D&D 4E 4E PHB Viewing at Games Plus, what we saw

[MindWanderer]

The PHB lists several ways to generate your character.
1. Array 9 to 16 (I don't have exactly which numbers, but only one of any number)
2. Point Buy (10 in five stats, 8 in sixth. 25 points to buy up from that, I don't remember the costs.)
3. 4d6 drop the lowest

Well... clearly the point buy system we've been using (Totoro's) isn't the correct one. Back to the drawing board.

Edit: Okay, I've gone over the pregens that we have (both DDXP and KotS) and I can't find any way that 25-point buy would be possible, unless there's a bizarre nonlinear mechanic that I can't imagine (e.g. it costs more points to buy a second score up to 16 than it did the first score). Are you sure it wasn't 22 points?

 

[thalmin]

(No pressure at all, huh.)
OMG. I never even saw the magic items!

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Thalmin did you see anything about the actual mechanics of using a ritual?

 

[thalmin]

Thalmin did you see anything about the actual mechanics of using a ritual?

Sorry, never got that far, but several customers were studying that section. I'll see if I can find them and get a report.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Sorry, never got that far, but several customers were studying that section. I'll see if I can find them and get a report.

Awesome thanks

 

[Deep Blue 9000]

Wow, this stuff sounds pretty cool, I just wonder...

There are 5 Alignments
Good
Lawful Good
Evil
Chaotic Evil
Unaligned

Among the gods I did not see any evil or CE listed.

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Byronic]

Wow, talk about over-preparing. If these boards have taught me anything the key to getting your hands on the PHB are threefold:

- Scry
- Buff
- Teleport

And you guys call yourselves role players...

Actually I'd call them "diversion"

 

[Family]

Diplomacy
Bluff
Intimidate
Inititive

 

[functionciccio]

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

Why?

 

[UngeheuerLich]

They probably forgot: neutral, lawful evil, and chaotic good. (of course they did that deliberately)

Also evil gods are usually included as gods for evil npcs...