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I think we're thinking in 3E paradigms. =) 4E supposedly has a bigger impact on your race, so we might get multiple stat bonuses at different levels as you go up in level. Like the dwarf might get +2 Con at 1st, 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, etc. level. Or perhaps a race with favored class...

I have like 5 dozen 3.xx WotC books and I'm looking forward to 4E. Having said that, I have a friend who is disgruntled at 4E and saying that he's invested a lot of money in the 3E books (although among the gaming group I have the biggest collection).

Where else would they get them? It's not like we have an empirical formula for obtaining the best rules. We just have guesses and playtesting to go on (and designers will only be able to playtest the rules they implement). And guess what, people play D&D differently. Your right answer might be...

Probably a Jump skill check. =) Every other applicable defense (Reflex or AC) seem static.

Nothing wrong with playing a core-only game. =) It's just some people prefer to play the game with more options (hence supplements).

Depending on how they treat racial ability progression as you go up in levels, I suspect changelings and shifters will eventually take over doppelgangers and lycanthropes respectively.

Bear in mind that 3E has had years of supplements giving it "more options". 4E is just coming out fresh.

House rules are well and good but the existence of house rules just goes to show that a) some rules can be improved or b) some adjustments needs to be made to tailor to specific groups. Not that GMs won't be implementing their own house rules to 4E. I think the point is, while you can...

Yes but there's also a point when you have to admit the faults of the previous edition. As a GM who has abused the monster advancement rules, it's a very possible phenomenon. And at the very least, they're the guys who worked on/designed 3E. If anyone's going to be offended, it's them, and...

There's a preview up at the site. (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20070912a) And it includes a table of contents. Overall, I think it's just like any other accessory. Not as crunchy as say, Complete Warrior, but more crunch than, say, Cityscape. There's some feats and some spells...

Actually I think New Year is too soon (unless you're talking about the Chinese New Year). I expect the SRD will be done by shortly before D&D Experience in Feb. (See http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=206847)

Eight months actually. And those two months mean a big difference. I don't think they can drop anything definitive because the design process isn't complete yet! Of course WotC is trying to hype people for 4E. That's part of the announcement and releasing previews. The same way you know, Paizo...

Anywhere between May to July. It was mentioned in the OGL/d20 Panel at Gen Con (a mp3 copy over at http://thedigitalfront.com/)

There's only so many ways you can talk about 4E without talking about the weaknesses of 3E. For example, some people interpret "we're doing X better" as "they're bashing X in 3E".

I did and Ari did but our posts have been conveniently ignored. =) Honestly, we can't make judgments for game mechanics we haven't seen but in general, I'm okay with giving players "a crutch".

Exactly. "SRD Core" is the term used by some gamers, not WotC's. Again, I think people are misunderstanding. I think right now the real "core" (as in what you see in the rulebooks) will be the PHB, DMG, MM. Anything else will be labeled as "supplements" (perhaps the PHB II, DMG II, etc. will...

Does that mean Ari will come visit me at home? Can I get him to sign my books?

Just to clarify and cut off the weed before it spreads, the recent podcast was summarized in the boards and one point mentioned was that "The meaning of "Core: will include expansions and D&D Insider materials, not just the first three books." Before everyone quotes Mike Mearls and Dave Noonan...

The context in which "D&D Insider and other supplements are core" is said quite differently in the podcast. The designers meant that if for you, D&D "core" meant non-setting specific books, then Race XX or Class XX which is not in the PHB/DMG/MM will most likely be available in other non-setting...

They also said that the action points we know now is different from the action points that's going to be in 4E. For that reason alone I'm reserving judgment. Because as it is, action points can mean anything. In d20 games like True20, it's present and it works. In non-d20 AEG games like 7th Sea...