Recent content by Nikodemus

The aegis of shielding is nice, but lets not overstate it. Even a lowly hobgoblin soldier gets through to damage with an average roll against the aegis.

Going through the monster manual, it seems that the actual number is around 13% of the different types of minions have fire resist. That's enough to lower the effectiveness of greenflae as a minion killer in my book.

Why restrict yourself to fighter? Try a warlord/wizard. The make great gish, are not FR specific and work out of the gate. edit: Originally said warlock, which of course, isn't gishy at all and makes for a horrible multiclass.

You can only have one creature at a time marked with the swordmage. As soon as you place a new mark, you lose the previous one. The only way you can keep your mark active is if you use some power other than your aegis to make a mark, and we have yet to see such powers (they certainly may...

The fighter is FAR more "sticky" than the swordmage, and does a better job punishment not just his marked target, but other creatures aruond him. The sword mage has a big edge against teleporting foes, or those who can move without provoking AoOs, but those are not common in the heroic or even...

Being able to give a class without healing an ability like healing word once per day is amazing , and well worth the trade for a feat. My players find this the best of the multiclassing ability. every single character without healing powers and who meets the requirements has multiclassed into...

If you want to run not just a low magic, but low fantasy sort of game, another option is to restrict the way PCs regain healing surges. Giving back one a day or requiring medical treatment to regain surges keeps players from healing all wounds over night and can easily add a gritty feel to the...

If your weapon fight is flanking, your spells caster gets that bonus as well. As long as you allow the weapon fighters to go first, weapon fighters and casters within the same group should get the same bonuses from flanking.

It doesn't change the form in this particular case, but anno is an ablative of time. is it not? I like your first one best.

There are a number of ways you could do it, but I would go with. anno post stella correnda That assumes that the star falling down was a shattering, cataclysmic sort of event.

True enough. But if there was a firm distinction between attack powers and non attack powers, why would all class features be typed as attack powers? Almost none of them allow you to make attacks. That being said, with a quick glance through the PHB, I don't see any powers that replicate the...

"To answer your question, I don't think any non-attack powers are supposed to provoke." Of course they are. Look at the vast majority of healing powers in 4e. They are either melee powers, or close bursts that let you target allies in the burst. If ranged non-attack powers weren't supposed...

In theory, I understand your concern. I practice, I don't think it applies here. The item makes sense and has value now. Its a great item for a two handed fighter available at a very early level. In addition, there is no reason to assume that the original assertion (that the martial power...

Unless the have fox cunning, group with a warlord, or have any other abilities that grant basic attacks. Just because you don't see a use doesn't make them useless.

I would say that the problem is fire beetles. They are, in my opinion, far and away the toughest level monster, because of their ability to damage the whole party. If the DM roles well and the party gets crappy initiative, fire beetles can easily whip a poorly prepared party before the battle...