D&D 4E 4E: What we think we know

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Found this nice snippet at the 6:30pm Friday post here so scroll way down:

"The game will have 30 levels of play, making epic play part of the standard system. I love epic play, even though in 3E, it becomes the "Don't roll a 1 on a Fort or Will save" game. Every round, it seems like you take more than 50 points of damage per attack that lands, which means multiple saves for death from massive damage. Eventually, despite your +30 Fort save, you're gonna fail and die. That stinks, so I'm glad that won't be an issue."​

They had mentioned that Epic play was going to be messed with, though it was hard to tell if that part was in the Core or not.

From that quote, sounds to me like they ARE solving some of the problems. Course, there were a lot, so they've got some work to do to make it more viable.

 

[HeyJoe]

I'm still curious... how are things to be "simplified" ?

 

[Glyfair]

This concerns me a little bit. What if someone doesn't own a book, but their GM does, and they want to use something from it with their character. Will the chargen allow people to add stuff to their characters from books they don't personally own?

Have your GM login and create your character on his account? Buy the book?

 

[The Souljourner]

I'm still curious... how are things to be "simplified" ?

They mentioned attacks of opportunity and grappling, but no specifics other than that.

-Nate

 

[I'm A Banana]

It'll be the "Burning Fate" expansion pack.

Are you positive...

100%...absolutely....positive....


that's not an STD?

 

[Agamon]

I'm sure someone already thought of this, but it just came to me: if the books have a code, much like PC games, then they need to be sealed, much like PC games. Wow. So much for browsing.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I'm sure someone already thought of this, but it just came to me: if the books have a code, much like PC games, then they need to be sealed, much like PC games. Wow. So much for browsing.

If you've gotta pony up some scratch online to activate the code, that means that it doesn't have to be as protected.

You can also get things (especially on hardcovers) that seal only part of it. Books that carry CD's do this all the time -- a little pouch inside it. Heck, the 3e PHB did it.

Chicken Little, this part of the sky is safe.

 

[Glyfair]

I'm sure someone already thought of this, but it just came to me: if the books have a code, much like PC games, then they need to be sealed, much like PC games. Wow. So much for browsing.

No. They just need a sealed section.

I've seen books with sealed material attached to the covers (sort of like the character generator disk was done with the original 3E PHB).

 

[BigRedRod]

I'm sure someone already thought of this, but it just came to me: if the books have a code, much like PC games, then they need to be sealed, much like PC games. Wow. So much for browsing.

I'd expect it to be a silver scratch off section much like we have with Nintendo stars at the moment.

 

[Agamon]

Good points. Like I said, just a wandering thought.