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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 5308652" data-attributes="member: 32164">Confining myself to actual errata, and trying not to be too repetitive...General: Only the fighter part of the &quot;choose your own adventure&quot; path directs a newbie to the picture on the bottom of page 6 for an explanation of the different kinds of dice. The other classes seem to simply assume that knowledge.Step 7: Unless something has changed in D&amp;D Essentials, halflings, who are small, can't use a greatsword or greataxe. The halfling fighter should instead be using the versatile longsword or battleaxe in two hands (for d8/d10 damage respectively).Step 7: If your first blow misses the goblin, you will go through the fighter section without touching the point where you note down your CON score (Step 8). Several later steps assume you've done this.Step 37: Your weapon attack bonus is listed as &quot;+8&quot; and &quot;sword.&quot; It should be &quot;+6&quot; and &quot;mace.&quot; It's corrected later (like in Step 39), but the discrepancy is confusing.Step 45: This assumes you've already filled in your CON score. As later acknowledged, this is hardly a sure thing, so the class-specific sections later should refer those who haven't yet determined their CON score to both that step AND give an admonishment to make sure they adjust the value from Step 45. Alternatively, this could be moved to after those sections.Step 56: While all the other classes have a point where they say &quot;If you didn't fill in your CON score, go back to Step X and do it now,&quot; the fighter doesn't. It may be unlikely this would happen, but it is possible.Step 56: As pointed out, neither the dwarf nor the halfling &quot;already got&quot; their +2 Con bonus. This could alternatively be an errata for Step 8 instead.Step 59: It should read: &quot;If you're playing a dwarf, you already got a +2 to your Wisdom and Constitution scores.&quot;That's all I can find for now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 5308652, member: 32164"] Confining myself to actual errata, and trying not to be too repetitive... [B]General:[/B] Only the fighter part of the "choose your own adventure" path directs a newbie to the picture on the bottom of page 6 for an explanation of the different kinds of dice. The other classes seem to simply assume that knowledge. [b]Step 7:[/b] Unless something has changed in [I]D&D Essentials[/I], halflings, who are small, can't use a greatsword or greataxe. The halfling fighter should instead be using the versatile longsword or battleaxe in two hands (for d8/d10 damage respectively). [B]Step 7:[/B] If your first blow misses the goblin, you will go through the fighter section without touching the point where you note down your CON score (Step 8). Several later steps assume you've done this. [B]Step 37:[/B] Your weapon attack bonus is listed as "+8" and "sword." It should be "+6" and "mace." It's corrected later (like in [B]Step 39[/B]), but the discrepancy is confusing. [b]Step 45:[/b] This assumes you've already filled in your CON score. As later acknowledged, this is hardly a sure thing, so the class-specific sections later should refer those who haven't yet determined their CON score to both that step AND give an admonishment to make sure they adjust the value from Step 45. Alternatively, this could be moved to after those sections. [b]Step 56:[/b] While all the other classes have a point where they say "If you didn't fill in your CON score, go back to Step X and do it now," the fighter doesn't. It may be unlikely this would happen, but it is possible. [B]Step 56:[/B] As pointed out, neither the dwarf nor the halfling "already got" their +2 Con bonus. This could alternatively be an errata for [B]Step 8[/B] instead. [b]Step 59:[/b] It should read: "If you're playing a dwarf, you already got a +2 to your Wisdom and Constitution scores." That's all I can find for now. [/QUOTE]

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