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The Essential Line are all those listed except Nentir Vale. Add in the dice set for the final 10th product.

Reading Plan Above reminds me of Exalted with all the god vs primordial stuff. I know both took inspiration from Greek legend, but Exalted did it first so I always feel like 4e's lore a semi-rip off.

The monster stats are supposedly interchangeable or "refluffed", so you can have a variety of humanoids with Human Insane Noble stats. Heck, the name of the creature doesn't mean anything. Of course, when used in a module, the Insane Noble is fully living and breathing in the game world, so...

Well, I do wish 4e come up with something iconic. How many times will Temple of Elemental Evil be converted? Sure it's one of the quintessential D&D adventure, but each edition should have something distinct about them that people will remember. In 20 years from now, people look back at 4e and...

Well, as the DM we could easily add "Eat NPC" power like how we add themes to monsters. But I do understand your point. Monster stats are codified now, as in "pre-programmed" just before the fight and players might feel it's unfair that the DM just "adds" more attacks or abilities for monsters...

I like 3e's maps, especially the interior ones. The map-a-week archives has nice maps and very inspiring compared to dungeon tiles map. Hopefully they could go back to beautiful cartography again rather then just using a dungeon tile images to form a map.

Good points. But I do think WOTC is mostly concentrating on crunch as their focus (their constant errata is also an indication) rather than fluff material. If you look back a AD&D, though the game system many would consider clunky, alot have fond memories of it's adventures and are still being...

Hmm, so PHB1/MM1/DMG1 isn't going to be reprinted? Makes sense since the Essentials has updated errata.

Well, Andy says that they will keep producing errata before September. When the Essentials hit, it is assumed that all clarifications are done and the Rules Compendium will be a flawless book.

Yes, in a way the Redbox is similar to the quickstart but with character creation.

What makes me sad is, I don't know what is special about Forgotten Realms now. I don't see anything that makes me go "Wow, holy :):):):), I NEED to play in this world!". Actually I am not really sure what they added in besides the funky new core races. The campaign guide only mention what...

Imagine you rolled a 1 :confused:

If I wanted fully digital, I would go for an improved MMO with DM and player capabilities. Going fully digital means players are less inclined to know the rules. A few clicks and you have a character. Basically like the Dragon Age character builder that they released before the game. A good...

Well from what I see of WOTC's forums regarding the PHB3 classes, the new shadow classes ought to step up and be really interesting. A refluffed wizard with undead theme and called a necromancer wouldn't be enough to satisfy and pose as a new class. Also it has to support a variety of builds.

How are the newer novels depict spellcasting?

I never had pressure of running close to canon for settings. Running FR should be like running Star Wars, either you follow canon or don't. I wasn't that keen on the new FR though, imagine retconning the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars. I know it is much easier to get into FR now that they...

Before CR system, DMs just ran an amount of combats based on his own discretion. Back then you needed 1million XP to level up at higher levels, but it didn't mean you start go on a genocide for XP. Now with the amount of encounters needed to level up (13.3 in 3.5e and 8-10 in 4e), it is...

All depends on the story. I prefer meaningful fights. I don't mind casual fights with lackeys as long as they are short. Having a 2 hour combat with street thugs doesn't feel like I achieved anything at the end of the session. For boss fights, I don't mind lenghty ones, even the whole session if...

Damn this thread makes me want to run 2e again. My favourite and first love. I like 2e's playstyle alot.

Yes. There wasn't much things to consider. You get dead levels almost all the time. The only thing left to do was to work on character concepts and roleplay the hell out of it. The extra rules were mostly optional anyway. Strip all of it to basics and you get BD&D.