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Here's my possibly-horrible advice. First, as other posters have suggested, give it a try with no expectations to see how much you enjoy/hate the roleplaying aspect of it, honestly. The thing to realize is that plot etc. tends to actually be a retroactive thing -- at the time, you're just...

Slayers don't have access to the same power structure as Fighters, so the powers that you describe are not accessible to them. Instead, they enter MBA-modifying stances and attack using MBAs.

I asked this in the Rules Compendium thread, but that book had no answer, so I'll ask here: What are the rules for creating characters higher than level 1, especially with regard to wealth and magic item rarity?

Query: How are higher-level characters created, taking into account the new magic item rarity rules?

I have Amazon Prime and my expected delivery date is still September 2, but I expect it to be delayed.

For some reason, the following alternate universe Athas occurs to me. Stars from the Far Realm devour the domains of the gods in the Astral Sea, and begin to cause the Far Realm to bleed into the Prime Material. Most people are driven mad, and basic cultural knowledge is lost forever...

I actually think that the Battlemind is just a different kind of defender, to be honest. Whereas the Fighter is a defender that sucks enemies in and doesn't let them go, the Battlemind seems to make enemies want to run away to avoid automatic damage. I believe their dailies give OA at-wills...

I basically have arranged to do things this way: When I give the party an item, it subtly directs how they play. The magic bow that gives on-hit penalties to ranged attacks? That encourages the ranger to duel the other ranged enemies. The item that gives a bonus to rituals? That encourages...

My current Eberron game is very political, and the most recent storyline has involved my PCs on the run from various shadowy governmental and extra-governmental organizations due to possessing two artifacts that everyone involved thinks will either allow them to win a theoretical future...

One possibility, if you don't want to mangle the character too much and want to play up the social aspect, could be to give her only light changes (red eyes, weird dreams, less physical sensation) but make her an infectious carrier: The poison could have been so infused into her body that she...

Huh, this could be fun. Kind of like a NaRPGWriMo, isn't it?

One of the frustrating things about the original Legend of Zelda that the new Zeldas have learned is that secrets in that game are a little too secret. Randomly burning bushes is no fun. On the other hand, let's take an example from the newest one, Spirit Tracks: At a certain point in the...

Like you, I usually use Just-In-Time Plot Creation, with one caveat: In my experience, it's not necessarily important to even come up with your NPCs' goals ahead of time if your party is invested enough. Generally if you throw any sort of apparently random occurrence at your party, they're...

This is definitely true. By the time you hit Epic levels, rituals are actually amazingly cheap, to the point where my ritual-focused warlock is the party's main information-gathering asset.

Now I regret not coming up and saying hi during the 4E launch party. Good luck with future adventures, Scott!

"Compound Interest"?

As I said to someone the other day: "It's probably possible to do it, but it's probably a bad idea to do it." Theoretically, the DM can restrict whatever he wants -- it's his game. But practically speaking, he probably shouldn't. It reduces the investment you feel in character customization...

I tried it on my Mini 9. Results: 1. The Character Builder is very, very, very slow. 2. The screen is way too small to actually let you use the application in certain parts (e.g. inventory management). Your mileage may vary.

So I was perusing through my feeds this morning when I saw this article on Boing Boing: D&D camp, circa 1982 Wow, I had no idea that there was even such a thing as a roleplaying summer camp.

Speaking as a listener of many podcasts: I'd give it a whirl, but it honestly really depends on the format and the chemistry between the hosts. It's hard to get me hooked onto a podcast because of its empirical elements (e.g. a news segment); usually what keeps me listening is the personalities...