowed by this spell cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed with a break enchantment, limited wish...

Seems like a bit of a chicken or the egg situation. When you fire a +1 arrow from a +5 bow you take the +5 bonus as the enhancement bonus for the attack. When you fire an arrow from a bane bow you apply the bane bonus to the arrow. Neither actually happens until you fire the arrow so which do...

Fair enough, but how is this different from the myriad of other things that the DM knows about the game, and the PCs in particular, that this NPC wizard does not? If the DM knows up front what the player is doing then he can make the decision based on the wizard's knowledge and prior...

No I don't consider that a fair call. I'm not sure where you get the impression that I would. As a matter of course the DM is going to have information about the game that NPCs he portrays during a game session do not have. That is always going to be the case. How the DM chooses to deal with...

Actually in the first case it's the DM making a tactical decision. In this example the DM has read his player correctly or just guessed correctly and passed that benefit on to the NPC. In the second the DM is fully informed and makes a judgement call on whether or not he feels the wizard would...

Players will generally use their knowledge of game mechanics to try to let their characters act as effectively as possible. It's only fair that the DM should be allowed to do the same for NPCs as appropriate. One thing that turns me right off as a DM is when I have an NPC take an action that is...

These restrictions are why Sigil is colloquially referred to as "The Cage". If you arrive in Sigil and don't have access to a portal to get back out again you're stuck there. Anyone trying to mess with that arrangement should keep their calendar open for a visit from a certain lass.