Races and Classes--I has it!

[AnonymousOne]

The release date is the 18th so all these stores where people have picked up the book already have broken the street date.

It's referred to as a tactical leak. Ya see, now that the sages on ENworld have consumed it and it has peaked a bunch of OTHER people's interest sales are guaranteed to go up.

Okay ... maybe I'm giving Wizards too much credit there ... but still, who are we to complain? This Thread has almost assured my purchase of the core books upon their release.

Oh and thanks Scott for helping us through some of the nit-picking ... I can't wait to see the final product.

 

[Oldtimer]

The release date is the 18th so all these stores where people have picked up the book already have broken the street date.

Scott, if I'm not mistaken Najo runs a game store, so I think his question reflects his worry of not having it in stock for Tuesday's release.

 

[frankthedm]

'your talents are wasted on rabble'

Now that is curious.

I think it makes plenty of sense. The ranger can strike at the elites and boss monsters with chirurgical precision, but he is better off if he lets the fighter cleave through the crowd of mooks to get a clean shot at the main target.

 

[Rechan]

I think it makes plenty of sence. The ranger can strike at the elites and boss monters with chirugical presision, but he is better off if he lets the fighter cleave through the crowd of mooks to get a clean shot at the main target.

Oh. I was thinking something else.

Of course, if the ranger has mobility, he doesn't NEED to let the fighter cleave.

And, with 4e doing 'one monster per PC unless there are elites or solo monsters', I don't see that necessarily happening.

 

[frankthedm]

Oh. I was thinking something else.

Of course, if the ranger has mobility, he doesn't NEED to let the fighter cleave.

And, with 4e doing 'one monster per PC unless there are elites or solo monsters', I don't see that necessarily happening.

The minion rules have not been fully detailed, but they have given examples of 20 goblins vs first level PCs, so I'm betting crowded battlemats are not going to be unusual or uncommon.

 

[WhatGravitas]

I'm curious about the eladrin - are there any references to the "old" eladrin, such as the Ghaele and Bralani? Any insights why the eladrin were remodeled?

On that: They had the high elves in the Feywild first - which have that fey lords of the Feywild going on.
Then they had the current Eladrin, who are feyish-inspired outsiders on Arborea (which has a Faerie-like vibe as well), meaning both had a similar rough concept (fey lords on faerie-like plane), hence one had to go.

So high elves killed Eladrin and took their stuff (i.e. name).

Cheers, LT.

 

[Rechan]

I will repeat what others have asked:

Ranger, divine or martial striker?

 

[Roman]

The ranger could also be a striker based on the "nature" power source. I guess that could make him a "natural striker".

 

[Sir Brennen]

Still, the fact that this is coming through them and not some outside source (that observed them) makes me reluctant to believe them.

If I write, say a module, I can certainly do a good job of talking about how great a job I did because I care so much and put so much time into it. That doesn't mean it is a good module.

It's a preview, not a review. You'll have plenty of the latter once the core books come out, but those won't have any of the inside perspective or access to the designer's thinking during development like these books will, and I think that's what alot of people are interested in reading about. It's not just a book full of "We're great! We love this game!" without something to back it up.

 

[Plane Sailing]

So they're built like an armadillo got drunk and slept with a tank?

Nah, that would be Tarkus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tarkus.jpg