[D&D 4E] (PHB3) Any questions about PHB 3?

[C.W.Richeson]

I have a review copy here and have been building characters and playing around with the options. I'm happy to answer any questions folk might have about it.

[Bryant]

I have a review copy here and have been building characters and playing around with the options. I'm happy to answer any questions folk might have about it.

Floodgates... open!

Can you tell us about the other class feature choice for the monk?

[PaladinCA]

Are Psionics in that book? If so, how about telling us about some of that?

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Any significant differences in the hybrid rules from the previews in The Dragon?

[C.W.Richeson]

Floodgates... open!

Can you tell us about the other class feature choice for the monk?

Centered Breath > +1 to Fort, increases at 11 and 21 to 2 and 3. Gain Centered Flurry of Blows. Free Action At-Will Melee 1, Triggers by hitting with an attack, 2 + Wis mod damage and slide a target 1 adjacent square if it was the triggering entity or 1 square anywhere if it was not. Hits more targets at higher levels, can only be used once per round.

Stone Fist > +1 to Will, increases as above. Stone Fist Flurry. 3 + Str mod damage, bonus damage to non-triggering entity, otherwise same as above.

Basically you either gain more battlefield control or more damage on nearby targets.

Are Psionics in that book? If so, how about telling us about some of that?

Psionics users gain power points that they can use to augment At-Wills and gain more At-Will powers as they level up. At-Wills have different effects based on whether they're used with no PPs, 1 PP, or 2 PPs. These effects aren't necessarily superior in all situations, much as an encounter power isn't always better than at At-Will based on the situation, but they generally do the same thematic thing better.

Any significant differences in the hybrid rules from the previews in The Dragon?

I don't know about what Dragon published, but it's the same system I've seen released for the D&D Insider service. Pick options from two half-class lists and mix and match, with Feats being used to buy more options.

[Monkey King]

There was word going around that skill powers would require a feat to pick up, rather than being free substitution powers for your class' utility powers. What's the final word on these?

[Mock]

I don't know about what Dragon published, but it's the same system I've seen released for the D&D Insider service. Pick options from two half-class lists and mix and match, with Feats being used to buy more options.

It's likely to be identical, since the most recent stuff on hybrids (I believe) was the final going-to-print version.

[C.W.Richeson]

There was word going around that skill powers would require a feat to pick up, rather than being free substitution powers for your class' utility powers. What's the final word on these?

You can substitute a class utility power for a Skill power of a Skill you are Trained in. You may also, optionally, purchase the Skill Power Feat to pick up a Skill Power without losing any of your existing powers.

[sugarman]

How interdependent are the psychic classes?
How 'functional' do you estimate an all-psychic party to be?
And how well supported are the psychic classes by items (things that use power points and the like)?

--sugarman--

[Ineti]

How about the basics? Names of the classes and races in the book, or maybe a scan of the Table of Contents?