Re: Review: 4th Ed

On Jun 13, 10:11 am, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hong Ooi wrote:
Sea Wasp wrote:

Hong Ooi wrote:

Hadsil wrote:

They all do the same thing - deal X dice of damage and Some Effect.

Well, you know, everyone does the same thing in D&D: roll d20 to
attack, roll a bunch of dice for damage.

    Actually, no, they don't. Some things you don't roll, some things
don't do damage, etc., and that's just in combat. For instance, you
don't roll a d20 to hit people with a Magic Missile. You don't do dice
of damage with a Sleep spell or Color Spray. And so on.

Everybody does the same thing in D&D: roll d20 to attack, roll a bunch
of dice for damage. They may delay it for a bit.

        No, they don't.

Yes they do.


        Now, possibly in 4th edition that's true -- though then it's not
really D&D any more.

Tetsubo does this better than you, assuming he's still WotC's bitch.
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