Recent content by legiondevil

I personally say they suffer the effect each time their init comes up. Occasionally, this completely hoses monsters...but it also rewards players for intelligent actions in combat. For Instance

I don't think it's that bad, I often get surprised by how much damage the PC's in my group churn out. The Half Orc Shock Trooping Tempest Fighter is on level for damage with the Nimble Dodging Daggermaster Rogue, and they can waylay and eliminate Soldiers fairly quickly. Rogue, Sly...

Honestly, I never even paid it much mind until he picked up a 3W power. Now he feels like he's actually making an impact in combats.

A player in my 4E game asked me to try out the Hybrid rules because he was feeling a "lack of punch" for his Strength-based Cleric. I told him it would be fine, but he'd have to let me work up the character. He ended up, to put it simply, brutal. In the last encounter of the night, he used...

Not too sure on that. Taken from the Compendium... Misdirected Mark: Hit: 1d8 + Charisma modifier damage, and the target is marked by an ally within 5 squares of you until the end of your next turn. Effect Line of Divine Challenge: You mark the target. The target remains marked until you...

I can't believe I forgot Spiteful Glamour. Sadly a no on the Articifer homebrew multiclass power, at least for now. Though the thought of picking up Warlord, Cleric, and Artificer multiclass feats for 3 more heals per day is interesting...but those feats could be better served somewhere else.

I think the big difference lies in the Party's Defender. Will the Swordmage/Fighter/Paladin/Warden benefit more from the target being marked, or would it be better to lay down a flat penalty? Misdirected Mark would be stellar with all but the Fighter, who would have to be in melee range with...

Warlock is actually at the top of my list, with its debuffs and ability to cast from Charisma while using a wand (again, keeping with the singular implement across casting classes). And Eyebite as an at-will is pretty nice. I had completely forgotten about Commander's Strike. It's another good...

(Disclaimer: I'm at work currently, this will all be theory until I get back to my books.) With my copy of the Player's Handbook 2 in shipment, and my subscription to the D&D Insider renewed, I now have a serious desire to play a Bard. But, not just any Bard. A true dabbler, testing the...

In oWoD this is quite easily handled. Curse, 2 (or maybe 3) points, any firearm your character is handed breaks irrepairably before it is able to be used. Thus your aversion to even handling the guns. You can make up whatever fluff reason you want for it, even some form of long-lasting...

I ran the final skill challenge from Thunderspire Labrynth last night, and my players all had a ball with it. I think what helped out a lot was that I clearly defined the challenge (Vecna wants secrets), and then listed the primary skills related to the challenge. They found out the secondary...

Mindbender is a Prestige Class that is full of flavor, and has special abilities that no other prestige class has that work to fulfill that flavor. This is why it is a more-or-less absolutely worthless Prestige Class after a certain point. As stated earlier, Mindbender begins becoming...

And tonight, the group runs through the final encounters in Thunderspire, leading up to and including Paldemar. I'll try and get a post up after game, and if not, first thing in the morning.

How about worst fight that ended badly for the PC's? The end result could be a homage to that one? :)

9+ here as well, with all actual books and adventurers available for pre-order already set up. Which means Dungeon Delve, PhB2, and P3 will be arriving next month. Adventurer's Vault DMG Draconomicon 1 FRCS FRPG Martial Power Manual of the Planes MM1 Open Grave FR1, H1, H2, H3, P1, P2