I haven’t read any splatbooks for 4e. I just don’t want to spend the money, and I hate reading pirated PDFs. Anyway, I hope the CCG analogy doesn’t ring true in the sense of the power creep that occurs in CCGs (3e also, but that’s beside the point).

Are the new powers more powerful than the old powers? Are all of them? A lot of marketing folk seem to think that unless the new set/book has cards/powers that are inherently better than the old, no one will buy it. Is that how Martial Powers works?

I dunno. I’m suspicious of splats. I’ve seen them used to pretty devastating effect in 3.5e, MTG, and other games.

Still, cool review. I might see if my compatriots, who are less squeamish about pirating, like the thing as well. Might be worth picking up.

@Wyatt, Donny –thanks, glad you liked the review. To me, 4e seems driven by some of the best lessons WotC learned in Magic. I’m happy that they’ve given it to us in the ‘lessons learned’ phase and not the ‘black lotus’ phase

@Bob –thank you, and yes, I imagine someone made the Ravager with a copy of Savage Sword of Conan to the left of his/her keyboard.

So, for those who’ve read the book, Page 32 – The Ravager…When reading the last line of that Path’s description, did anyone else think the writer was a Conan fan?

I definitely plan on buying this book, my players will revel ecstatically in it’s golden aura : )

On second thought, they will pick through it with a fine toothed comb lookingfor an edge over my poor, pathetic minions.

It’s all the same though, as to the CCG analogy, there’s a reason it’s the biggest and most popular CCG out there, I am glad to see it being applied to RPG’s. A lot SAY they are “modular” but 4E is the first one I’ve seen that walks the walk.

Good review…Now to remake my night-elf hunter with elder shadowcat pet…