Recent content by Lord Byron

Also, those monsters that attack your summon are spending their actions to do it, which is a nice controller effect in itself.

Have you ever heard of the Is-Ought problem? Because I think that's basically what you're getting at. Another way of putting it is "you can't get an ought from an is", and I think that's ostensibly what some people here have been doing. Statements like "it's actually an OK power anyway" or...

However, remember losing that -2 to hit is per attack. Take that times how many attacks you make per monster, times how many monsters per encounter, times how many encounters per session, times how many sessions in your campaigaign, and, well, you may be stuck with that penalty for quite a long...

Shifter? Bleh. Neither kind does anything for me so longtooth you get my vote.

No votes for elves, at all? That's . . . surprising. I have nothing against them but I assumed there was always this undercurrent of hate about them. Humans got voted off? I figured they'd've lasted longer considering their versatility, feat support, and strong paragon path. Plus, I mean...

Throw me in with the group that thinks the damage should apply once per round as long as it's marked, like divine sanction. That's how I've always played it, anyway. I never realized Divine Challenge had so many problems until recently. That whole "do I have to engage when I switch my...

Hey. Flandre is awesome. What the heck? Insulting the guys avatar, kinda weird. More seriously and on-topic, a while ago, I came to this conclusion: All things being equal, take the mechanically optimal choice. So, if you're choosing between sword X and sword Y, and sword Y deals .1 more...

Do you have a source for that? I'm not questioning what you're saying at all, I'm just curious. I'd like to read more about it.

It's been seven months since the last post in this thread, Mr. Gamer. I don't know if you can reasonably expect a response at this point. Especially since the original poster hasn't been active since July.

There do seem to be some issues. For example, "hex" seems like a greatly improved defender mark. It applies to all of the monsters attacks, affects damage, is effectively permanent, and stacks with any other attack debuff. It doesn't require a hit, is a minor action with a long range and can...

There was a pretty good healing cleric/artificer build on the 4e char op forum. Just trying to remember some good feats from it. . . If he can get a 13 int, multiclass artificier (student of artifice) is very nice; you gain training in arcana, and a daily heal/tmp hp power that doesnt require...

So, should each segment, using the definition of the word from the first post, last 5 skill checks no matter who they are coming from or how long it takes? Or does each segment last one round? In your example, the rogue could make 7 skill checks over 3 rounds. If each round is a segment, the...

Stalker0, what kind of adjustments do I need to make to traps in the DMG in order to use the obsidian system with them? For example, different traps have different complexities, and even have different DC's within the same trap. Also, for encounters where there are both traps and monsters, do I...

In 3.5 I had to be a slightly worse adventurer in order to have a profession or a craft. In 4th, I don't. Having a back story has not changed.