Ampersand: Sneak Attack!

[PnP News Bot]

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

Ampersand: Sneak Attack!

If you’re going to attend D&D Experience, say hello to the gang for me. In the meantime, enjoy this surprise peek at the rogue. Hurry, though. You know how sneaky the rogue can be....

[Maelstrom]

Ampersand has been giving 4e goodies, but right now this link is broken! *grumble*

Of all the class changes I've read about for 4e, I like the sounds of what they've done to the rouge the most.

[Count Arioch]

I'm not sure I'm crazy about how limited a rogue's skills and weapons are now.

[nijineko]

well, i'll have to wait for the link to unbreak....

[rabkala]

It does look somewhat limited in some aspects and also more complex to an extent.
We might be missing some crucial info though...

[Maelstrom]

Enworld to the rescue! Good link here:

http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?...78&postcount=3

Very interesting stuff:

• No random HP. I'm a little perturbed, but I can live with it. It was always terrible to roll bad HP anyways, so it might not be all bad.
• Extremely limited weapon selection. Can't see what it means in relation to other classes, and it could be that they drastically reduced the weapon lists in general, but this is a crummy note.
• Looks to be a lot less paperwork when increasing level. Not as many skills to manage, things like sneak attack advance less frequently, etc (prolly along the lines of hero/paragon/epic).
• D&D Miniatures 2 rules have a whole lot in common (terminology, etc), so we might already have a good sense of 4e combat (if you've been following DDM2).
• Tumble got cooler/more limited depending on how you look at it - You can move half your speed once per encounter w/out attacks of opportunity.
• From the builds listed, looks like you get 2 at will abilities, 1 encounter, and 1 daily at 1st level.

Only thing I can't make out is the 2[W] damage terminology. The rest can be found in DDM2.