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My first campaign ever took my elven sorcerer from 1st all the way to... 15-16th, I think. College campaign, playing once per week, it didn't take us all that long. Started 3.0 Ed, transferred to 3.5 Ed (I remember my poor elf being very disappointed with the haste nerf). It was our first...

Yes, that is legal. There's a reason Hybrid Clerics are among some of the most powerful hybrids in the game, and that reason is Battle Cleric's Lore.

Incorrect (unless the compendium is mistaken). There's only one way of acquiring an encounter-based healing ability as a multiclass: Shaman (requires two feats: Spirit Talker and Mending Spirit). The Skald MC feat lists the same limitation as most of the other MC Leader feats: So yes, healing...

I take a page out of WotC's book and usually build my Solo (and some Elite) Monsters with actions and traits like on the latest version of the dragons: Something else you can do (or better yet, in addition) is giving your Solo a full set of actions (minor, move, standard, immediate) for each...

I co-run a game with a group of my friends, together with one of them as the other DM. We switch seats every few sessions, and switch out our respective characters when that happens - sometimes with an explanation, sometimes with a handwave. It's worked very well for us; we play twice a month...

I've been running a 4th Campaign from nearly day 1 (it took a few weeks to set up), and both me and my players have been having a blast. It's an incredible ease to DM compared to older editions, and the new additions others in this thread have already remarked on (powers for everyone, skill...

True, but it is important, in the sense that mneme's post said that by MC'ing into Assassin or Monk, you gain implement proficiency with all weapons you are proficient with, which is no longer true. So MC'ing into Assassin or Monk does nothing for your staff implement proficiency, even if...

While you're mostly right, this is no longer true. The monk and assassin feats have been errata'd (or rather, clarified - getting that feature was always implied, but not stated): you only gain proficiency with ki symbols by multiclassing. To use their special 'weapon as implement' class...

In my home game, I've handed out the expertise feats + the paragon/epic defense feats for free since they were released. If the PC's want to take any other feats (Superior Def feats, Improved Defs), they are free to do so. I can understand WotC's hesitation in creating a widespread solution for...

Where's the love for hybrids? My DM tells me I'm complexity-addicted, but every character concept I come up with seems to best fit a hybrid. I'm currently playing; Magnus, a human Wizard|Warlock/Astral Ascendant focusing on a mixture of blasting and walls, zones, and forced movement. He...

With these options? Perfectly. Go for a 16 12 10 12 8 16 spread, or something similar, take Battle Cleric's lore, go for the strength powers (with Cha riders) and never look back. Of course, you can do a mixed strength/wisdom build that seems more versatile and effective, but it is now really...

This makes me want to rebuild my cleric|invoker. The powers are awesome leader powers, the healer's lore replacement puts the old one to shame (and as written, hybrid clerics gain healer's lore), and I really just love the feel of the whole thing. Battle clerics went from a rather subpar option...

My players can mix and match as freely as they like, from any source or any book, as long as it's in the character builder, with some exceptions: We don't use backgrounds, since they came out after we started playing, and my players weren't all that interested. We don't use themes, since...

Alternative solution: wield a spear, a light blade, or a pick, and respectively pick up Impaling Spear, Deft Blade, or Piercing Pick for targeting, again respectively, Reflex, Reflex, or Fortitude. If your DM allows Dark Sun material, and you're not too worried it's cheesy, pick up a Gouge and...

Tell your wizard that if prone enemies are such a problem, he should pick up the Grounding Shot feat: No penalty and +2 damage on ranged attacks vs. prone targets. Problem solved :). (Yeah, I know he's not likely to take a feat for teamwork purposes, but hey, you can try)

Pretty much this. A multi-classed character needs the power swap feats to switch for another power from his MC, but is free to retrain that feat to switch out that power on later levels, if they want. For example, a warlock multi-classed into wizard picks up the Novice Power feat, and switches...

Incorrect. Duelist's Prowess has not received any official update, and thus retains its printed wording: the at-will power lacks the weapon keyword. However, a Compendium/CB update from a while ago saw it corrected, listing it as a bug. Whether this means it will be fixed in the next errata is...

Eh. Sorcerers were already able to use their striker damage feature on any attack, and they specifically upgraded Sneak Attack to once/turninstead of once/round. I can't imagine they had no idea what effect that would have. What's more, this is an article on Warlords, not 'updates' (a.k.a...

The update from last month corrected a huge number of bugs, and it seems they are still going strong. The speed has also improved to the point it's now workable, and I'm actually starting to enjoy building characters again (although a bit faster really wouldn't hurt). If you're willing to...

Understandable, as it's so laughably underpowered these days it's almost sad (it wasn't very good to begin with, of course). Still, you could reserve maneuver it for Come And Get It, which is a power you want to pretty much keep your entire career, anyway. Then feel free to power swap your...