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I just like the idea of a guy who can punch a dragon to death incredible hulk style (and jump high and run fast and doge or shrug off damage without armor). I'd be happy for an unarmed brawler build for the fighter. The monk class sometimes seems to fill that role. Other times it is basically...

I imagine they are going to go with option #1. Paladin is a warrior and priest hybrid (so is the ranger I suppose). Something like a eventual swordmage/eldritch knight base class is a warrior and mage. Of course saying that a mage is necessarily arcane means there is no place for psionics or...

Yeah...especially if they are coming from a video game-shaped conception of fantasy, the players may assume that anything they meet is "their level," and thus a worthy opponent who can take and dish out damage appropriate for the players' abilities. In a sandbox style game you can find yourself...

The paladin actually gets a spell list that isn't just a subset of cleric spells! There all sorts of aura and smite spells unique to the paladin that make can really boost the defenses and damage of the paladin while offering a lot of party support too. Smite is now just a way to spend down...

Did the forum rules on grandma talk change recently? :)

With all this cramming of classes into the fighter and mage super-classes I wonder whether they'll slaughter some sacred cows and make the paladin and ranger subclasses of the fighter too.

I am just hoping the paladin gets a choice besides the magic horsey!

I think the 110 lb. plate armor may have been experimental. :)

4 feats/ability scores doesn't give us a lot of customizability. I don't know that I am happy with this approach unless there are a lot more choices within the classes (e.g. between paladin oaths and within the oaths themselves).

Well, my point was that advantage doesn't really change things as much as the name implies. It is worth between 10-20 percentage points added to your success rate depending on how good your save bonus already is. It is roughly equivalent to a +2 mod to your crummy saves or +4 mod to your good...

Well imagine a level 20 wizard casting charm. He has 20 Int so +5 and a +3 class bonus for a save DC of 18. A fighter, unlike a ranger or a cleric, probably won't invest much in wisdom. So here is a comparison: Cleric with 20 Wis: +5 save bonus. Has to roll a 13 or higher to save against this...

Paladin: 1. Aura of Protection comes a bit late. It is divine grace but better (since it stacks with rather than replaces ability modifiers). It is more powerful than the previous intervention ability since it is always one rather than a reaction but 10 feet is a very small aura. Would have...

Ranger gets immunity to fear at level 1. Paladin gets immunity to fear at level 4. Huh? So the iconic feature of the paladin comes 3 levels after a dragon hunter ranger gets the same feature?

I have a ton of material...enough to last a decade. All I want is a final errata that corrects some of the larger outstanding issues in the game, issues that Mearls and WotC have themselves noted. I understand they don't want to devote development time to a "dead" edition but it would be a nice...

Some folks who play MMOs like World of Warcraft refer to their characters as "toons." And world of warcraft got at least a few younger folks into D&D so I've heard it used to describe D&D characters occasionally, I assume by analogy. It's a Generation Y thing. :)

Can only do one immediate action per round even if the player has multiple enemies marked. Swordmages are a lot of fun and are good defenders but they can't totally lock-down encounters!

I am guessing he is a halfling riding a war-dog so that he can continue this strategy in dungeons/enclosed spaces. I wouldn't go out my way to kill his mount or render him totally inefficient but as Nezkrul said, clever use of terrain and more varied monsters can limit this strategy. Honestly it...

It is definitely one of the rogue's signature powers. Most people take it and low slash because minor action powers means multiple attacks per round (barbarians typically get this from a single power that allows multiple attacks) and that is really the best way to pile on the damage. Monks and...

Pathfinder has unlimited cantrips too...so you can throw globs of acid or rays of frost for 1d3 damage. Still magical and will get you through the first couple of levels until you have enough wands, scrolls, and spell slots to never worry about running out of magic again.

They've said that "the light-bringer" and "the warrior" and so forth can represent aspects of gods rather than an entire entity so that a god of sun and war could have clerics devoted to his "light-bringer" side (and get those abilities) and others devoted to his "warrior" side (and get those...