Monster (Example of 4th Edition Combat)

[PnP News Bot]

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Check out this new article Wizards of the Coast posted recently:

Monster (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drdd/20070822a)

Want to see what a 4th Edition dragon does? Check out this play-by-play of a new dragon in action. By James Wyatt

[Farcaster]

Okay, is it just me or does that sound WAY more complicated then the game already is?

Oh and does "it uses its tail to slap the rogue, who was trying to sneak up behind it," mean that they may be bringing back facing?

[InfoStorm]

Finally, the cleric is up. Calling on the power of her god, she swings her halberd at the dragon—a critical hit! The damage isn’t bad, but even better, the wizard gets a nice surge of healing power.

He’s going to need it—it’s the dragon’s turn again.

Well, this sounds EXACTALLY like the crudaser abilities from Tome of Battle. Sounds like they are going to be mixing a lot of the existing rules from multiple sources together.