Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition

• Wizards.com
  • (PDF) 4th Edition Primer
  • 4th Edition Archives
    • Skill Challenges
    • Roleplaying and Quests
    • Multiclassing
    • Cosmology
      • see also 'Gods & Cosmology' on this EnWorld summary

• Wikipedia
  • Wikipedia: 4th Edition Changes List
• DnD4.com
  • pre-4th Edition Player's Handbook

• Miscellaneous Rules Clarifications
  • Power Recharge: Take-home message: roll d6 for each rechargeable encounter power (during start of turn?). If power has recharge (5, 6), then a 5 or 6 renders it usable again.¹
  • Death and Dying²

• Useful Gameplay Tools
  • Combat Crib Sheet
  • Some alternate record sheets

• Gaming Theory
  • Skill Challenges, Narration, and Roleplaying
    • I am extremely interested to hear feedback on your opinion of the points raised in this article. How frequently would you like to see different levels of task-resolution come into play?

Footnotes

1. Thanks, WotC, for totally failing to explain this mechanic in the quickstart rules even though it appears in the adventure.

2. Quotation from the original DMG: 'It is quite unreasonable to assume that as a character gains levels of ability in his or her class that a corresponding gain in actual ability to sustain physical damage takes place. It is preposterous to state such an assumption, for if we are to assume that a man is killed by a sword thrust which does 4 points of damage, we must similarly assume that a hero could, on the average, withstand five such thrusts before being slain! Why then the increase in hit points? Because these reflect both the actual physical ability of the character to withstand damage - as indicated by constitution bonuses - and a commensurate increase in such areas as skill in combat and similar life-and-death situations, the "sixth-sense" which warns the individual of some otherwise unforeseen events, sheer luck, and the fantastic provisions of magical protections and/or divine protection. Therefore, constitution affects both actual ability to withstand physical punishment hit points (physique) and the immeasurable areas which involve the sixth sense and luck (fitness).'