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Didn't they also say though that lower level characters wouldn't be swimming in money by the time they were 5th level (wearing more money then small towns). The costs seem ok to me, but as a d.m. you can always change them if you feel it necessary.

I see no problem with the epic destinies. Even if after the books come out and you still dont like the destinies presented, 4e seems like such an easy system to understand, it wouldnt be hard to sit down with your DM and come up with one of your own. And if you like the destinies, but not the...

And who says the guards cant one shot enemies in a battle? If you as the DM want them one shotted, just say they were a minion and problem solved. If you want the guards to be helping the PC's defend something, you can have the guards fight whichever you deem thematically appropriate. If it...

Minions are meant to be put out for characters nearer there level. Thats why you can have so many in a balanced encounter. My idea would be to keep 2-3 Vampire minions and use some basic zombies for the rest. Im not sure if they have stats for them yet, but with 4e its really easy to make them.

I too am glad that ability damage is gone in the next edition. It is generally something my current group avoids. It makes the game less fun in an RP kind of way when the wizard/sorcerer takes out the big bad fighter type with an empowered RoE. Whats fun about beating on a guy that cant...

In one of the 4e home games i was in, the dwarfs tide of iron moved an enemy into a pit trap. In another one, with Goblin Picadours, they were dragging the PCs into swarms of goblins. So yeah, i think that environments are going to make a big difference on tactics and the way combat runs...

I would be disappointed if clerics couldnt heal NPC's. Even though i am pretty sure there are going to be rules for it, it wouldnt be a big deal for a DM to make something up for it.

My group has done one of the D&DXP adventures, plus a home brewed game. In each, all of the classes stood out and it was great. Sounds like they had fun too in your game. Dont you just love the minion rules!! The image of a party standing around after having defeated hordes of monsters is great.

I see no way to run a game without Rule 0. If one of the players wants to do something that isnt specifically addressed in the rules, i am not going to say,"No, its not in the rules so you cant do it." I am going to come up with something either on my own or with help from other players/gm to...

We fought a beholder in one of my home games at the appropriate level (i think the EL might have been higher because there were minions all over the place). It was a somewhere between a challenge and basic encounter. If i remember correctly, this was the 3rd encounter of the day. We had a...

I would just stick with a theme and story for the character. Mechanics-wise its gonna be a whole different ballpark. And unless you feel comfortable starting a mid level game in a new system, then i would do what wizards suggests and wrap up the campaign before 4e comes out.

Could also be that all undead share certain traits and the ones they have statted only show what that particular one has immunities to minus the basic undead immunities.

Greater teleport+ Sphere of Ultimate Anihalation to the power core = win One of my current DM's had this as a back story for a planet in the Dragonstar universe.

In the home games i play in, the DM decides what happens as far as fate and that kind of thing. If the high priest needs to come back, then he can. If not, then sux to be him. I agree with the philosophy that destiny means whether or not the player wants to continue that character. The best...

Turning is pretty cool. We ran a demo for 4e and the cleric was able to Turn Undead. Sure, they had to get within 2 squares. When you ready your action though to turn, its nice. I forced 3 skeletons back 5 squares away and did a good deal of damage.

This has been said several times, but i feel that i must repeat it again. If you play in a group that are all friends and dont consist of players that like to be jerks, the warlord class is fine. If in the PHB it still says that you force someone to move, then just handwave in that the player...

I am liking 4e more and more with every tidbit that comes out about it. All of the warlords abilities look great. 4e is going to make combat much more dynamic as opposed the "full attack to 5ft step" option. I think this is going to be the class for the tactical master or someone who wants to...

I like using the square mats and tiles as opposed to hexes. Sure, some rooms have wierd angles or curves. Draw the curve, and the DM can make the decisions on what happens as far as standing in it or whatever. Thats a part of why he is there in the first place. Besides, i like square rooms...

In my home group, we have something like this. We use action points and should a character take enough damage to die, we can spend an action point to stabalize and we take a major wound (something that heal can take care of). Its more of a RP thing in 3.5 because characters are loaded with...

I play monsters equal to there intelligence. A creature with low int is played like one. If that means charging the closest opponent and attacking till its dead then moving on, so be it. The hobgoblin soldiers are going to be played like soldiers. Unless there are specific tactics designed...