Rules updates are out

[Nemesis Destiny]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (December Rules Updates)

Ruels updates are out for November & December.

Highlights include finally bringing Versatile Expertise, and the vanilla Weapon and Implement Expertises into line with the others (+1 at 11 and 21 instead of 15 and 25).

Other big news includes the mass patch to forced movement interactions with damaging zones, conjurations, etc, that we all knew about.

They also patched the Hengeyokai (didn't really look for what), and the Tools of Two Trades article for weapliment and weapon + implement users. I did scan through this one, and it looks like some of the language was cleaned up and a few of the benefits improved (particularly White Lotus Duelist and one of the divine ones), while a few were dropped (the one that allows you to use rods as clubs, and the warlock one).

Right now it almost feels like "too little, too late," except in the hype surrounding 5e, it's easy to forget that we still have, probably at minimum, a year and a half of supported 4e, and probably more. So, in that light, I see this as a good thing. More like "better late than never."

 

[Dice4Hire]

The only significant thing I saw for my games was the Neverwinter one. That needed to be toned down a bit. Otherwise just a bit of fiddling, except for the damage and zone thing. I overall agree with that.,

 

[Jarrod]

One question about the PDF:

Wizard Schools
Many powers in this section have had school key- words added.

... does anyone see school keywords actually added to powers?

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

It might not be in the article, but they did release a document a while back with a list of powers that got new keywords and which ones.

Also, it will be in the compendium.

EDIT: Here is the original document I was referring to: http://wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/wizattpowbysch/20110921

 

[Larrin]

One question about the PDF:

Wizard Schools
Many powers in this section have had school key- words added.

... does anyone see school keywords actually added to powers?

If you look at:

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Arcanist Wizard)

you should see that all the powers now have a school (mostly evocation or enchanment) in their keywords. This is what it is refering to.

 

[Shroomy]

They also patched the Hengeyokai (didn't really look for what)

Here is what changed from the playtest:

1. The Elusive trait was reworked; it is no longer a bonus to Reflex.
2. You can now speak in animal form when using your nature's mask power.
3. If your animal form gave you a climb speed, the climb speed is now equal to your base speed.
4. If your animal form gave you a fly speed, the fly speed is now equal to 1 + half your base speed.

 

[Rechan]

http://wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/drdd/20120112Other big news includes the mass patch to forced movement interactions with damaging zones, conjurations, etc, that we all knew about.

What, is this the 'they get a saving throw'?

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

What, is this the 'they get a saving throw'?

No, this is the, "creatures can only take the damage once per round."

 

[mneme]

No, this is the, "creatures can only take the damage once per round."

Turn, I think. So the party can still play ping pong -- but a single party member can't do all the ping ponging themselves.

 

[Jarrod]

It might not be in the article, but they did release a document a while back with a list of powers that got new keywords and which ones.

Also, it will be in the compendium.

EDIT: Here is the original document I was referring to: Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Wiz-Bang!)

Gotcha. Interestingly, they didn't update any of the other wizard powers, but it looks like they intended to. I'll mention that to my GM