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This is why I'll be sticking with the standard array (and occasionally point buy) :)

Zing!

Man this is bad news... I guess you get what you pay for, huh? "You get a free book, we ship it whenever!"

Why exactly would it take a month and a half to ship to Australia? I don't know if mine have shipped yet... they were bought as a gift for me. I'll be pretty disappointed if they haven't.

Hmm... not an interrupt? That's a shame... it's one of those abilities that, when described, I can really imagine as one. Thanks for sharing the playtests, Sitara. I think Cascade of Blades will be limited to 5 attacks at my table. :)

While it's a pretty different game than 3rd edition, I can't say that I believe anything is inherently wrong with the system. Is there broken stuff? Yes. Is there stuff that's not so good? Yes. Is it a more streamlined system? Yes. Was there stuff left out? Sure. Was new stuff inserted...

Sorry you don't like it. I just picked up a PHB yesterday, and my gift set is still en route. So I've just started making a solid perusal of the content. What I've seen so far, I like. My impression is that they've delivered what they promised, but I won't really know until I've played. The...

It seems a little strange, but defensively I don't think Fighters will suffer much for it, if at all.

You see, it's all about burst damage vs. damage over time. Having a slower off-hand means you'll deal more damage every time you hit, while a faster yields you better DPS. ... sorry, I couldn't help myself. Like many things, this rule was probably made for simplicity's sake (not using...

I just don't see this as any different from 3rd edition. If I wanted to play a half-orc wizard, I would be playing a suboptimal character and at a "disadvantage." But that doesn't necessarily gimp the character. Likewise, I don't think my Dragonborn Wizard will be so terrible that he is...

I'm a little confused by this, the bolded part in particular. I'm only singling you out Mogg because you stated it overtly. But I get the impression that other people feel this way about the game as well. May I ask why you want or need "stat quirks" to roleplay your character? I agree that...

I'm not sure that we can know the breakthroughs and problems of the system without some serious playtesting (i.e., at least 3 months of hundreds of people reporting on their experiences). That said, I always enjoy a discussion! I almost wish they had gone with 3 stats instead of 6, but I...

As I said, it's a combination of the past and present versions. I don't think our interpretations are incompatible, I just view the IP in a more liberal light. Personally, I'm pretty open to what "Dungeons and Dragons" can be. Though to be fair, I don't think the game is unrecognizable from...

I voted for all, except the half-elf (whose stat bonuses are fine, but is lacking in the other areas) and eladrin (who have pretty decent racials, but unimpressive stat bonuses).

DnD is not a peg that must be squeezed into our expectations; if anything, it's the other way around. DnD is whatever lies underneath the label. It's a property defined by its history and its current iteration. In reality, I think it's a bit of give and take; The designers give to meet player...

One thing I think we all have to remember is that retraining is built into character development. Given that 13s are not difficult to qualify for, simply replace a feat you no longer want with a new one of the equivalent tier. If you had to take Skill Focus for lack of anything better, and now...

Ah, the simplest solutions are often the best. Thanks, ket!

I like your statblock format, keterys. May I ask how you put it together?

It seems like the simplest solution is to put a hard cap on the power, say 5 hits. Even if you optimize for it, at 30th level is 5*(2[W] + bonuses) so worthless?

When you choose a higher level power to replace a lower level, it's because the lower level power is outmoded. It doesn't do as much damage, has a smaller area of effect, inflicts an inferior status effect, or whatever. I don't think of it as "forgetting" an old spell so much as upgrading and...