Recent content by Orcus Porkus

the boons and training stuff does nothing but re-introducing the magic item balance issues through the back door. Why get rid of magic items when you get the same mechanics back under a different name? Some of the boons and training elements are even more overpowered than most magic items.

re: treasure parcels, what's really needed is a DM software (preferrably being part of a larger DM software package, hahahaha, dreaming, I know) that takes players' wishlists into account, and helps the DM to keep a balance of items and gold handed out to the group, including different systems...

The man who pushed for and lead all major rules updates ("errata") was laid off yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/377w2tw Does anybody know if it is a punishment because of consumer backlash?

Your style is definitely fun, and I've played with a DM who ran his game this way. It was good. I don't think though that this is the "official" way. When you look at all published adventures, from Dungeon Delves to Prince of Undeath, there are no little skirmishes that are over in one round or...

I've been DM'ing "Revenge of the Giants" where this was a problem too. The players skipped a lot of things, and I didn't force encounters on them. In the end it worked out fine. The trick is to make all encounters a little harder, by adding a monster or so, and of course also add their XP. With...

If he can end the teleport adjacent to the target I would rule that he can make the attack, perhaps with -2, and then fall down.

The only problem with Eladrin having teleportation is if the whole party is Eladrin. If there is only one, or two, it creates a lot of exciting combat situtations. Yes, the Eladrin can go behind the lines, or through gates etc, but he can also do this only once, and the others can't follow. This...

I voted elves, simply because the Eladrin took their place. Everybody is mentioning Tolkien. The D&D Eladrin are much more what Tolkien had in mind for them than those wood working half-gnomes. Is Galadriel an Eladrin or an Elf? Can there be any doubts?

It is what it is. Pit Fighter is a striker paragon path accidentally assigned to a defender class. No wonder it's a favorite for barbarians. Just look at the level 20 daily. Since when do defenders want enemies to run away from them? It totally contradicts everything else the fighter class has...

I agree, but I think it levels out, and anybody who would do this chart is already not picking anything that's really weak anyway (feats, powers), except for tons of class features, defenses etc that receive no attention because of the focus on his one-trick pony, for example. Would you mind...

Ah, that's where the term "pit fighter" comes from! LOL Like Mengu I don't think that all optimized characters are one-trick ponies. I'm only attempting to put a number on builds that are not purely DPR or nova oriented. The chart I put on is really just the first draft. I'm fishing for ideas...

I just want frost cheese to disappear, pretty please. Why is it still there? Those elemental keyword weapons (frost) and that ridiculous lasting frost and wintertouched combo is now the "shining" way of increasing damage. It must end.

Well I think it's not that subjective actually. With Eladrin Will, I was thinking that +1 on will and +5 on save vs charm effects helps with attack powers working (meaning, you are not stunned etc.) But that's not an optimal solution. I think defenses should be implemented better in the synergy...

(this is a repost from the WotC optimization board where I didn't get any feedback on this. Is this idea really not worth discussing? Please let me know your honest thoughts.) I've been torturing my head to find ways that allow builds to be measured by other means than DPR and nova...

There is only one power in the game that let's PC's steal weapons from monsters in a fight. It's Excorcism of Steel (Fighter 17). Like with the dominating trick, if a player uses it frequently and has a tendency to "abuse" it, I would come up with some house rules covering the issue, and also...