Wizards of the Coast has released the most up-to-date errata for all three 4th edition D&D core books. Direct links to the PDFs can be found below:
Perhaps the most awaited errata is included in this update: the change to skill challenges. Now, it was said by WotC R&D that the fact that skill challenges as written were deeply flawed was just a function of the wrong version getting into the books. That begs the question, though, of why it took them almost 6 weeks to correct the error. If they had the “real” version laying around, why not release it immediately?
The fix contained in the errata boils down to a revamped Skill Check DC chart (DMG page 61), the removal of “rounds” in skill challenges, and more lenient recommended DC categories (most references to Hard DCs have been toned down to “usually moderate or hard”). I’m not sure how that will affect things, so keep an eye on EN World and Stalker00 for his usual number crunching prowess.
11:44 pm on July 20th, 2008 1
I wonder…will the “wrong” material be printed on the DM’s screen?
11:52 pm on July 25th, 2008 2
That is soooooo Hasbrain? … all about fluff, not enough about getting it right. Change for the sake of change … but they didn’t improve and dang thing … IMHO
11:55 pm on July 25th, 2008 3
Obviously … I can’t seem to make myself clear tonight either … but I don’t charge $40+ for my incomplete blather either. ;p