Okay, the pregens must be all full of errors.
There aren't any pre-gens in the Red Box. There may, however, be errors in the "choose your own adventure" portion (such as the implication that dwarves have a movement of 6... but that also might be me misunderstanding something).
What are the evocation at-will powers?
This isn't full Essentials. This is the Starter Set. It might be useful to think of them as two separate products.
The classes are fighter, rogue, wizard, and cleric. They are not knight/slayer, thief, mage, and warpriest.
does the red box include the full essential rules
Definitely not. The DM book is 64 pages long and has to cover an adventure, some rules, some monster stats, and advice on being a DM.
Neo-Red Box seems to be its own pre- or proto-Essentials product.
The solo adventure: could it be easily adapted to a multi-player adventure? i.e. have the players build their characters together at the same time?
Eh... I guess if you don't mind a lot of flipping back and forth and passing the player book around.
I think the intention is, each person goes through the player book once to build his character, by himself. Then you get togehter, trick someone into being the DM, and you continue the adventure with whatever's in the DM book.
Can you tell us a bit about the second Level abilities like Weapon Finesse? Also is the Ranger included, if yes how does he work?
There's no Weapon Finesse that I can see. And there's definitely no Ranger. Remember: fighter, rogue, wizard, cleric.
The 2nd level powers are as follows -- going by the power cards only:
Fighter
- Minor Resurgence, encounter (req: bloodied, trained Endurance; gain 5 temp hp)
- Sudden Sprint, encounter (req: trained Athletics; move up to Con sq (as minor action), must end adjacent to enemy)
Rogue
- Sudden Leap, encounter (req: trained Athletics; "You leap through the air, landing a number of squares away up to half your speed.")
- Tumble, encounter
Wizard
- Shield, encounter
- Expeditious Retreat, daily (shift up to 2x speed)
- Spectral Image, encounter (makes illusion of creature or object, Insight DC 16 + Int to "disbelieve")
Cleric
- Bless, daily
- Shield of Faith, daily
- Resurgent Strength, daily (close burst 3; you or ally spend HS and gain +4 dmg until EoYNT)
Or perhaps since the offer closed 9 years ago you've already missed it?
Hyuk hyuk hyujk. Obviously I meant to type the expiration date as 2011.