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I am super-excited about the druid. Obviously, he won't have all his versatility from 3.x, but I hope he'll still be able to do a variety of things. Basically, I want to be able to cast spells on bad guys while flying above the fight as a bird. If I can do that, I'll be happy with this druid.

Well, you don't see a lot of martial powers causing domination, for one. (Of course, right now I think only the bard and Minotaur Kinspeaker get powers that dominate, so it's rare all around.) Casters also get the fun ones that aren't on the list, like banishing to another dimension/freezing in...

Danke Schoen, Ari. That's what I had figured, but I wanted to be sure.

My player is a genasi swordmage, and he's got armor that gives lightning and thunder resistance. I'd like to know, does that stack with his own personal resistance? I made a tiefling fighter with a flamedrinker shield in the Character builder, and he had just 5 fire resist, but the builder...

Excited about MM2, Divine Power, Eberron PG and maybe the AV2 if WotC has learned some lessons about balancing items better from AV1. I'm really excited to see what the Artificer looks like when it's done, after all the development time it'll have had.

Lockwood's art never really clicked with me, but William Connors's stuff I do like a lot. So 4e has been pretty good for me art-wise. Art is absolutely essential, too. If a monster doesn't have good art, I don't want to read the statblock. The more art the better, for the most part.

Great review-- and I think I'll like Purple Dragons a bit more than you, since I liked the 3.5 Deep Dragons. I can't wait for my copy to arrive, those famous dragons sound like amazing campaign capstones.

All I have to say on this issue is that double weapons are a terminally stupid idea, and I'm not letting my players use them. They are my least favorite thing in the AV. I do like the idea of removing the "light blade" keyword, that makes a lot of sense. The rapier ought to be useful.

They make rather excellent Wizards, especially if you use plenty of Fire powers. The +2 Cha means you don't need to spend any points on it for Spell Focus.

...You are a terrible person. Playtests are the best things ever, and this is a great spread. Wizards, do not listen to this crazy person. Begrudgingly, I'll admit I'd like more articles on the results of playtests, like official revisions of both classes so far for people playing them.

I like it. I like the clever solutions to the essential solo problem, like Tiamat being her own party of five, or this guy separating the party. Swallow the ranger, permanently weaken him (in effect). Swallow the wizard, become immune to his debuffs. Pretty cool!

Yes! Two class playtest articles, one of my favorite class and the other brand new! I picked the best time to subscribe, this is utterly fantastic. Kudos on a great schedule, Wizards. *Checks calendar* It's still November 21st... that's much too early. *pokes it, trying to make it december...

Man, I have no idea what WotC is doing with the GSL. You guys took a leap of faith, and now they're letting you twist in the wind. Come on, Wizards! Let the 3rd parties in on what you're planning, and give them more freedom with products! It's frankly disgusting how opaque you've been about...

If you trick it out enough, you can absolutely make a diplomacy check high enough to turn a hostile enemy into friendly, guaranteed. Now, the DM doesn't have to accept it, or they can just have the enemy kill your friends anyway, but it's pretty clearly abusable. EDIT: Diplomacy rules. DC 60...

Oh, get over it already. The new FR is a perfectly good setting. Heck, better than the old one without any Elminster running around.

Man, remember White Raven Tactics? This is like that, but slightly less abusable. I miss WRT. Me and another warblade would be like, White Raven Tactics to you! And he'd be like, nah man, White Raven Tactics to you! And I'd be all like, lemme refresh all my maneuvers, so we can do this again...

Man, the whining rangers do, when they have the best at-will in the game! (well, Righteous Brand is a very close second, but still) You could take nothing and you'll still be awesome! Here's a power for you: Twin Strike, take 2! (Ranger Attack 1) At-Will - Martial Attack: Just use Twin Strike...

Neither of these things are going to happen, for pretty clear reasons. The power block will be kept because it is compact, informative, and generally perfectly clear. (Problem children like Rain of Blows need a couple of extra lines to be spelled out explicitly, but not much more) I'm sorry if...

I've only played 3E and 4E, so: 3E: Hideous imbalance between classes. Play a caster or bookmark the CO boards if you want to be useful after level 7 or so. Combat takes forever for a single round, at least when spellcasters are involved, and it gets orders of magnitude worse when summoners are...

Ooh, I missed that. That in Dungeon?