Well, I've Got It

[CrimsonKMR]

Foxboy wrote:

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My response: It seems to work for my gaming group. The Streamlined combat options help a lot when you have a 7-player party. The funny thing is, we have a
party with all of the classes in the new PHB except Paladin.

And as the DM running that group, 4th ed is a hell of a lot easier to run, combat wise. I found it to be quite an enjoyable system, and can't wait
until I get to PLAY in a game instead of running it
I notice the only complaints are 'wizards suck now' and 'where is my (insert class
X)?" They're going to be releasing new PHBs and MMs every year with new classes, new powers for old classes, new items, etc. There has been 8 years of
3rd edition material (and iirc, there was no druid or monk in 2nd ed, and no one bitched about them being in 3rd...) so it'll take a while to get stuff
changed over. I'll admit wizards are different, but do I think they suck? I dont know yet, our wizzy is only
level 1.

Personally, I just think people who are bitching are usually in the 'Zomg I's can't be bahroken anymorez?! Oh noes!" camp.

That, and for some bizarre reason they felt it necessary to gut the Forgotten Realms setting, subjecting it to a DC-Crisis-level
century of disaster in order to make the world AND its cosmology conform to that presented in the new core books. I can't read that as anything but a
studied insult to the fanbase.

Honestly, when I heard that, I cheered with glee. It might actually get me interested in Realms again. Any campaign
setting where the PCs aren't the focal point failed imo. Realms may have been that way before, but not with the 3rd ed setting. You never had that feeling
of if you didnt do (insert task) the first time, you were screwed. There was always someone higher level NPC who could come in and save the day....

* A basic potion of healing (a 5th level magic item, which can only be made by 5th level characters and up) allows the person who drinks it to use one of
their own healing surges to heal 10 hit points, rather than the character's normal healing surge value (set at one-quarter of the character's max hit
points.) What's wrong with that? Well, by the time that a character with an average or better Constitution score reaches 5th level, s/he will already
have over 40 hit points, and so get at least 10 hit points with every healing surge. Since you can use up as many of your healing surges as you like simply
by taking a short rest, the only advantage to drinking a potion is that it takes only a minor action, restricting its usage for times when you don't have
five minutes to take a short rest. In other words, by the time that characters are able to make this item for themselves, it isn't nearly as useful as it
was when they had to find it.

Can Be Used In Combat. Thats the reason they exist.
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed