OK, now just hold on a sec there...
Bran Mak Morn said:
"When does an encounter finish?" "Well, let's say if there's at least 1 non combat round" "Ok then, what if I stun all the monsters and then I wait one round? Do I get my encounter powers back?"...
There is a big difference between an encounter "ending" (which may very well be a round after combat ends in some cases), and getting encounter powers back. You need to complete a short rest (a minimum of 5
minutes) to reset your encounter powers.
So it seems a simple answer to his question. Why did this get you so worked up? Is it that neither of you knew this rule? In which case, it was a simple misunderstanding by
both of you. Easily to remedy.
Bran Mak Morn said:
...who don't give a s+++t if they use a rule for a purpose that was obviously not forseen by the Manual and that give some kind of odd result, perfectly consistent with the rules but not with reality.
Did you ask if they are doing it
because they don't "give a s+++"? Or maybe they just have a different sensibility about what is or isn't consistent with the rules/reality of the game environment.
Bran Mak Morn said:
Yes I'm talking about the twin bastard swords and the ranger. The ranger? he shouldn't even know what a bastard sword is!
Ah. So are we talking about your
personal, biased, and quite possibly
close-minded, opinion of the ranger class here? Is that what this is about? I'm sorry if you have players who want to play the character they imagined. And not something of your tastes.
Would I be allowed to play my dwarf ranger who wields two battleaxes in your games? Or am I a big, rules-monkey jerk too? Just curious. Should rangers know what a battleaxe is either?
Anyway, I've got a simple suggestion. Why don't you just build all the PCs yourself and hand them out to the players before the game? That way none of them offend your sensibilities.
Seriously.