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You do realize that those two mechanics are trying to accomplish two entirely different goals right? One is a replacement for magic items entirely (good if you want to run a low magic world, but still want the PC's to have their "expected" bonuses). The other is a way to "equip" magic items on...

I actually hope they DON'T do this. Using just one feat as an example (Epic Will) and the preview they did on that other feat...I'd rather they just change the existing feat "Epic Will" to be +2/+3/+4 with no stat requirement. Having two feats creates clutter.

You sir are asking for the impossible. We will always have "the sky is falling" crowd of people. Having played WoW for 4 years I can say that the debate occurs, but it somehow always occurs in terms of balance....such and such really needed the nerf bat....or that ability was useless so I'm...

So we're saying that "attack" is defined by the type then? Melee, Ranged, Area (blast/burst), Close (blast/burst) and that Area and Close powers benefit more from "next attack" than the other two types then?

To make life easy on me I've had a simple house rule for this. Every level up each PC gets 1 magic item of new level + 1 (if you are going from 1 -> 2 it would be a L3 item or less - L2 + 1). As I'm almost to Epic (currently level 18 PCs) I'm somewhat regretting this and look forward to the...

I would probably go with the less beneficial which is subtract first then divide. Otherwise the two combined could get pretty ridiculously OP. I'd say you can do it whatever way you want at your table. Kind of like start of turn order...do I regenerate first or taking ongoing damage first.

The most recent version of the worm only has 3 attacks with "Hydra Fury" and can proc an additional attack for each "hit", but that extra attack specifically can NOT be against the original target. This is what led to my comment. If the Hydra were marked, then I'd expect the "marker" to be the...

Also...I really like the Purple Worm and it's exactly the right level for my party (currently level 18) so after the weekend I'll let you know how it ran with a real group. :P

I like that the Hydra can make 3 attacks against whatever has it marked and for each hit it can take an attack vs. a non-marked enemy (without penalty - but that goes without saying right?)

I've come to the conclusion that EW was dead on from page one. Assuming your "definition" of 4.5 is the halfway mark of all errata/new features already here and yet to come. You said pretty much everything I was going to say and I can't even XP ya. But I think the most telling bit is this...

I only want to disagree about the MM3 changes. The damage boosts were needed AND I love the new format. Neither of those really has anything to do with new class builds, magic missile errata and some of the other PLAYER side changes coming with Essentials. But my choices were worded to be...

Bah...then my understanding of what happened is way off. I wasn't playing at all during 3.0 and only some at the very end of 3.5. That being the case WTH was everyone bitching about 3.5 for then? It was flippin FREE. Maybe what I'm thinking of is stuff like M&M which adapted the core rules...

Perhaps it got missed so I'll ask again. Among those that say Essentials = 4.5 which of the following is true: 1. 3.0 is to 3.5 as 4.0 is to essentials so I should get rid of my PHB because it's no longer valid. 2. It's just more errata and features, but my PHB is still valid (for the most...

Yes, actually it is how it happened. WotC never released the SRD, it was done by 3rd parties under OGL. Why the hell would WotC give out an edition for free (other than being idiots in how the OGL was worded)? My point was mostly that WotC wasn't responsible for the SRD. Yes it existed. Yes...

I think you're confusing errata with the moronic move WotC made with 3.0/3.5. The reason there was a 3.5 SRD was because of the d20 OGL where someone took the book, typed it up and posted it on the internet for FREE and WotC couldn't do anything about it because of OGL.

Herein lies the rub. 3.5 WAS a whole new edition. It was basically 4.0 BECAUSE it invalidated all that came before it. You had to buy all the "core" rulebooks all over again. Unless that is not the position of those saying essentials is 4.5 So what say you all...am I throwing out my PHB...

And my point was that no matter how many "service packs" we might get it's still 4.x even 4.0 is 4.x because it's all compatible. When they rewrite from the ground up or stop "programming" the rules to be backwards compatible then we'll be moving on to 5.x starting with 5.0 This is actually a...

All I'm trying to prove is how disingenuous the 4.5 crowd are. Two years of errata and suddenly THIS MONTHS errata is somehow 4.5.

To quote from your article: "this is the time that the game changed!". I only have one question. Where were you a year ago when all your criteria were already met for a "new edition"? Most of what you claim constitutes 4.5 has been in the errata for over a year. When they added psionics they...

Before I take issue with you for this I'll ask if your intent was to make it seem like Essentials = 4.5 is a statement of fact by your last sentence. You're right that it was a mistake to say they wouldn't make 4.5, but what we're getting has nothing to do with that. We'd get "the sky is...