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Best power? Second Wind. ;-)

I disagree with CustServ on this one, at least as how you described it here. A staff is a 2-handed weapon, but it is not considered wielding a staff in each hand just like wielding a 2-handed sword does not count as wielding a weapon in each hand. However, there is a published feat called...

It doesn't matter how loudly the "resistance" yells, if they are a minority, people who have a bias against the company in the first place, probably won't be swayed into being their customers anyway, or want something that goes against the core of your company's current philosophy or business...

The current owners of the D&D brand are the ones that preserved the existence of D&D and brought forth a new edition when TSR was doing quite badly. The current owners also received tons of criticism when they brought out 3E, because many gamers felt that 3E dumbed down the game, felt too video...

Except it's not entirely true. There's a chance it might show up in a Dragon Annual, and there have been some article content taken from the DDI magazines and placed in actual books, such as into the DMG2 (off the top of my head). It's not all inclusive, but not everything is a dead-end. My...

I must have bored everyone with my long post. I addressed this and the question it was relating to in my earlier post last night. :p

Yes, you are correct. A circle around the power means that it is a "basic attack" action. Circle around Sword is "Melee Basic Attack", while Circle around the Bow and Arrow is a "Ranged Basic Attack". When a power says you may use a "Basic Attack", you can use either. When it says you may...

I'm just tired of having to avoid discussing D&D with strangers, because every time I meet and discuss D&D with a 3E / 3.5 player they seem compelled to take jabs at 4E... Edition Wars suck.

Dislike? Absolutely not. Prefer not to play? Not at all. Disagree with the design? Of course not. Want to skip it entirely? Your choice. However, what I have often seen from quite a few (even if it is a vocal minority) is not just a simple dislike or preference difference. It is...

I liked the article. I never really thought about the other types of motes and how they could be used, so that was useful. However, I also never considered the idea of motes having their own gravity, or motes spinning out of control, which gave me tons of ideas for encounters. I imagined not...

1) Winging it seems to work fine for 4E in my opinion. I'm not sure why you say it doesn't belong. Would you mind explaining this? 2) Maybe the guy min-maxing everyone is partly reducing your fun of it. I've seen that lessen the fun of games for me in the past (3E and 4E). Maybe talk to the...

To me, the Defender Mechanics seem less like MMO games, and more like 2D fighting games. In such a game, it's not about forcing an opponent to do something, but rather about baiting them and punishing them for it. Defender mechanics also seem to allow for certain kind depth. How you choose to...

May I point out that what Andy said they learned from MMO's was NOT game mechanics, but the fact that people wanted to express individuality and have variety in different styles of characters. Most of the video game comparisons one sees seem to just be flamebait, however this is certainly a...

Fighter: Fighting Man Wizard: Magic-User ;) Ok, How about these (some are made up)? Paladin: Lawbringer Kobold: Dragonbornling Bullywug: Bullywug (isn't the original silly enough?), or Frogjaw Monk: Kungfuguy Warforged Wardens: Transformer, or Treesformer, or Warforden Angel: Godguard (or...

When I first skimmed the update, I misread this too. However, I wasn't reading closely. I read it again, and it was perfectly clear (especially with examples). As it was pointed out, as it has been pointed out it says "the same named game element". This implies a specific item in a subset...

I want to add, that if you have Dual Implement Spellcaster feat and then add Staff Fighting, you can gain the benefit of a 2nd implement using each end of a single staff, and gain the Defensive and Stout weapon properties.

It doesn't really bother me. Maybe it's a joke, maybe they are trying to appeal to a certain segment, but it doesn't matter. They try to appeal to several audiences, because they realize there is more than one audience to D&D. If you look at the 4E DMG, you will notice that it addresses that...

Plot Protection Points (Not on the list)

I couldn't help but notice in the recent free March and Beyond Article on the official site, there are a couple items that really took me back to earlier editions of D&D that I haven't seen since before 3E. First of all, there is a mention of having a Lair or a Keep. It instantly took my mind...

At first I was against the idea, but when I looked at the rules for Teleport, and the description of Close Quarters again, I changed my mind. As someone else pointed out, there is no constraint or immobilization at all for the creature to break out of. Also, the idea of tagging along on a...