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Personally, I think a good pop-up/display piece for the big book store chains would work. A life sized cardboard cutout of the PHB graphic with the release date posted on it, would get the message across. Some people who haven't played DnD in years might pick up a PHB to check it out if they saw...

I remember reading not too long ago in a post on these boards (it was before the DnDXP) that the marketing campaign for DnD 4E would really begin AFTER the DnDXP event. That there were a lot of marketing dollars available for use but not until after the convention. Does anyone know what's been...

Does anyone know if the new release date for the GSL has been pushed back to AFTER the release of the game? It seems possible, given that we only have 2 months left to go. Is there an official update, at least, that has, or can be, announced? Even an occasional "the GSL is still under review and...

I agree. I have the unfortunate image of a bunch of guys over there saying "damn, this RPG stuff is kinda hard. What book are we on?" The core rules still sound great, of course, but most everything else, like the GSL, the "too little of this, not enough of that" of this early adventure, the...

I think I must have misunderstood the reasoning behind her being trapped in Sigil, then, as that makes sense. I remember her use of proxies and that was the defining factor of the campaign; that and the Doors, of which the PCs came across a listing of several on their home plane though they...

That's strange. I must have really misread something when I first got the original boxed set, then (which I no longer have, more's the pity). I remember basing an entire campaign around the Lady of Pain sending agents out across the planes because she was, effectively, powerless, helpless, and a...

Yeah, if the adventure is now only TWO WEEKS before the core books then the adventure really should be a full fledged one, like a normal straight up module with depth and solid story. As in, more than 64 pages of adventure mixed with semi-rules. If it is a "preview 4E" module, which is fine...

I always thought the Lady of Pain was all powerful ... but only in Sigil. I thought she was just the baddest of the bad, there, but of unknown power elsewhere.

Orcus level 33? Cool, that sounds about right. If the power ratio remains fairly constant, that would be like a DnDXP party going up against that black dragon. Very, very difficult but possible. Or somewhere in that ballpark. A diety? I would like them to be given stats at some point, I...

Sorry, I haven't been keeping track with all the threads and this one dropped off my radar. If you could do that that would be awesome! Hells yeah! The picture isn't important, but that format just fulfills the inner geek in me. If you could make that template I would be very grateful! Thanks...

Well, that's one pre-order canceled, heh. They should have planned it a bit better. The benefit of the product was getting access to some of the rules and 4E play early. The way it looks now, though, it's not early enough to outweigh the fact that you can't make your own characters and don't...

Converting shouldn't be any more difficult than it was to convert 2E multiclassed characters over to 3E. You have to understand the character and convert him thematically.

I agree with the OP. I expect many homebrewed Classes to be posted in the days following 4E's release. Hopefully the DMG provides enough of a foundation and the game is transparent enough for DMs to feel comfortable adding their own Classes, Races, and Powers without fear of breaking the game...

One of the reasons why I think Henry may be right and they may be taking it back to how it was in 1E. If they do that I won't have a problem, as long as you can, under other circumstances, still do an effective Coup De Grace. I don't know. Hopefully we haven't seen everything regarding this rule.

I think Henry may be on to something. It may be that in combat situations, in the heat of battle, you can only do max damage and out of combat you can just slit their throats. I don't know. If they don't include some kind of effective Coup De Grace rule in the game (one of 3E's best features) I...

Thankfully, with Alignment not really an issue in 4E, journalism can now get to the truth more easily and journalists can now ask the really tough questions, even if it takes waterboarding! :)

I think Voss is right. This is an example where doing what makes "real world" sense isn't, probably, the best thing. The powers are designed from a gamist stand point and you need to consider the effects that such a ruling would have on the GAME before you consider whether it makes sense. And...

I would definitely consider it. I'm not convinced that it will work that easily "out of the box" but I believe it could with some minor tinkering. I think the easiest thing to do would be to allow abilities to be chosen from within each Power. So, choose any Martial power, or choose any...

I want to know what happened with the Divine Challenge when the Paladin threw down her sword. If I were that paladin's diety I would be a bit ... peeved.

3E killed my DnD game. When 3E first came out I was overjoyed and posted happily all over Eric's original board. So many of the things they were doing sounded fantastic. 3E was, quite honestly, an amazing step forward for DnD. I still believe that. It was light years ahead, in terms of design...