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They don't have an official errata thread yet, but it would be nice if they put one up eventually to fix or clarify some of these minor discrepancies. For now the best plan is go with your gut and play the game as you think the designers intend it to be played, then when you give feedback mention any obvious error or ambiguities you find so they know to clean it up.

Also, regarding the attack bonuses on the character sheets not matching the ability modifiers, it definitely looks to me like everybody, PCs and monsters alike, get a base +2 on their attack. There's +2 attack added on the character sheets for all the weapons above the corresponding ability modifier, the spell casters mention as part of their class descriptions they get +2 on their attack bonuses for spells, and almost all the monsters I looked at in the Besitary appear to have an additional +2 bonus on their attack rolls above their corresponding ability (eg Bugbears have Str 15 (+2) and attack bonus +4, Giant Centipedes have Str 8 (-1) and attack bonus +1, etc).  So I think it's a pretty safe bet that basically everything in the game has a free base +2 on their attacks.

May 27, 2012 -- 7:59AM, G.Alfieri wrote:

thanks for the answer.
I'll take this +2 base attack as a rule.
As I said I don't think this first playtest is about this trivial bonuses.
What bothers me for the playtest I'll have this evening is the damage of the fighter greataxe. What happens if he choose to use another weapon?
At this level that +2 misterious bonus to damages will affect his gameplay and fun.
I'll think I'll use the fighter as it is written in his sheet but I'm a bit disappointed there's no errata or official answer.

Well you have a few options of course:

1) you can assume that the extra +2 is a mistake and reduce the damage to +5 instead of +7. Then if the fighter switches to another melee weapon calculate the damage normally (assuming its Strength based the damage modifier would be +5 plus the enchantment on the weapon) 

2) you can assume that the fighter is getting an extra +2 damage specifically on axes because he's a dwarf and leave the +7 in place. Then if he switches to another axe continue giving him the extra +2, but if he switches to another type of melee weapon then don't give him the extra +2.

3) you can assume that he has a fighter feature or something that gives +2 damage on two handed weapons. Then leave the damage as +7 and give a bonus +2 if he wields another two-handed weapon, and don't give it for one-handed weapons.


Unfortunately I don't think there's a way to tell yet exactly which of those three cases is actually what's going on behind the scenes so it's up to each DM which option to use. Then when you give feedback just explain which way you went and how it worked out.

May 27, 2012 -- 8:18AM, G.Alfieri wrote:

...His greataxe inflicts 2d6 because it's a dwarven greataxe (dwarves do it better)..

You know what they say, once you go stout you'll never go out.

Regarding Errata... there is one spell/monster, can't remember which that says that something grants the person both Poison reistance, and poison immunity.  What's the difference? Why does it do both?