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Yep. The only exception is when a power or ability specifies a different origin square for the effect; for example, the wizard's visions of avarice creates a zone with a pull effect from that zone, not from the wizard. Or the dragonling familiar, which allows an arcane caster to use the familiar...

Exactly that. My cunning bard took shout of triumph--a power with a valor rider--because I wanted a multitarget encounter power. Not having access to the rider hasn't made it less useful.

Torog gets a lot of attention in the upcoming Underdark book. He's demented and sad, but social.

I have them here in my freezer. If we're snowed in any longer, I might start gnawing on them.

Heh. Well, since it's Sunday and I'm procrastinating on the work I've got to do today: Those are four characters I suggested to James for the Sigil writeup. Shemeshka, Rule-of-Three, and Alluvius are personal favorites. I also thought it'd be interesting to include an ex-exarch of Vecna, and...

That, and many other things. If I may: Take a moment, and look through your stack of D&D game books for the last seventeen years, particularly the Forgotten Realms products. Pick out your favorites. And then look at the credits page where you rarely go, and read the editors' names. Julia's...

He's particularly fond of barbeque.

Yep, my eladrin warlord swapped out commander's strike for opening shove. More tactically interesting. In fact, about half her powers now are out of Martial Power; it's really expanded the range of warlord options.

So true. For example, I long ago retrained my Linguist feat (marginal Spanish, stumbling Hebrew, and read-only Interlac) for the Improved Technical Editing feat. My knowledge of those languages is not merely rusty, but essentially nonexistent at this point. :p

Agreed, Susannah Clarke's Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell is virtually a blueprint for the Feywild. Also, see Elizabeth Bear's Blood and Iron and sequels (Whiskey and Water, Ink and Steel, Hell and Earth) for some astonishing writing and truly ruthless fey.

Still true (until proven otherwise). The table is in error because we changed the feat at the last moment to give the multiclasser a choice, rather than just sticking him with eldritch blast. The table also references "designate prey" for the ranger, which should be Hunter's Quarry. (And as...

The table was corrected before printing, and the "omissions" in KotS were not, as Mike pointed out, actually errors but decisions made for space reasons. But please do continue to rant about how the editing sucks. It's really bracing.

Ahhhh, but you haven't seen the bard yet. I'm making up one for a 5th-level playtest this afternoon, and he is full of awesomesauce. :D (This is not helpful, I know. Sorry! ; )

Exactly right, and my longspear-wielding warlord does exactly that. Doesn't provide flanking, but it's still a nice power in the right situation.

Read it right the first time--the "Melee weapon" line describes where you need to be. "An ally of your choice makes a melee basic attack against the target" means your ally also needs to be in range to make a melee attack. Damage is the ally's melee basic attack + warlord's Int mod. The warlord...

*blink* M. Nute, I didn't know you posted here. I like cake!

A little more bluntly honest than I'm generally supposed to be (and believe me, the self-edit is a harsh master), but...yeah. I very rarely played multiclassed characters in previous editions, because they were just too much of a pain. Different hit dice, different attack bonuses, spellcasters...

This, a lot. A fighter with access to a close or area attack (as opposed to his usually single-target attack), or a rogue with some unexpected healing ability, has a lot more impact on the shape of the battlefield than you might think.

Well, I can only speak to mine, but it's great. My dwarf wizard is high-Wisdom anyway, for the control aspects. Her background is all about serving in a temple of Ioun, so taking the cleric multiclass feat made perfect sense at 1st level. That got me the Religion skill and a healing word once...

Heh. Henry (and others): considering Bill's well-known fondness for Dark Sun, there's no question that it's at the top of the list for consideration. We've been thinking about ALL of our worlds and how they'd best be presented with the new edition. Dronehound: v. good thinking re: Birthright...