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Big advantage of this system is that the previous one penalized high dex characters who were 'flat-footed' more than low dex ones, which always seemed kinda wonky to me (especially b/c dex penalties were still retained). Now your dex *always* figures into your AC (unless paralyzed) and a...

I'm in favor of it so long as the conditions that set each change off are clear, and that the effects are easy to remember and incorporate into your rolls (or movement, or whatever they affect).

'74 is the win! Anyone else born on 12/12?

Me, too, and if they are backing off on this and attempting to 'manage expectations,' I'll be disappointed. I thought I had read in another blog magic items would be more focused on 'doing' interesting things, and not on just giving passive bonuses to stats and die rolls (which is boring as...

Nice...!

I love it, especially if the three volume slipcase is available day one... My desire to have new rules the second they are available always trumps my desire to own the set. :D

Sure, there is no way that the SRD will be available pre-release. But I think that the current first draft of the phb and all of the playtest materials could be sent to (at a minimum) the top five or so third parties so they can get started, even if they will have to make some changes later...

Sure there have been. But there haven't been a lot of them with a regular column in Dragon, so we don't usually hear from them publicly. Shelly's perspective is trebly interesting because she's relatively new to the game, and because she certainly falls outside of the stereotype of the typical...

Fifth Element must be stopped!

I would love to see some of the RP side of character creation (traits, backgrounds, etc) in the core rules (yes, I know its hard to do with page count limits, but to me this stuff is incredibly useful) Yes please on the castle, land, vassal management, they are all good. Titles are fun, but...

I'm still waiting for someone at Wizards to clue us in on when third parties are going to start getting 4e materials so that they can get to work... Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

'The Apocalypse Stone' was hugely fun (at least in my memory of 1999!). Never played Die Vecna, but (IIRC) it has a really bad reputation in some circles... Maybe for die-hard Greyhawkers..?

If by 'dumb the game down' you mean 'make the gameplay far more strategic and tactical,' then yes.

I didn't love the first column, but I'm looking forward to further posts... Her book, which I flipped through at a B&N the other day, is really great. Funny, sweet, and warm-hearted. I'm getting it for my wife for X-Mas (she's a part time Dread Necromancer...) Shelly has a...

Perfect. To misquote a recent moviefilm: THIS... IS... D&D..!

Right, the sweet spot of 4-14 is where the game is currently (3.x) balanced and 'fun.' By stretching it, they are endeavoring to increase the game's fun levels from 1-30. It has little or nothing to do with actual power level, but more to do with where the system math lines up. My guess is...

I'm tempted to think that adventure conversion will be easier in 4.0. There is no complicated CR and Encounter Level system to worry about anymore, both of which were very tricky at times. Since Monster Level is going to map onto character level, and the default encounter is 1:1 PCs to...

While I like the proposed PHB cover as a piece of fantasy art, I think its a terrible choice for the cover, especially if one of the goals of this edition is increased mass market distribution in your Walmarts and Targets and so forth. The 'whole party fighting the green dragon' piece would be...

Why did they have to base off Halo? I want my D&D to be a retread of Bioshock. :(

Congrats to Mike...! Also, we hopes that by major outside playtesting groups, he also means the third party developers. Those guys need their lovin', and soon, if we're going to have healthy third party support off the starting line.