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I'm going with fighters simply for the movement denial. The ability to keep a monster in place allows most battles to be fought on the PC's terms, and keeps the monsters from frying squishies.

I'm saying Dragonlance just because the hints are too strong. Draconians in DDM and Draconomicon 2 Minotaurs in PHB3 Big panel with Weis and Hickman at Gencon Raistlin in the character builder New major Dragonlance book just released Existing novel line

It looks cool. I think I may have another book going on my "Shelf of Systems"

I tend to agree with this statement. I think the main debate over "old school" vs. "new school" is mostly a problem of varying terminology.

At the end of September, I will be moving to Fresno, CA. If there are any gamers in the area, please let me know. I'm a little concerned about not finding a group once I get there.

My personal favorite is Monster Manual 2. As a DM, I enjoy the flexibility it gives me. Plus many of the monsters are just plain cool.

The secondary ability bonuses come into play with the weapon specific feats and for some fighter powers. If you're playing a barbarian, and you don't care about blade opportunist, you'll be fine. I personally believe that heavy blades are superior because of their proficiency bonus, but that's...

No, I say now. As in right now. No waiting at all. Oh, you mean realistically. Yeah, mid to late august looks realistic.

I second this. I'd say for your race pick Eladrin if you choose wizard and Elf if you choose Druid.

You joke, but you'd be amazed how many people insist "It can't save that much time!"

Speeding up stuff in 4e isn't particularly difficult, you just need to make sure that both you and your players are properly prepared. For players: If everyone knows their character and has proper cards printed up with to hit and damage numbers, I consider the players properly prepared. For DM...

It's really not. Several games prior to 4e have used the idea of a horde of monsters using abbreviated mechanics to speed up bookkeeping. Feng Shui and Savage Worlds come to mind. And the idea works in both.

The anti-minion argument always puzzles me, considering 4e isn't the first RPG to use that concept.

I'd love to see them too. I know a few games have tried with the character builder, but I don't know if anyone has tried the other tools. I'm a huge Savage Worlds fan, and I'd love to see a little generator for monsters/NPC's.

I've actually been wondering about this. With all the accessibility features of 4e, and because D&D frequently leads the RPG industry, will other companies have to step up to digital tools in the same way to remain competitive?

I already have a hard time remembering what DMing was like before 4e. I can only imagine what this is going to do for me.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/HP-Lovecraft/H-P-Lovecraft/e/9781435107939/?itm=14 If you go to your local B&N and get lucky, you can find this in the bargain books for $20. It's all the fiction the man ever wrote. That's a really good starting point, assuming you can get through it.

One thing to remember about this is the character's level. Most gargantuan creatures are going to be encountered by characters level 21+. By that point you have an epic destiny, and are something beyond what a normal mortal would be. For example, could Bob the level 3 fighter push that...

Be careful, it can still hear you. Actually, Gleemax could have worked if it based itself more on myspace. And if it was a lot bigger. Most of the social-networking sites that make money on advertisements have to be really, really big. Both Myspace and Facebook have millions of people on...

It could be worse. At least they're not relying on decoder rings. Last time that happened, I wound up drinking way too much ovaltine.