D&D 4E 4E Missing Class Conversion Article! Huge Spoilers for whats to come!

[Sitara]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4dnd/20080613a

Some tidbits;

-Barbarians will get rage. it will be simple to sue and its effects will last till the end of the encounter (you can't turn it off willingly)

-Bards will be arcane leaders and will use seplls to heal allies. (boo! I wanted a non magick bard)

-Druids withh shoot fire and lightning. They will be able to talk to beasts/animals (class power). They get shapeshifting but apparently it only lasts for a turn! (like the new fly spells)

-Monks; WOw! A whole lot of stuff. They will get Battle Focus (similar to quarry and warlock curses). They are also strikers, and they will attack with both hands (TWF). They also have supernatural powers (boo!) such as teleport.

-Rangers: Animal companions will be in the martial power book in october 2008!

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Besides for the Animal Companion for Rangers, I dunno how many of these are spoilers. They seem more like simply the best way to translate 3.5 version of the classes rather then their 4e versions.

Take for example the Sorcerer, no mention of their Wild Mage-esque abilities.

 

[Regicide]

-Bards will be arcane leaders and will use seplls to heal allies. (boo! I wanted a non magick bard)

A bard without magic is a thief who has a perform skill.

 

[Mort_Q]

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=230952

They're not spoilers. They're stopgaps.

 

[Sitara]

@Regicide; There is no 'Thief' class in 4e. Come to think of it, there was none in 3e as well.