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That pretty much describes my previous D&D experiences. I always hated that most of the party was CHA deficient trolls. My group tended to play non-paladin, sorcerer, etc (ie. classes hardwired into taking CHA for some benefit). The hardwiring still lives on in 4e but for numerous other reasons.

I thought most, if not all, PC races were getting bonuses without penalties to their ability scores.

emphasis mine. I think having a built-in upper limit for all 'powers' or effects from class abilities and magic item (both active and passive) would serve to limit the X-Mas effect somewhat. This hard limit can mirror how mages cast magic in Arcana Unearthed/Evolved: you pick the...

Hmmm....classes may have baggages or not (see below), but it may require more than a simple bite-sized band-aid solution if you want to punch someone (as per martial arts), when you don't even know an uppercut from straight...you being a cloistered cleric/wizard. A fighter would have access to...

It may decidedly hurt the immersion factor for some groups/campaigns, like you say.

In my decidedly limited understanding of martial arts, I recall there being more creature names based on real world examples such as: monkey, crane, mantis, etc...rather than fantasy creature like dragon. Anime and other such fantastic literatures usually have the more fantastic creature names...

If 4e is designed to simplify (as intended): All bonuses provided by feats would be a feat bonus. Following this train of thought, then all bonuses provided by arcane spells (or wizard powers if you will) would be arcane bonus. Which nicely ties in with the power source concept...martial...

Dragonborn. ...love the concept ...but hate the name! :\ So... bland. Even the Krynnish 'draconian' had better flavour to the name.

I would have to go through my friend's extensive library in order to track it down, although I have some suspicions that it may be from Unearthed Arcana. Or it may just be from a WotC web exerpt... :heh: The tidbit that was had from below the half-way point was IIRC: the condition 'clobbered'...

I remember a WotC product giving advice on designating the half way point for hp as being an important condition during the hay days of 3.x.

This feat benefit the tank more than a finesse fighter...since a tank can engage a low mobility combat brute and build up huge bonuses after a while (bonuses he can put into either power attack or combat expertise)...and he has the hps to endure it. A finesse fighter, which are usually hard...

Oh and do check out Iron Heroes it has interesting ideas regarding what stats gets to be used to hit... For example with the right choice, you can build a beefy but weak guy (that is high Con and low Str) that uses his Con to hit! :heh:

Ooooh, I like this accuracy penalty idea...although I am in the camp of 'Dex to hit makes the stat overpowered'. Maybe allowing finesse weapons (light weapons or lightly designed such as rapier) to be auto finessed (ie Dex to hit) without the need to spend a feat? But if I have the time and...

Emphasis mine. If you get the benefit for 1 round...wouldn't you also get its penalty as well for the same duration? Sounds fair to me.

When you are inside the belly of the beast, you still have to make successful grapple checks to deal damage with your light piercing and/or slashing weapon right?