Recent content by strmwndgmr

That part of elemental initiate is pointless for a monk. A monk gets +3 proficiency bonus with unarmed attacks and does d8 dmg. which is better then EI's +2/d6. OTH the unarmed strike is only useful for the melee basic attacks, which most monks, with exception of high str stone fist monks, are...

It's in the Errata file somewhere. I have a DDI subscription and looked it up in the Compendium.

According to Compendium Dominated creatures retain their original allies and enemies. So RAW you can't stop dominated PC from moving through other PC's square and even though the enemy now wants dominated PC to move through theirs they can't.

While using a staff as an implement requires only one hand, you might want to pick up Hafted Defense feat (+1 shield bonus to AC/Reflex) which requires you to hold a staff in both hands. Also (depending on how much you might want to invest in defenses) Staff Fighting feat is good and it also...

My 8th lvl 4E wizard can kill any standard 1st or 2nd lvl kobold with one Fireball.

Except that nobody, but spellcasters get to shine eventually. Wizards before 4E could do everything anybody else can do. So nobody but them would get a moment in the sun. Been there done it myself.