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I am assuming and hoping that class abilities will remain, since certain D&D classes are strongly expected to have certain abilities. I hope "talent trees" will be an option, not an integral part of every character.

I dearly hope thats how they are thinking. The roles need to be incidental, not the goal.

I sincerely hope this isnt the case. The Cleric already has too many spells that wizards should have but don't. And I really, really hope the roles focus simply on the classes most common abilities, rather than paring the classes down to fit the role. The class itself, its concept and history...

And its important to remember that at this point, the implements are being presented as enhancements, not requirements like the Magister's Staff in AU.

Well, I'd say the Wizard, at least as we know it, or rather as we envision is, is a sort of ever-shifting peg. Even though the Cleric is more powerful with its invulnerable defenses, and is able to do some things Wizards can't but should be able too, the Wizard can probably produce more...

I think the very point of the leader role is to let them do support, while being able to do more "active" things at the same time... I have my concerns as well, but for the moment I am extending the benefit of the doubt, and assuming that in the end, the roles will be primarily rules jargon...

I dont think that will be possible for all spells. Not even if a wizard has several implements. And there will most likely be degrees. My point is, some people think they will be required to cast spells as written. Nothing has indicated this. Just as how right now you can cast a spell without...

Because in some settings, like FR, the "just pick two domains" rule is overrulled. In the FR campaign setting it states that any divine spellcaster in that setting MUST have a patron deity to cast divine spells

From what they've said so far, it looks like spells cast without these objects will be exactly as effective as normal, and spells cast with them will be more effective than normal.

Thats one of many reasons why armor should be expressed as DR, not make you harder to "hit"

Thats what a class-based defense bonus...an AC version of BAB, should be for.

Exactly. Its important to bear in mind that the broadest definition of "anime" is neither a genre, nor an art style, it is simply any animation from Japan (or some times Asia in general.) It covers all genres, types and styles, and different ones are targeted at different age groups and...

The one to the left of your posts, Mr. Colour-Changing Kitten

Your slowly tearing a massive rupture in my very conciousness, Mr. Orange Kitten.

You misunderstand. What I mean is, some parties choose to inflict the 9-915 thing on themselves, because they insist on having 100% resources at all times. They dont see it as a problem, and will play this way regardless of the system. For the ones that consider it a problem, its a problem for...

I'd say its also not possible to judge that specific work as objectively good or bad, as a whole. Elements of it yes, the whole not so much. Yes, because the yardsticks themselves are subjective, in the context of whole works. Most people tend to use the same criteria for certain specific...

I agree, and I should have made this distinction more clear. I have been speaking of opinions of specific works. What your speaking of here is an opinion of a whole catagory or genre, and I agree with you in those cases that an opinion formed about a whole catagory based on very limited or...

This sounds about right to me.

Hmmm. Well I havent been reading every post for a while, but just a few things I seem to notice. 1) what constitutes a "significant" encounter is mostly a matter of opinion. 2) a party that recharges its per encounter abilities isnt necessarily at full resources 3) it still seems to me that...

Also bear in mind that we have been told that Fighters especially will be able to "go down more than one path" so to speak. This has always been a bit of an issue, but hopefully some ways around it are being implemented.