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It meant, out of the player's handbook, because the way they're going to flesh everything out more in 4e for better balance, you will not be able to play a "blink dog fighter" at first level. Instead, they are going to spend the time and energy necessary to really balance things out so that...

Correct. Exactly like the Warlock. They even referenced him in the discussion. They said many of the things we're going to see are like the later books. The warlock for the "arcane" classes, and the Tome of Battle for the "martial" classes. Yes. This got a rousing round of applause from...

See all the recent books for examples. Having heard them describe it, and compare to stat blocks used in Saga edition, I picked up a copy of Shadowdale at the con. I'm sure this is exactly what they're talking about. The entire encounter fit on one easily referenceable page. They are using a...

Confirmed.

Whew! Too bad the lying liar that lied (Mr. Rouse) SWORE there would be no announement this year. As a result, I made no plans to attend (spending all my "family points" on Origins this year). Yeah, well, too bad about that. Called off work, drove over here from Columbus, and been...

AOO - It won't be the same thing, but the conepts are all there. Please note that things ARE still in development. Nothing's finalized yet.

Resource Management All classes have defined roles – a fighter is never penalized for being a “tank”, a “healer” is never penalized for curing, a mage is never penalized for “magic missiling” All characters have at will, per encounter, and per day uses they will have to keep track of. No more...

Seminar's over.

Ok, here we go...Data Dump commence!!!! Team has been working on 4th Edition for over two years. Bill Slaviseck Leads: Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt Bill, Andy, Mike Mearls, and Rich Baker were the one's in the front of the room for this. Playtesting in campaigns at WoTC (ie, Dave...

Here's a great quote from Chris, "A lot of things are going to be changing, and we're going to put most of it in previews on D&D Insider, but I can assure you the Beholder will still only have 9 eyes."

1-10 Heroic 11 - 20 Paragon 21 - 30 Epic More to follow...

Very different. Monsters fill key "roles" in encounters. All the stuff Mike Mearls was talking about on the Wizards website, that's all 4e. Mike's on the design team.

Yes, Saga is a significant "preview" of 4th Edition

"Nope, we want you to sign up for D&D Insider." - Chris Thomassan

I'm at the seminar now, and I'll post my notes in a minute. Live report! Any questions you want me to ask?

I am totally thrilled. I was on the fence about making the drive from Columbus to Indianapolis. In light of this, I will probably call off work on Friday to make the drive. I can't wait! Fire up the 4E forums on ENWorld, cause it is on like Donkey Kong!

Just because nobody else has posted it yet, I believe we're counting down to 6:30pm tomorrow night on the first day of Gen Con. Anyone got a copy of the schedule to see what's slotted for that time. It's not the opening of the con, or the opening of the dealer hall, etc...

Holy Crap Well that's kind of exciting. It's fun being a fanboy sometimes. So, I'm wondering what the 4th dimension would be. Assuming one dimension is word, and the second dimension is art (or 2D like paper), and the third dimension is minis/battlemaps and such (as in 3D representation)...

Raw skill + Unfettered Rage I'm reading this post from you, SHARK and imaging how such a civilization could persist in your extremely high powered and d high magic campaigns. I'm picturing an entire civilization, groomed on hunting and pillaging. Strengthened over generations of Darwinian...

Occupations 2.5 http://rpgdesign.blogspot.com/2007/08/occupations-umm-25.html (sorry, not sure how to do links) Your improved feats look exactly like what I was thinking for talents. Excellent execution. I'd love to have several to choose from that might make sense with how I ended up being...