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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5121771" data-attributes="member: 58197">Indeed. Even with the efforts the designers made to simplify the system and even with the Character Builder to hold your hand, 4E is not exactly newbie-friendly, and keeping track of all the numbers is not for the mathematically disinclined.Heck, I'm a gaming veteran of 22 years, been playing 4E since release, and even so I make a point of designing characters that are easy to use at the gaming table. All of my attack stats must be the same value, and all my weapons must have the same proficiency bonus, so I don't have to think about what my attack bonus is. (I hardly ever play classes that mix weapon and implement powers.)I don't take feats with elaborate conditions dictating when they apply, I don't take powers that require a slew of rolls or complicated mechanics, and I try to avoid anything that imposes fiddly little modifiers. Next to each power on the sheet, I write down the defense it targets and the damage it deals, so I don't have to sort through my power cards to get that info.But of course newbies, who are the ones most in need of these brain-saving tricks, are the ones least likely to figure them out.</blockquote>