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Is it me, or does they hose this race for 4th edition? Kalashtar racial features: +2 Wis, +2 Cha. Fine, but both bonuses affect the same NAD, and they don't have a class ability to mitigate it, like eladrin do. (On a personal note, it means they don't make particularly good Psions, which seems...

If this has already been addressed to death on the board, I apologize. Everyone knows a shaman gets lousy AC, which is fine, because they stay at range while their spirit companion does the up-close dirty work. Except that the spirit companion, being a conjuration, has the same defenses as the...

Of the eight classes in the PHB 1, six of them have attack powers that make regular use of melee weapons (Cleric, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Warlord). All except the rogue use STR at their primary stat for making melee attacks (Though the paladin, strangely, has some weapon attacks that...

I love how 4e makes certain races just better at certain classes, but with so many races and classes, and only six ability scores to assign as primary stats, they were bound to get some unintended overlap. One funny consequences is that while elves have always been the "woodsy and nature-y"...

Is there a "Dispel Magic" type of effect that works on rituals? I ask because My PCs are going to sneak up on an enemy camp that has an Eye of Alarm watching over it, and I'd like to know if there's any way they can defeat it magically. I can't find anything about it in the PHB.

It seems that the fighter's combat challenge allows him to mark targets with any attack, including non-fighter attacks. I know dragonborn breath has been discussed, but it looks like a fighter-alchemist, using area attacks not restricted to 1/encounter, could be a pretty diesel marking machine...

Let me explain: There is an article on WOTC for D&D insiders about the Shadar-kai. Since the SK like wicked weapons, the present mastery of the spiked chain as a multiclass path that any martial character can take. Here is the initial feat. Spiked Chain Mastery Prerequisites: Dex 13, any...

Correct me if I'm wrong: An enemy that has been marked by a Paladin only takes damage from attacking another creature if the marked condition was caused by the Divine Challenge At-Will ability. If the Paladin marked the creature through another ability, say the Justicar ability that marks...

Forked from: Proud Nails? Forking it here. I hate undead threads.

I had a 3.5 character that I loved but translated poorly to 4e. In short, he was a halfling ranger who hunted outlaws, but he was part of a noble tradition of gentleman (gentle-halfling) hunters, and as such, had higher than ranger-optimum intelligence and charisma. Doing him properly in 4e...

Forked from: Seeking opinion of role of 4e monk Here's everything you need to make a 1st level 4e monk. Opine as you wish, and I will heed, counter, or ignore you as suits my whim. Monk Role: Striker You are an athletic and mobile combatant that can strike your enemies with sudden...

I'm trying to make a placeholder monk class for a fourth edition game, and I was wondering if there had been any word on the role the monk would fill in the party. The obvious choice would seem to be striker, since monks have a lot of mobility and can inflict various conditions on their...

I'm thinking about picking up the 4E books today, and I was wondering if Wizards was able to avoid some of the typo/errata ugliness that has plagued it in the past. Do you guys that have the books get the feeling that they were careful in the printing? Or is it another errata mess like the Star...