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    D&D 4E Are you happy with the coverage of 4e so far?

    Anywhere between May to July. It was mentioned in the OGL/d20 Panel at Gen Con (a mp3 copy over at http://thedigitalfront.com/)
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    D&D 4E Are you happy with the coverage of 4e so far?

    There's only so many ways you can talk about 4E without talking about the weaknesses of 3E. For example, some people interpret "we're doing X better" as "they're bashing X in 3E".
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    Core materials: Action Points and Insider

    I did and Ari did but our posts have been conveniently ignored. =) Honestly, we can't make judgments for game mechanics we haven't seen but in general, I'm okay with giving players "a crutch".
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    DI and other Supplements are not "core" Core

    Exactly. "SRD Core" is the term used by some gamers, not WotC's. Again, I think people are misunderstanding. I think right now the real "core" (as in what you see in the rulebooks) will be the PHB, DMG, MM. Anything else will be labeled as "supplements" (perhaps the PHB II, DMG II, etc. will...
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    Core materials: Action Points and Insider

    Does that mean Ari will come visit me at home? Can I get him to sign my books?
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    DI and other Supplements are not "core" Core

    Just to clarify and cut off the weed before it spreads, the recent podcast was summarized in the boards and one point mentioned was that "The meaning of "Core: will include expansions and D&D Insider materials, not just the first three books." Before everyone quotes Mike Mearls and Dave Noonan...
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    Core materials: Action Points and Insider

    The context in which "D&D Insider and other supplements are core" is said quite differently in the podcast. The designers meant that if for you, D&D "core" meant non-setting specific books, then Race XX or Class XX which is not in the PHB/DMG/MM will most likely be available in other non-setting...
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    Core materials: Action Points and Insider

    They also said that the action points we know now is different from the action points that's going to be in 4E. For that reason alone I'm reserving judgment. Because as it is, action points can mean anything. In d20 games like True20, it's present and it works. In non-d20 AEG games like 7th Sea...
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    Some D&D Insider bits (Update 9/13: Lots of new info)

    Re: Mac vs PC In an ideal world with competent staff and enough development time, both platforms would be supported. But right now, as big as WotC is, I think they only have enough resources to develop one, at least with their development sched. So it comes down to a choice whether to support...
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    Some D&D Insider bits (Update 9/13: Lots of new info)

    Re: Miniatures I wish they were free but I'm open to the possibility that we will be purchasing random virtual booster boxes. But let me quantify that. For one thing, the miniatures are optional. Optional in the sense that they're providing free alternatives such as tokens to use in the...
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    Gen Con 2007 Podcast Coverage

    Sons of Kryos has a new podcast up talking about their Gen Con Experience. :)
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    Gen Con 2007 Podcast Coverage

    The Digital Front is also a new podcast series by HalWhiteWyrm and worth checking out in case you missed it (of course if you were aware of it already, feel free to ignore this post--it's in the front page of Enworld though so that kind of publicity can't be beat).
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    Gen Con 2007 Podcast Coverage

    http://www.rpgpodcasts.com/ has a list of most of the gaming podcasts out there (although some links that HalWhiteWyrm mentioned isn't there I think). Personally even if I have a mp3 player (and that's really how I listen to all those podcasts), I simply don't have the time to listen to all of...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    And your point is? It's still "unlimited spells per day" to some extent and the spellcaster typically has something substantial to contribute to each encounter. At at the end of the day, 4th Ed isn't out yet so we can't really judge the power levels of the abilities at will. My main point is...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    The spellcasting compromise actually isn't new. Look at Reserve Feats. Or Arcana Evolved before that (the 25th-level spellcaster still has a limited no. of 9th-level spell slots but has virtually unlimited uses of 1st and 2nd-level). We're not asking for a Fireball ability at will at 10th-level...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    First off, many people play D&D differently. While there are some groups that never roll a dice in a session, there are also those that roll lots of dice. Having said that, I think the D&D system has always been a good vehicle for combat. If you want a role-playing intensive game, there are...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    I'm okay with "lethal games" and many d20 campaign settings like Black Company and Game of Thrones has that mechanic. D&D for me however has been about epic heroism, in the same way that G.I. Joe's don't lose to Cobra's infantry (Destro, Cobra Commander, Serpentor, or the Baroness, on the other...
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    D&D 3.x 3.5 buying with 4E on the horizon

    Ditto for me.
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    D&D 4E How would you simplify character creation in 4e?

    How about the D&D fastplay characters?
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    More pure speculation- "The math is different"

    It's a flat bonus. For example, a Fighter might get a +2 class bonus to Fort saves and a +1 bonus to Will saves. So a 5th-level Fighter gets a +7 to Fort, +5 to Ref, and +6 to Will (not factoring in ability score bonuses). The thing with class bonuses is that they don't stack, only the highest...
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