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I thought they had a Sept 1st date? That's after GenCon but certainly still before others publishers (other than WotC). Perhaps them coordinating free RPG day garnered them enough good will that they were able to work a side deal? I doubt they'll talk about it though (but speculation sure is...

are you looking for them expressed in game terms or just archetypes?

At least in the beginning of the fight until they attack. But Stealth isn't a Warlock skill. They'll have to pick it up via a feat. And you can always make hide checks whenever you have concealment, so this isn't really unique to gnome warlocks since all warlocks gain concealment via shadow...

Dude, why don't you just walk past the opponent under the paladin's (of the raven queen of course) divine challenge? That way: * you trigger the OA and activate the paladin's divine challenge damage * you get hit and trigger your bonus damage * you activate your armor's special ability upon...

They'll just point to the fact that the same thing happened when the OGL was released. WIthin a couple of years, the crappy stuff dropped off the radar and consumers were left with mostly quality products. The only difference this time is that the 3rd party publishers can't create a new set of...

True, but they have the option of making their campaign world with another game system if that happens (non-OGL), either an existing one or a new game system that they develop. Or drop the D&D logo from their books and continue publishing D&D compatible games (after consulting an IP lawyer)...

I've recently had the opportunity to stat out 40+ characters recently of high heroic/low paragon levels and this isn't as big a problem as you think. The only difference is that the character that needs multiple weapon/implement types will have to be satisfied by generic enhancement bonus items...

It's relatively easy: One item of level +1 One item of equivalent level One item of level -1 Gold equal to the value of one item of level-1 that you can spend on items, rituals or just have as gold. Make sure to buy: One armor One weapon or implement One neck slot item Everything else is just...

You can totally redefine Kobolds as dog faced rat men if you like...you just got to call them Khobolds or Kohbolds or Kobalds or ...

All too true. I bet most publishers will be using different names than standard Druid, Monk, etc. It'll be Verdant Druid, Feral Druid, Eastern Monk, etc. Huh. I think I just got an inkling as to why WotC has been naming powers and feats certain ways...

Commander's Strike is Melee Range I believe, with the effect of an ally adjacent to the monster being granted a free basic melee attack. MM isn't a basic melee attack.

Magic Missile = 2d4+Int to one target. Cloud of Daggers = 1d6+Int to one square, +Wis to anyone starting their turn in it or entering it. If your Wis is 14 or more, then Cloud of Daggers will do more damage. If you have a fighter that can use Tide of Iron to push people in the Cloud of...

Sorry, but for new publishers...they don't have a product with the OGL to protect and just want the chance to produce. So yeah, lots of established companies won't switch over to the GSL. But that doesn't mean the death of 3rd party support. It just means that most of the third party support...

In the RPGA, easy access to Pearls of Power basically turned all low level spells into encounter powers. Actually, that campaign's use of wands or cure light or lesser vigor, healing belts and pearl 1s for healing also made each person responsible for their own out of combat healing, similar to...

I've been playing for over 25 years and bought every edition released, so yeah probably. I know that the current 4e set is the best rule set for me. Yeah, it plays similar to 3e, but as a DM, the changes behind the rules are immense and pretty much what sold me on it and it fixed the problem...

The only people that will be negatively affected by a restrictive GSL are the established publishers that want to retain control over the stuff they make. For every established publisher that decides they can't take the risk, I predict three new publishers will appear to try to make a go of it...

Funny, but I'm the exact opposite. I would rather have game companies create the rule set, allowing me time to create my own worlds. Goes back to what Mike said in his earlier blog posting, you can't really please everyone because the ideal game system is different for each person.

Just because the two-weapon path offers something unique (wield a larger weapon in your offhand), it's still of marginal value when you never use it... At that point, you only consider the bonus feat that each path offers.

Rare? Wizards mostly have ranged/area attacks. Most cleric wis based powers are also ranged or area. Many paladin, ranger and rogue powers also work at range or area. The real strength of Combined Fire is the fact that it's an immediate reaction attack. Most ranger abilities that has an...

* You can do a perception check as a minor action to pin-point invisible creatures and attack their square. Unless he used a feat to pick up Stealth, his stealth is probably gonna suck (even if he did use a feat, Dex is probably not high so it'll still suck). * Area effects aren't affected...