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Where is the ring of protection? Where is the amulet of natural armor? Where is the cloak of resistance?

Slippers of spider climbing was 4,800 gp now is 215 gp, 6th level and the usable time is way different. Why have the developers taken the fun out of magic items.

The other day my wife said to me "I have a 16 wisdom". I believe that she honestly believed this because she is a librarian with two masters degrees, one from NYU.

If you make any character under the current rules you will always have an 18 in one stat at first level. This is just insane.

The strongest man on earth cannot lift 3x his weight or drag 5x his weight. The most beautiful actress/model barely rates a 15 in charisma. No one with a wisdom above 14 would ever enter the political arena because s/he would be wise enough to see the pitfalls. The smartest rocket-scientest at MIT probably has a 16 intelligence.

I don't see the need for such exaggerated scores.

Why do we make the rules so that only the GODLIKE can survive?

Just want to say: I get it! This release, while it needs fine tuning, is a REALLY BIG step in the right direction for RPGs. I am glad to be part of the playtyest, and i will try to GM each scenario to the best of my ability. We should all make our players (characters) have fun and enjoyment. I think that this new platform will bring much success to the world of RPGs, and it will also bring new players to the joys of fantasy gaming!

It is unclear how damage is assigned with a fighter wearing metal armor and a raised shield.

The character has a light steel shield (hardness 5) and half plate armor (hardness 9).

an attack does 4 points of damage - character takes no damage and no equipment takes any dents.

an attack does 7 points of damage - character takes no damage and the shield takes 1 dent, the armor absorbs 2.

an attack does 13 points of damage - character takes no damage, the shield takes 2 dents and is broken, the armor absorbs 8.

an attack does 15 points of damage - character takes 1 point of damage, shield takes 2 dents and is broken and the half plate takes 1 dent.

an attack does 29 points of damage - character takes 15 points of damage, shield takes 2 dents and is broken, armor takes 2 dents and is broken.

IS THIS RIGHT?

It is very UNCLEAR wether an expert quality longsword with a +1 weapon potency rune needs to be invested.

It is clear that an expert quality longsword with a void rune must be invested if the user wants to activate the weapon. But according to everything that I read the user gets the void bonus without activation - just not the activated part.

It seems that there has been a lot of controversy over resonance points. If what I am reading is true, a character can have the use of worn rune enhanced weapons and armor that do not have activation costs without investing any of them, and consequently not using any resonance points.

In the old rules (table 8-2, pg. 183) Draw a weapon does not provoke an AoO. In the new rules drawing a weapon is an interact action and (no matter how I read the material provided) it has the manipulate trait which provokes AoO. Since Attacks of Opportunity are pretty much limited to fighters, it's not such a big deal. BUT while playing our first Scenario "The Rose Street Revenge", we waisted a WHOLE bunch of time looking this up and figuring out if drawing a weapon does indeed trigger an AoO. This is a change from the previous edition and really needs a clarification.

I have a cleric that I am in the process of building. He has the Fire domain which grants the Fire Bolt spell. This is a ranged touch attack with a limit of 30 ft. It would be ideal to take the Point-blank shot feat to work with this spell. Is it allowed?