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Unless scorching rays are actually rays and fireballs are like grenade attacks.

Drow rhymes with bow and row. Anything else is heresy and the fiend doing it wrong needs to be severely chastized.

I thought the preview books would be ready in mid December.

Can you add a poll so I can vote for the original properly? ;)

From wikipedia the book says "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass. " and the movie says "I am a servant of the secret fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor! Dark...

Funny. Most of them sound like actual mystical/philosophical orders. The East doesn't have a lock on overly dramatic names for esoteric groups.

The problem being is that the article supports the other way. At least that is how I'm reading it. "The staff is best suited to powers that forcefully project powers from the wizard" just like blasting a Lightning Bolt from the caster to fry a corridor of orcs or a cone sweeping a cave in ice...

I'm betting that the wand directs Call Lightning from the sky and the Staff blasts a Lightning bolt from the caster to fry anything in the area. Wands seem to be "I need magic to happen over there" and staves seem to be "I need magic to start here and go over there." Staves also include flight...

It is very likely that there is an aspect to classes that makes +X items less of a big deal. It is also likely that there is a core assumtion that items are going to be harder to come by, making +x items MORE of a big deal, but characters won't be dripping with them. A +X item might actually...

I'm backing you on the Holy Symbol for direct projection of divine power. Turning undead, healing, circles of protection and that sort of thing. Brandishing holy might style of magic. I also think that a favored weapon might have a place for offensive castings. Liturgy would be appropriate...

I only think the joke has any merit in Discworld books, and only because of the growing schism between the old fashioned dwarves and the dwarves that you can tell are female. All other bearded female dwarf jokes can drown in liquid paper for all I care.

Red Wizards fit in just about everywhere you can use a society of scheming, ceremonial wizards. Most campaign settings can have an opening for that sort of villain. Warforged are a little more tricky to fit, but I like Ari's Bronze Legion. Very nicely done!

Gandalf let Chuck Norris pass.

Chuck Norris rolls 20s. All the time. On d4s.

And if they don't have bards? That your choice for the support/inspiration/morale role is warlord or cleric?

It has been mentioned that healing isn't going to be the sole province of divine casters anymore. Recovering hit points is going to come from a variety of sources, from divine casting to martial inspiration to personal recovery options.

I say "This is 4e, people. No party needs any given role and I've already made my character." Then I play a cleric because I like to pretend to be more religious than I really am.

Or possibly these things aren't reflected by statistic adjustments at all. They might have a reroll for certain actions instead.

You may not be happy with 4e then. Everybody is going to have some abilities at each of the at will, per encounter and per day options. Now I don't think that everybody will have the same number of them. I think strikers will have the edge on the per encounter abilities, defenders will focus...

Cohen and the Silver Horde do come to mind.