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After three years of work, my Points of Light game is...still not done. But! There's enough to start playtesting and to finally start experiencing this thing I've been creating. PoL is my love letter to 4e D&D -- a sort of "What might 4e look like, if taken to its ultimate conclusion?" I think...

If you were to exemplify the four root-alignments with a form of government, which would they be? Bonus points for whys. To allay the problem of definitions, here is how I'm (re)defining alignment: Good: altruism, empathy, compassion Evil: pragmatism, self-interest at any cost Freedom: the...

I seem to remember people saying that E-powers are interchangeable with classic powers; like an E-druid can take a classic at-will attack, and vice versa. But I can't find anything to that effect in HotFK, so I'm hoping the community can either confirm or deny this memory. Thanks!

In the 'Will there be a 4.75e?' thread, @Dungeoneer and @Tony Vargas inspired me to revisit the idea of scaling encounter and daily powers so that the game doesn't need so darn many of them. (Some of which are simply scaled-up versions of lower-level powers to begin with.) Though I didn't...

Link I'm writing what I hope will be a friendlier and less-cramped character sheet, and I'm curious what others think the ideal character part of a character sheet should look like. So click on the google doc link, imagine lines to write on for each entry, and tell me what you'd add or drop!

There's quite a large difference between being dazed and being stunned. Even between being dazed and being staggered -- that's dazed, with the added restriction that 'you can only pick a minor or a move.' You might even say there's a huge difference. A dazed enemy is somewhat constrained if...

...for DMs? An idea that's recently occurred to me, as I've begun writing monsters and monster guidelines for my Points of Light clone: Would diceless damage for all monsters be an improvement for you, a fly in your pudding, or no big deal either way? PoL won't have tons of canned monsters...

This pertains to my 4e clone in progress, Points of Light. I've stumbled across a way to eliminate the 5 minute work day without action points, and I'm curious if you'd consider it a net gain: Just because I thought it was cool, among the daily attack powers I've written to date -- which...

Rituals are one of those things that 4e fans generally feel could have been done better, but that my group hasn't had much problem with. As a result I'd like to clean them up a bit, but will probably miss many wrinkly details without the aid of my fellow fans. So I've got two questions: 1...

The 4e golden standard for durations is 'until end of next turn' for at-will and encounter powers, and (save ends) for recharge and daily powers. (There are exceptions, but that's the gist of it.) For my PoL clone, I'm considering making '(save ends)' the golden standard for at-will and...

I'm considering changing two naming conventions, and definitely adding one of my own, to my Points of Light clone. The definite addition is a new power type I'm using to define builds. Essentially these are channel divinity powers, expanded to all power sources. Except none of them are dinky...

I’ve been agonizing over this new bit of class design, so I come to the community for critiquing! Here’s the deal: PoL will have four ki (aka martial) classes; instead of writing several builds into each class, I’m giving each ki class access to a pool of combat styles. It makes my design life...

Hi all! As you may know, I'm tweaking 4e. When it comes to races... Which are your favorites? (Conceptually or mechanics-wise.) Which could use a tweak? (Something just doesn't make much sense, something is over- or under-powered, etc.) Do any of them lack a strong or distinctive identity...

As you may know -- hey, I'm being optimistic here! -- I'm writing a 4e revamp. A sort of 4e Pathfinder, except not concerned with backwards compatibility. I'm not making changes for the sake of change, but I already have a set of 4e-compatible house rules; what I'm writing is more systemic. It...

With the New Year nearly upon us, I find myself looking into my future. And my crystal ball is showing me DMing 4e for a long time – it’s the kind of fantasy action-adventure game my group and I want to play, and I don’t see us jumping into another game anytime soon. But it does have flaws...

I'm sure you're wondering why I titled this thread the way I did. (Or your eyes have refocused on Stargate SG-1 reruns.) Either way, I'll explain: I'm writing the first 4e clone, and I call it the Complete 4th Edition, or C4. (Catchy, right? No? *sigh* Okay, go back to SG1.) Why write a clone...

If you've ever had a shaman in your group, you may have noticed a couple of oddities involving their pets: 1. The pet's damage threshold and death throe damage aren't up to date with MM3 damage values. At 1st level, most monsters will just flail away at a pet, effectively wasting their turns...

One of CharOp's simple formulas is: multiattack power + lots of items like iron armbands = a truckload of damage. It's such a simple formula that you don't need the CharOp hive mind to use; you just need to be a work-at-home optimizer. Hence the infamy and popularity of Twin Strike. But I've...

(The dejada is a dark sun weapon that's exactly like a sling, except it does more damage.) Is there some possible obscure reason for this, or is the dejada a kind of incognito sling errata?

Eberron's dragonmark feats are supposed to be a solid notch or two above the rest, or so I'm told. Feats aren't my thing, so I'd like to know if there are any other feat groups worthy of the ban pile in a typical campaign.