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Flying is hard to do. Climbing is "impossible".

Yeah, problem is that some lives in the illusion that D&D is/(should be) a one-size-fit-all RPG.

No random hit points and ability scores.

Don't worry about Mind flayers, you couldn't even make playable drow spellcasters :p

I had in mind "community-made" errata.

The only one I wanted to die that seem to be still living is Alignments.

I think 4E will give back some power to the DM, for example on magic item creation and "monstrous playable race". That should prevent the most obvious abuses. (For RPGA/Online playing, that's a good thing) Power-gaming, Min/Maxing always was and always will be part of the D&D experience. If...

The errata will come from actual game play instead of proof-reading. Instead of : WOTC forgot 3 skills points over 192 for this monster, it will be : Hmm, I've run some battles with Monster X and it seems that is AC is a bit too high for his "Monster level", same for you guys? Strike 35 and...

Yeah, what seemed to be the greatest idea ever 8 years back was finally a foolish illusion... I'm glad Mike Mearls (or someone else at WoTC) noticed it when beginning working on 4E. BTW, it should apply to many NPCs too -> We don't nead complete level per level build for NPC classed...

What is the goal of the D&D 4E game, and how the design decisions that the designers took while building this game will help the players reach that goal. (IMHO, a good answer to this question should aslo be printed in the first pages of the PHB)

I'm not angry, 4e = me trying to return to the game !

I admire such courage !

Another good news !

I don't think WoTC cares about fundamentalists, and I approve it.

Hi Mike, your videos were fun to watch for those who can't be at GenCon. If there is one information the people around the 4E should tell to the players it is : What is the goal of the D&D 4E game and how the decision they took about the design will help the players reach that goal. (IMHO, it...

High fantasy is what D&D is. Realism is boring. What matters is having fun, which in a RPG means having various interesting storybuilding (or drama if you read the above post) tools. At will / per encounter / per day abilities is a good move toward it, "custom-made" NPCs is another one.

And it's probably one of the greatest ideas of 4E. NPCs always built as PCs was a false idol of 3.x for two reasons: - More than often we don't need all the details (and they are taking the place of much more interesting stuff) - "Exception" NPCs are powerful storybuilding tools and can...

I don't think that by more magic they meant something like it, more probably that more classes (maybe even Fighters) will have access to "magical powers".

One way to fix it would be to remove the need to roll 20 saving throws when you hit a group of orcs with a fireball. I hope they did go in that direction.

10 very happen. I stoped playing 3.x months ago after a complete burnout of it. I loved everybit of what I have heard&read since friday. D&D 4E won't be my ideal RPG (look at what Ryan Dancey says about how concepts from Burning Wheel could be added to a mainstream RPG like D&D) but I'm sure...