A Veteran GM's Preview of the D&D Player's Handbook 2

Martin Ralya writes "I've had the Player's Handbook 2 for two weeks (it releases on the 17th), and I've written an in-depth preview of the book from a GM's perspective for Gnome Stew. It's billed as 'the most significant expansion' of D&D 4th Edition yet, and that's accurate. The short version: No power creep, no balance problems, and all of the new classes are excellent — even the bard. They'll become part of D&D's lore in nothing flat."

Re:1st Ed.

[Datamonstar]

Exploding books are awesome! Thanks for giving me another way to kill my players!

Re:1st Ed.

[Myrimos]

Agreed. Not sure what all the hate for 4ed comes from.

4th edition? Hell, until they bring back THAC0, screw 'em.

Now get off my lawn.

Old Joke

[tb3]

Ahh, yes, Dungeons and Dragons. A game that that combines the breathless excitement of Parcheesi with all the thrills of double-entry bookkeeping.