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We haven't seen the last of APs yet. The Alertness feat, which they showed us a while back, used APs too. The half-elf wizard from DDXP has a feat that says "+3 to attacks on actions gained from action points". I expect there are plenty more feats that tie into them and they'll be a real factor...

But what's the point? Curse does +1d6 damage if the warlock hits. Quarry does +1d8 damage if the ranger hits. And really, they're very likely to miss. So maybe it adds about 1 point of average damage per round each. Nothing really serious. Challenge can do damage but, a. Has been fixed to...

The Ardent and Divine Mind are already pretty leader-y. They work with auras and I can see that as the Big Thing that psi would utilize for its own schtick. So let's theorize. The psion (controller role) would have your basic will/encounter/day powers, except his encounter powers are all...

No no, I think that's exactly right. I just don't know why the human's axe deals +1d12 on a crit and the bodak's +2d12. The weapons seem otherwise identical. I think it's the latter's case that there's some unwritten feat or power in effect.

Hobgoblin Archers also deal 1d10 damage with the longbow. It really just might be 1d10. Of course we don't know what any of these weapons do on critical hits yet. Based on the Human Berserker and Bodak Reaver the greataxe seems to do 1d12 damage and +1d12 on a crit (or even +2d12, but that's...

No no, not quite. Shields seem to add to Reflex and all classes have a total +2 bonus to defenses. Half-Elf Warlock: Fort 13 (+3 Con) Ref 13 (+2 Int, +1 class) Will 15 (+4 Cha, +1 class) Dwarf Fighter: Fort 16 (+4 Con, +2 class) Ref 13 (+1 Dex, +2 heavy shield) Will 12 (+2 Wis) Halfling...

This assumes that ability scores are the end-all-be-all of character effectiveness, something that is so obviously not the case it's self-evident I should think. Returning again to the elf, he doesn't get a +2 Str bonus. But he does have an attack re-roll once per encounter, better perception...

On top of that, think of race/class combinations. Half-orc wizard? Halfling paladin? Dwarven bard? Not exactly the most potent of choices, right? You'd probably be better off with a human in each of those cases. From what we can tell 4E still has optimal choices, but nothing to punish you for...

Tieflings get +1 to attack rolls against bloodied foes. But in practice this doesn't sound very hard to keep track of. The DM has its stats in front of his nose, including their bloodied level. "Kobolds 1 and 4 are bloodied. Your turn Darko McDevilpants."

I expect kobold-lairs to be trapped more severely than Bridget (4chan-joke, don't worry if you don't get it). With all this pushing, pulling, and sliding that's going on I bet the kobolds learned really quickly how to avoid such dangers. Didn't we just last week see how an elven rogue killed a...

Don't forget about the warlock curse. :) Solo monsters are going to have to be really tough because the focused fire from an entire party seems to be rather potent. Which I think is totally cool auspicious.

I suspect you've already given your own answer here: marks might only work on opponents who actually can attack the Defender. A paladin who challenges an ogre and then quickly becomes ethereal (somehow) isn't going to kill or inconvenience the ogre in the least. The advantage marks have over...

Not really, because "for no good reason" is very hard to judge from our position. X may have worked within the context of 3E but the new edition promises to be so different that Y might be needed instead. They can't be so simply equated. You might as well argue that X worked well in a different...

Did you completely fail to notice that only 2 out of the 6 powers shown do this? And that even half of the suggested powers from the builds (Deft Strike & Piercing Strike) have absolutely nothing to do with which Tactic you use?

... wut? In 3e we already saw example characters for every class. In 4e we will see the same, except now they'll give us both an Archer-Ranger and a 2Weapon-Ranger, so that they'll both be represented with an example. And all of a sudden the sky's falling. Really, I have no words for how...

Given his mention of the "patient rogue" as a direct analogue of brawny rogues or artful dodgers, I think it's save to assume he meant Tactics. I think it's unlikely we'll see a whole lot more of these, since they'd have to retroactively revise several of their already released powers to...

Using the character sheet to effectively manage your PC? Insidious!

I predict the paladin's options are all about his alignment, since he's no longer limited to LG. So every paladin might have a "terrify the enemy with a smite" power, but it's the evil ones that really put the fear of god into people. Wizards sound like the implements they use, yeah. It's...

Who said Dungeoneering is a knowledge? In fact, with the playtest report that told us that two characters used Dungeoneering checks to make a runaway minecart jump over a chasm, it seems quite clear that it's not a knowledge at all. But I suppose it's unreasonable to expect that people will...

Feat Name: Weapon Finesse Prerequisite: Rogue, proficiency with the selected weapon. Benefit: Pick a single one-handed melee weapon or a ranged weapon. You may treat this weapon as a light blade for the purposes of making sneak attacks or using rogue powers. Special: If you are a Brawny Rogue...