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I think this hits the nail on the head as to why the power sources are mostly cosmetic. if 4e is about options, then setting up a system where arcane daily powers were always prepared spells would limit needlessly; however, saying that classes that draw upon the arcane power source **generally**...

I've been running a game on average once every other week for the whole of 3e and playing the other week for pretty much that whole time as well...on Tuesday, I was running a hill giant against my party and I actually had to look up Overrun...i had never in 8 years used it (or if I had, I've...

I think they are. I bet the sorcerer will blow the wizard out of the water (pun intended) for elemental "Rites" and the Illusionist will have tricked out illusions just like the psion will have tricked out charm effects. They have said that they were wanting to focus the wizard (who was really a...

My take is that power source is 60% cosmetic and 40% crunch. Within the 40%, we have the variations we have seen so far: Martial - non-magical (though impressive) - weapon / skill driven - broadly reliable powers Divine - holy symbol implement; sometimes weapon driven - multiple powers...

See that makes sense...but allowing total regain of all per encounters within a 2 round period within a period of narrative importance seems to blow the spirit out of the water. DC

Why?

Nah...dreaded symmetry would be an empire of humans who made a pact with angelic beings to protect themselves from unholy powers wielded by their tiefling adversaries. I like the idea of lost angels pleading with a community of mortals to essentially sacrifice everything they are to become...

This is way off the "brief rest" time which is 5 minutes isn't it? I could see spend 2 round doing nothing (except defending) to get 1 encounter power back...but not all of them.

I think this has more to do with the size of the company (Paizo perhaps notwithstanding). The edition change represents a potential enormous loss for a small producer... Of course the potential loss of 60 to 80% of a niche (actually niche of a niche) client-base is also a very real issue. It...

Because randomness is less fun and (apparently) has been removed everywhere that isn't directly task resolution related: HP are no longer random (no more 1 hp per level fiascoes), for example. It is also harder to balance. Do I plan for Mialee to be able to cast force orb once or 4 times in a...

The point is (was) that 4e's roles are not only not new... By my read, the point of that point is that since roles have been around since we gamers first crawled like apes from the trees to pick up a d20 and go wild, the burden of proof that 4e's roles are somehow more restrictive lies with the...

Says someone whose name is "Lizard?" *grin* What's with the animal hating? Classically, in nearly every mythology and philosophy earth has ever spawned, animals have been looked to as embodying certain traits worth emulating in art, magic, martial art, battle, religion, lineage, etc. Think of...

Honestly, my first though about this race was "hmmm a super good race...how motivating" Given the nature of angels in 4e (almost mechanical servants of a gods will and purpose), it would be interesting if there were something about the nature (even in the fluff) that worked out to be a downside...

this I agree with.. the other half...*shrug* the connection to the quori makes the kalashtar hate the Inspired but otherwise love peace. that is a form of good I guess. DC

I cannot help but be nitpicky on this....IIRC kalashtar are descended from a group of evil outsiders who happen to be good aligned. This may not matter in 4e but in 3e it is relevant. Quori have the evil descriptor which is something that doesn't go away just because the individual develops a...

Care BEAR or Care BARE? These are potentially very different things...

Except Arcane magic already is (think about the story and bent of the eladrin...i think W&M had something about the connection as well). Martial = The World Arcane = Feywild Divine = Astral Sea Psionic = Far Realm Shadow = Shadowfell Primal = Elemental Chaos of course then we're at 6 and out...

Unkind and unfair.... Copper is fine. It's the other two we hates... DC

I do think that a minor change needs to be made to the above examples. Passive: You are wandering the dungeon with your senses generally alert for danger: Do you notice the tripwire ahead? Active: You are wandering through a dungeon and you more carefully examine a particular creature...

A square of X on each side starting from an origin square which mush be adjacent to one square of the blast. A close blast 3 starts at any square adjacent to the character and spreads from there: X X X C X X X X X X OR C X X X X X X X X X OR EVEN C X X X X X X X X X dc