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I've played in my games that they DO offer flanking, and in fact have allowed them to also take OAs. Honestly, I don't see them leaping in effectiveness to the point of being broken, from my experience. They're just more handy and desirable in combat, which is the intention of summoning them in...

DMG42 just came out with this recently, basically taking a closer look at how monster, trap, and falling damage correlates with PC HP (and ability to regain hp) over the course of 30 levels. The results are surprising, and may be a major cause of grind. The author supplies a new damage...

Dragon Dungeon Color me impressed. The content from both sides is great this month, especially Dungeon. The spin on "Into the Fire" is particularly awesome, and Epic, never mind the final installment of Giant. And there's something about Chris Perkins in general, but especially in this...

I'm exclusively a 4ther and even I'm tempted to subscribe. This site is gorgeous, and the production value alone is wonderful. Had this been 4e, I'd have subscribed in a heartbeat. I'm really routing for these guys!

I know this lineup is impossible in a unity edition, but I'd want: Changeling: Reflavor them as part of the faerie tradition, truly crib-swapped individuals who realize their fey heritage and are either driven out and persecuted, or else stricken with an irresistible wanderlust, or need to...

Yes they should. Put all races from all editions' PHB in there. If the designers can manage the classes, they certainly can manage the races.

Which would you like to be explored more thoroughly in a summer Open Design 4e project? Voted or not over at KQ, I'm happy to make it my summer focus with Fourth Party. Just putting a feeler out for your interests. I plan to work on my pitch Monday, so poll goes till then. If you want a plane...

Bingo.

It's an odd and liberating feeling, but I share the sentiment. I guess it must come with getting a little older, the idea I can sit out an edition and be fine, and that if I like something I can stay with it and not follow the new or latest (or maybe in this case oldest) e. Oh boy, I think I've...

My #1 question is "What's next?" in the way of 4e-specific material. I ask in the comments section of every Rule of Three. If they began work on 5e 9 months ago, and the last 4e product (Dungeon Survival Handbook) comes out in May, that makes 12 months between DSH design and release: the time it...

Am I the only one who thought this was a Pros/Cons of having Monte Cook on the design team, which I imagined would be followed up by an unqualified scale from 1-5? That would have been funny.

I have it on preorder. There were a few threads about it during the previews, and a thread on the CharOp boards of WotC where a guy actually had a copy. On the whole, I think 4thers are excited for the book, though that was kind of a last month and early this month thing. I have to agree with...

Since Vancian is confirmed and it's part and parcel with the wizard and cleric, why not give the wizard and cleric (or more likely 'priest') all the complexity of 1e-3e spellcasters. I'm already avoiding them anyway, might as well lump all the rolling and intricacies of past editions. Then have...

What if the number of targets also equaled the wizard's Intelligence modifier?

Thanks for the heads up, man. The more Epic material the better, especially since my parties are edging 20 (and, through various homebrew stuff are more on a power scale of level 22). I'll definitely check them out.

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I've decided to turn mine efforts toward the existing edition. This doesn't prevent me from purchasing things I like and want (Heroes of the Elemental Chaos here I come!), nor does it exclude me from 5e playtests. Frankly I'm quite content with 4e, and the...

By writing one. That's meant with the utmost admiration. You've always had a steady handle on the rules and a keen eye for design. I agree totally with your assessment of what 4e could be, but isn't. The edition is almost entirely untapped. Your adventures truly sound wonderful, so do the...

I was actually considering high Paragon and Epic content. I'm well-versed in Paragon, but just scratching the surface of my Epic understanding in my home campaigns, making me hesitant to extend quite that far. Then again, I'd have the backing of (hopefully) many patrons with which to check...

Good questions. I'm kind of assuming that is going to be a risk from the start, which is kind of a downer, but any long-shot lawsuit could bankrupt the common man when its issued from a corporation. I guess the trick isn't provoking them, or making them feel as if they're losing anything, which...

My guess is they only do so many projects a season for production cost reasons. These will become physical products, and designers and artists are paid for their services. I figure if it came down to funding and supporting a 4e project or a PF project, and the next project will be edition...