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Actually I think you just made a very good point. Minions do not exist. In game a 4th level minion cannot be distinguished by himself, or any other in game entity as being different from any other 4th level mob. He is only ever a minion after he is hit, and only out of game. In game you can...

I believe there in an appendix for monstrous PCs at the end of the MM. I am not sure, so I will be back with a link. EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f7HnfD-R9k Aprox. 8:10-8:30 into the show

Well first I want to make the distinction between magic items and wondrous items. D&D with less magic items means more mundane items. D&D with less wondrous items means less winged boots. Now how I understood it Wizards meant that there would be less wondrous items so that you arent a...

Well for one there is a diffirence between a magic shop and a potion shop. Suposedly alchemy is getting an overhaul and should be more prevelant, and it would make a lot more sense to see a potion shop in smaller towns then it would to see a "wondorus items" shop in smaller towns.

http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15692105&postcount=26 I think its also safe to assume from the tiers excerpt that rituals will have some sort of level requirement. As for the amount of rituals known, lets say at 30th level so that no other restrictions would reasonably apply, the only...

Minions die in one hit not because they are weak but because it is simply their time to go. If they are lucky enough to have survived an attack then obviously it isn't their time just then. However, with that said, it doesnt make sense if a noticeably week monster, that is one of very low...

Took the words right out of my head.

We are getting full ready made rituals. All rituals are are non combat spells. So essentially all you will be getting out of rituals are all of the non combat spells we havent seen so far, which are all of them. You want to cast resurrection? You dont just learn it for the day and put it...

See above.

Just as a base line, what we know: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20080416a http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1022209 Anything else?

Because there is more to building an encounter then just XP. You also have to take into account the class minion, elite, solo, etc.), level, etc. of the monster. Its the diffirence, as you showed with the Ranger, being a coin flip away from ending an encounter and having a nice properly paced...

Orc Drudge Level 1 Minion Medium natural humanoid XP Unknown Initiative +0 Senses Perception +0; low-light vision HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion. AC 13; Fortitude 12, Refl ex 9, Will 9 Speed 6 (8 while charging) m Club (standard; at-will) ✦ Weapon +6 vs. AC; 3 damage. Alignment...

And there you go, a first level orc as per the rules for customizing monsters. Remember, the name of the game for the MM and DMG is usability. Its better to have a base that you can scale then either a) having too many stat blocks, or b) making the DM have to make up their own.

From how I see it you could probably still use the 3.x system and still get the same mechanical results (except for proficiencies) that you would get with 4ed, its just that you now have an entirely seperate set of weapons that arent actually an entirely diffirent set of weapons because they can...

Its a problem with size. A long sword is to big for a halfling to wield in one hand, its that simple. Mechanically this all seems to be the same as 3.x if you look at dammage ratios. All they did was not have an extra set of weapons. In 3.x a small lonsword was actually a shorsword, and a...

Supposedly magic weapons will be more about abilities and less about enhancement bonuses. I would like more info on that and how that will play out.

I dont understand why this is still an issue. The template is for a scenario in which the PCs are trying to gain the trust of the duke. Everyone here agrees that intimidating the duke would be against that goal, right? So whats the problem with the template? The only counter is that if the...

Where in reality it might go something like: DM: The duke has granted an audience with you. Player 1: I use Diplomacy Attack 1. DM: You loose 10XP, and from now on roleplay or you will loose more. You can take the roleplaying out of any aspect of D&D, but usually a player who constantly does...

And if they did then it would be an automatic fail right? This entire template is based on a situation in which "for the NPC to provide assistance, the PCs need to convince him or her of their trustworthiness and that their cause helps the NPC in some way." If you change the scenario then the...

I really dislike this term "railroading." Just because you as a DM want something to go a specific way, the game is bad? So rule zero and the entire basis of D&D for all these years is wrong? Im sorry, but why is making intimidate an automatic fail in 4ed railroading, but not letting...