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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4217540" data-attributes="member: 58197">Half the things you list as negatives are, to me, positives:I consider 1 hp minions to be a brilliant innovation.  Now I can actually pit the party against twenty zombies without having to track hit points for every single freakin' zombie.Neutral on this.  Two-weapon fighting is a difficult thing.  It makes sense to me that you can't do it effectively unless you're trained.Okay, I agree, this is annoying.  I don't give a crap about metallic dragons, but dang it, I want my frost giants!I am one hundred percent down with wizards as infinite energy machines.  I have hated Vancian casting since the days of BECMI.  "I can't cast any more fireballs today.  Why not?  Uh, I forgot how to do it.  I have to go read my spellbook again to remind me."Ugh.  3E at least came up with slightly better fluff--"preparing" instead of "memorizing"--but it was still lame.Gnome anything is a waste of space as far as I'm concerned.  Although I might change my opinion depending on how the new gnomes turn out.Eh, whatever.  I don't consider this a benefit, but I also don't consider it a problem.Mildly annoying, true.  A lot will depend on whether they can use this ability to go through walls.It's a stylistic choice, and even though it doesn't mesh with my literary tastes, I'm starting to think it's a better choice for an RPG.  In my experience, games involving casters past 6th level or so inevitably develop a high ZOWIE factor anyhow, except that all the ZOWIE is under the control of one or two characters.  At least 4E spreads it around a bit.This does sadden me a bit.  But it's not the end of the world.</blockquote>

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