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<blockquote data-quote="Cyberen" data-source="post: 6336345" data-attributes="member: 69074">So much &quot;irl anger&quot; for so minor things.1. I don't think the Starter set is any indication of the standard adventure presentation.2. I am quite sure this question was in some Tuesday poll along the way, and that WotC made decisions accordingly. So much for &quot;excuses&quot;3. Personnally, i hate the double page standard for encounters in 4e. I want my spell casters open ended. Thanks.4. I feel the OP concern for smooth table play. I genuinely expect WotC sanctionned adventure to make use of Basic spells (eventually expanding Basic to account for this need). So you don't have to borrow a PHB to run spellcasters. Even if I love Cortex plus game where NPC are statted on an index card, D&amp;D has a legacy of a bit more of system mastery in its gene. The DM is expected to be able to handle spellcasters with a dozen Basic spells on its spell list (or doing without those monsters, or winging it up, or doing some prep, etc.). Even if it is not as user friendly as it could be, it could be expected.5. Some one liners describing some spells in this thread are 100% wrong technically. I don't think it is that easy to sum up a spell in one line, and once printed, it is impossible to update when errata come.Of course, YMMV.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cyberen, post: 6336345, member: 69074"] So much "irl anger" for so minor things. 1. I don't think the Starter set is any indication of the standard adventure presentation. 2. I am quite sure this question was in some Tuesday poll along the way, and that WotC made decisions accordingly. So much for "excuses" 3. Personnally, i hate the double page standard for encounters in 4e. I want my spell casters open ended. Thanks. 4. I feel the OP concern for smooth table play. I genuinely expect WotC sanctionned adventure to make use of Basic spells (eventually expanding Basic to account for this need). So you don't have to borrow a PHB to run spellcasters. Even if I love Cortex plus game where NPC are statted on an index card, D&D has a legacy of a bit more of system mastery in its gene. The DM is expected to be able to handle spellcasters with a dozen Basic spells on its spell list (or doing without those monsters, or winging it up, or doing some prep, etc.). Even if it is not as user friendly as it could be, it could be expected. 5. Some one liners describing some spells in this thread are 100% wrong technically. I don't think it is that easy to sum up a spell in one line, and once printed, it is impossible to update when errata come. Of course, YMMV. [/QUOTE]

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