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What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? - The Hobbit

Use a harp and fire arrows from the strings. :p

Coins with contact poison. Pressure plates under treasure which control traps, either triggering when all the treasure being taken or disarming the trap if all the treasure is taken. Molten gold. Slot machines could have a sign saying that after x pulls there is a chance of disaster, but the...

Looking at piracy ratios from PC games 10:1 actually sounds about right. If you think of it in economic terms of elasticity of demand the difference between $X and $0 is probably great enough that 10x the number of people would rather have the item at $0. I think stardock has the right...

The Official WorldWorks Games Store!, Exceeding Your Expectations One Game at a Time DungeonLinX 2.5-D: Lair of the Dragon God [wwgdlxlotdg] - $16.99 : The Official WorldWorks Games Store!, Exceeding Your Expectations One Game at a Time They have great paper craft. I use a color laser printer...

Basic attack is an at-will power.

Orcs fit in with other orcs. half-orcs don't fit in anywhere. Orcs are brutish, but they have other orcs. What friends does a half-orc have? Actually, I think a half-orc heavy metal bard would be interesting. Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black...

Half-Orcs can be fun to play as the big dumb guy who doesn't know better than to get into trouble, but can deal with whatever trouble he gets into. They make great barbarians with an obvious reasons to be outside of normal society. I think my favorite aspect is how they don't really fit...

+2 average damage vs. +1 to hit. When you consider that the rogue already has a high attack bonus (+8 at 1st level easily) it doesn't seem like that bad of a trade to me. Could you explain?

Here is a link to the Character Builder Demo. You can use it to build a character up to 3rd level. D&D Character Builder

Just trying to make a humorous observation.

Did you just suggest using Rolemaster for the sake of simplicity?!

4e is essentially a new game. Trying to think of it in 3e terms is going to trip you up. For example a common mistake in my group is to think that "High Crit" increases critical range rather than increasing damage. The buy in is not really that much. A PHB is all the players need and if you...

When speaking on a theoretical basis it is useful to think of the extremes.

Would it be untoward to suggest that perhaps if people are not understanding you it would be best to elaborate your position rather than merely state that you are not being understood?