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Regis, I think. Also, if the timeline moves forward enough, the rest of those folks will be dead :(

Didn't they already say that the other continents were getting treatment? I could have sworn I read that Ed was doing most of the writing on those sections.

That would really be nice, and I don't think it would conflict with their intent to provide information about the other continents. Keep the focus on the Heartlands, and provide just enough seed information to get DMs started in the outlying regions. I'd also like some regions to get the...

Not really. This is more, "Drizzt has always been doing cool, flashy stuff in a fight, now the rules support that beyond roll to hit/roll for damage."

I have to say, I think 40 bucks is a good deal for a 300 page, full color hard bound. As for Drizzt, and as other's have pointed out, he's not really a high level character. I think he's actually pretty representative of a well grounded FR hero. He's notable only in his home region, and he...

I was never saying it was a good name for the archetype, but Warlords (in 4E D&D terms) are a fairly common archetype. Ferratus, that's a great point about Laurana. Her and Tanis were both pretty big suck asses in a fight compared to Caramon, Sturm, Riverwind, and even Gilthanas; their real...

Verminaard was a Cleric. That's his class because that's what describes his abilities. Tanis would be a 4E warlord because that's the class that best describes his abilities. The real world meaning of "warlord" has nothing to do with it, but since you're argument is based solely on the...

Nope, you're just blind. Tanis is always dealing with the issue that he's the group's leader. He questions why they follow him, not realizing it's because he's an inspirational commander and has a good hand at tactics. He doesn't fight near as well as Caramon, Sturm, or Riverwind, but he's...

Never read Dragonlance, huh? Tanis is nothing but a drill sergeant/cheerleader. Tanis is about as core D&D archetype as you can get. Oh snap, sorry internet veteran. What's next? You gonna tell us YOUR GIRLFRIEND agrees with you? Let me guess, this is all part of your elaborate plan to...

Don't get me wrong now, a descriptive name would be a lot more convenient, but GWA isn't forcing any fluff into your campaign. Just because it's the name of a feat in the PHB doesn't mean you have to go around calling it that. I didn't rename Bull Rush for my Dark Sun campaign just because...

Well, to be fair, Dwarves have always had a bonus to hit against Giants. 4E has just taken greater steps to explain why they have this bonus to hit. It seems like a lot of the surface fluff rewriting is along these lines, explicitly explaining why a race can do something and tying it into an...

This is also exactly why I have no problem with GWA. Also, if we stop dwelling on the name, Warlord, and instead look at what they do, there are numerous fictional archetypes that they draw from. King Arthur, Faramir, Tanis, Jon Snow, Odysseus, the list goes on.

Can we just add megadamage and make D&D in Rifts already?

Dude, and you're really stretching if you're trying to equate D&D Elves, Dwarfs, etc to their mythological namesakes. Tolkien may not have been the first to put them in the distinct forms that D&D's versions are drawn from, but he definitely codified the coexistence of them in those forms. In...

Rods have always struck me as more of something a Cleric or Warrior (Warlord?) would want to use. They're less spell batteries and more special ability batteries than staves or wands. Also, think about it this way, if the three implements were rod, staff, and wand, it would be kind of lame...

All we know about 4E so far seems to actually encourage this more than earlier editions. There's a greater range of archetypes playable, and the lessened dependence on magic items creates a greater range of magic "power levels." As for the Golden Wyvern thing, why is it so hard to just gloss...

Gnomes are in the Monster Manual. The classes Bard and Druid may not be in PHB1, but that doesn't mean their concepts can't be recreated. Nature priests are probably doable with either Clerics or Fey Warlocks. 3E inspirational and knowledgeable heroes are probably doable with Warlord, or you...

I have, and it doesn't.

It doesn't. It's just another ancillary complaint that can be easily remedied or removed by a disagreeable DM.

And I agree with you. My contentions with your houserules were simply that they didn't work for me and how I perceive low magic, not that they didn't make 3E low magic or that you couldn't easily do low magic in 3E. Also, I was pointing out that 4E looks like it will require no houseruling to...