Leadership, NPC Clases and Crafting
Loving 4e at the moment, much more streamlined and leaves more time for actual role play (combat does not take hours to resolve).
the only thing's i feel that is missing at the moment is things that cover leadership (with cohorts and followers)
the NPC...
I agree the description should be cleared up a bit, but i think piercing weapon should not be a free action in my opinion as impaling someone on a weapon requires the force of there movement too. not so sure about the mind-rending weapon though.
I think the reasons that these weapons are immediate reactions are that they are designed to be used to immobilize an opponent on an attack of opportunity.
I.e. you need the opponent to attempt to move (or be moving) to use there own weight to impale them!