More 4E stuff.

[subplotkudzu]

 This review captures my concerns about 4E. I still haven't read 4E, but while this guy's tone is favorable overall, everything that irks him irks me even more - except perhaps the animation.

Comments

[mneme]

I don't know; he doesn't seem to have read very carefully or have thought some things through.

Things like:

Equating the move of Gnomes to the MM to the exicision of Half-orcs.

"If you want to play the young Conan as a 2nd level barbarian/1st level thief, you are SOL." Because you can't play him as a Rogue Student of the Sword or a Fighter with the Rogue multiclass feat?

His comments on Healing Surges making the game too easy seem to indicate that he hasn't played with them -- as the sharp per-day limits on healing are actually a significant limitation over previous games where you could stock up on healing potions.

His inablity to understand marking (ie, paying attention to an enemy and not letting them attack your friends undistracted) and healing surges (that would be "health").

His comment on monsters not being able to mark PCs (see many Soldiers...)

The vancian model as Rituals. I mean...what? Daily spells are the Vancian models, Rituals (being castable an unlimited number of times per day as long as you have money and time) are as far from the Vancean model as at-will spells.