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One of the early criticisms of 4e when people made knee-jerk "Omg they changed one thing and now that throws the whole system out of whack, don't mind me that I'm assuming that they haven't counter balanced it with something else," rants was that "A 4e party is invulnerable! They can heal to...

I concur with this. Encounter powers are ones you'll want to use every encounter. Why? Because they are the biggest bang for the buck for the least amount of resource expenditure. You get it back your next encounter, so there's no reason not to use them. If you have too many then at-wills...

I'd have to say I've made the same perception and like it for that reason as well.

It's amazing what professional make-up artists can do. That's the first pic of her that didn't look like this: http://pics.livejournal.com/slwhitman/pic/0005hyze/ I don't know who's livejournal that is, I just googled it and that's the first one that came up.

Heh heh. For my mind only. Seriously though, I actually have a pretty good photographic memory and I'm about an hour from Mt. Prospect, but there are two problems with me not being able to take advantage of that. The first being that I have game that night and I'd have to cancel that. The...

There are 3 main factors I see that go into making a D&D group actually meet up to game. Time. We're all available different times. Only a certain amount of people who play D&D will have a compatible schedule with yours. This limits who you can play with. Location. People who play D&D...

Being that they are a defender and encounters have more enemies in them than 3e, I'd imagine it being useful. Of course, I haven't run anything in 4e yet, so I can't say for anything other than speculation.

Agreed.

If not then I'm cheating. I don't think visuals will need to be used at my table for the marked condition. You only can mark one thing, so it's pretty easy for the person to remember "He's my mark."

It's like trick or treat, but all treats!

I voted an 8, but considering I just killed a fly in my house simply because it was bothering me, I would do so again so that I could have 4e now. You never specified what you had to kill to get 4e :D Honestly though, I'm excited for it, I look forward to it, but I have patience. While there...

Crap. When I saw this thread bumped I was hoping that thalmin was hosting another Demo... thalmin, do you have Games Plus newsletter or something I can subscribe to?

I'll chime in and say "Why does WotC hate Linux users?" ...oh, wait. When I chose to use linux I knew my access to commercial software would be limited. That's why I dual boot. I know some people who triple boot. :) Seriously, my feelings are not hurt. I've noticed the trend with...

Not so much a pick-up game, but I've been thinking about a dilemma that 4e proposes to me. When it comes out, I'll be DMing a game, but I really want to play the new fighter. I have played online before, but it wasn't that great of an experience. Free apps like OpenRPG don't work well, and...

I don't see why I'd have a problem playing along side a warlord. Like you said, if anything, it's going to make the Fighter do better. In 3.5 I traditionally played classes with spells. I played melee a few times and each time I was underwhelmed. I liked how spells were a swiss army knife...

Last I heard there was VoIP planned for it. Having played in chat rooms before and enjoyed it, but disliked the sluggish speed, I think that they'd have to keep that feature for me to enjoy it. My interest in it relies almost solely on whether or not I can find a good game that I look forward...

Ever since the first announcement of the Warlord, I've kept my opinion to myself. I didn't care for it because it didn't look like a class that I'd like to play. Everything has confirmed that since then. That said, I still don't see why that's a problem. I think it's good to have a martial...

Cowardly? You're using the wrong word. Cowardly means in a disgracefully fearful or timid manner. Gutting and changing mechanics so drastically is not cowardly at all, as they are sure to get flack from the crowd that says "Don't slaughter our sacred cows, no matter what decision you make if...

That's debatable. It seems like the "tried it" more as an excuse to confirm their self-fulfilling prophecies. Whether you like it or not, I have a lot more respect for someone who doesn't judge things without trying them without bias first.

It took me 7 years to get to the point in 3.x (well 3.5 really) where I could have a successful BBEG encounter. The party was 13th level, the BBEG was a CR 17 Ulitharid with a few levels of psion to boost up his powers and he had six level 5 minions (level 5 Bo9S NPCs). The battle was the most...