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I probably wouldn't support a 4.5e that was a total split from the current system - I've bought too many books over the last 2 years to just have them be invalidated. I much prefer the incremental 'patching' that Essentials and the rules updates do, as it at leasts gives me the illusion that my...

Skills aren't changing. Some of the Essentials Builds might have different Class Skills, but the system isn't changing outside of minor errata. I'd definitely agree with you on preferring to use Essentials as the foundation - part of my fatigue has been with the major over-proliferation of...

I don't really know how unbalancing the change to Sneak Attack is, but Ambush Trick doesn't really play into the equation. Ambush Trick gives you CA until the end of your turn - if you need to use the trick to get the Sneak Attack damage during your turn, you likely won't have it later on in...

I'm on hiatus from running any 4E games right now (I've been more interested in Pathfinder/Warhammer Fantasy RP 3E), but I'm seriously considering getting back into it when Essentials comes out. Some guys in my group aren't really gearheads, so I'll probably see if they're interested in...

Can't really contribute any data to this - all my books are first printings, as I picked most of them up on release day. I've never scanned store shelves or anything. I would imagine that very, very few books beyond the Core Three ever received a reprint. I remember that it was publicized that...

Why not? There are only 30 pages of Magic Items in the PHB1. If they want to reprint these, they'll certainly be able to find space among the 1200 odd pages of the Essentials Line. It'll be interesting to see if any get in the Rules Compendium, but I'd look for them in the "Heroes of the...."...

I'd bet the map is just a poster map, like previous adventures. I think I'll pick up one of these, open it up, read through it, and unless it offers me something really useful, and box it back up to give as a gift. EDIT - scratch that, it's only 18 bucks. I'll just buy 2.

Yep, I've got a similar player in my group - he is interested in role playing and having fun exploring fantasy worlds and even high-octane action scenes, but he just can't handle mechanics. The differences between Shift and Move, Push and Teleport, or 3[W] and 2[W] + 5 ongoing are all lost on...

It was mentioned in an earlier preview that powers that have an assigned level are swappable - i.e., in the Wizard preview, "Hypnotism" is a 'Wizard Attack 1' so it can be swapped with other first level Wizard powers. "Magic Missile" has no level assigned, so it is a class feature. The...

As far as I can tell there is every indication to the contrary. I don't really have time to go digging through twitter feeds, but I remember reading something from one of the designers that gave me the impression that the July Rules Updates were basically the set of Errata that were locked in...

Unfaithfulness to the customer? As in, their current/past customers? If you're a customer and are purchasing 4E books, it is almost a given that you already have the 3 core rule books. I don't see how not being able to re-buy a book that you already have is somehow unfaithful. If anything, WotC...

Excellent point - that pre-gen character sheet is clean and simple, and has only the numbers that are needed at the table. I've run into this problem not only with the CB in 4E, but with paper sheets in Pathfinder, and Warhammer RP 3E - character sheets are always designed to build a character...

Thanks for the source, I missed that thread somehow (though if yours is different, Jack, I'd like to see it). That gives me some eerie premonitions for what they'll say at Gencon next week - certainly nothing as bad as the info black-out between the cancellation of Paizo's license and Gencon...

Where did you hear about these FLGSs? Not doubting you, but the Magic website being used as the source for these rumours mentions nothing about game stores running out of stock.

(Emphasis Mine) Except this is an exaggeration of what is happening. I consider there to be a fairly significant difference between not planning on reprinting something and 'pulling it off the shelves.' We have no idea how much stock is left of the original core set - it is entirely possible...

Your point about the various Power books becoming useless without the base classes from the PHBs is the first argument that gives me some concern. That said, anyone who ends up with a copy of Arcane Power and can't get the rules for PHB1 Wizards can get a sub to the DDI for less than a copy of...

Here's one of those curiosities I've never been able to get out of my brain. This is more a question about the root mythology than D&D. In D&D, you have this elemental assignation of the Genies - Djinn for Air, Efreet for Fire, Marid for Water. The 'Earth Genie' is much less consistently...

I don't know of any cannons, but there are siege weapon rules. P1. King of the Trollhaunt Warrens has rules for a "+2 Light Ballista", pg 41 of the second booklet. Loading is a standard action. Aiming the ballista at a new target is a minor action. Firing a ballista is a standard action...

Didn't really start playing Tabletop games until 2005, unless you count some vague homebrew lego systems I made up when I was 8. Pre-2005 - PC FPSs (particularily Half-life mods), RTSes, and some Console RPGs. 2005-2007 - Got into D&D with 3.5e (though we didn't really know the difference...

No. While a single dominant game system is great for bringing people into the hobby (supposedly - though I know of a fair number of people whose first RPG was a White Wolf Game or Mutants and Masterminds.), I appreciate the diversity of products that a mixed market encourages. Case in point...