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Just for clarity, the Hexblade gets +ability mod damage at 1st level, 2+mod at 5th, 4+mod at 15th, and 6+mod at 25th. That beats a Warlock's d6s, and keeps pace with them if they're upgraded to d8s via a feat.

The essentials classes typically have a lower ceiling, but a much higher floor. While it's quite easy to build an awful character with an original class, it's rather difficult with an e-class. "Trap" options are almost nonexistent and most e-feats are very useful. For example, the Slayer...

There are good CompoundWord names and bad CompoundWord names. The most egregious example for the latter is a class from the PHB3 that we are forced to call the Battlemind. It sounds like it was made in a random name generator and it describes the class very poorly (a Battlemind doesn't really...

My fault, I used ambiguous language. By "baseline" I didn't mean the developer's baseline, I meant "without external modifiers." I was calculating your chance to hit with a +2 weapon and no expertise at level 12, which gives you a +15 to hit an AC of 26, or a 50% chance to hit. However, in my...

Bringing an Avenger to an accuracy debate seems a little silly, since their whole shtick is high accuracy. Let's take a more realistic example. Without a double roll, using an Execution Axe (most weapons are +2), and with no expertise, you've got a +15 to hit an average AC of 26, which is a 50%...

Just as a side note, I believe the daily magic item limit was abolished in the Rules Compendium.

Why wouldn't this apply to Distracting Flare, too? Being invisible isn't the same thing as being hidden, so your enemy would hear you run behind a corner before losing track of you. Unless the stealth check applied to the entire movement, in which case Aspect of Agility would work just as well...

The question is, why not just do that with Aspect of Agility--shift 5 squares behind superior cover and roll stealth?

So I guess this power is really just for avoiding OAs... though for that purpose, Aspect of Agility seems much better. I suppose it's time to switch them out.

Do we know for sure if the classes in Heroes of Shadows will be Essential-ized? The reason I ask is because it's a hardcover book, and doesn't have the Essentials logo anywhere on it... that gives me the slightest bit of hope.

Distracting Flare (Avenger u2) is a move action that reads "Effect: You become invisible and move your speed. You are invisible until the end of the movement." Stealth checks are made at the end of a move action, or at the end of an action that involves moving. My question is, which one...

The CS rep seems to be misreading the quote. All that quote really says is if a power can only target the caster, it won't have a Target: entry, because it will be range Personal. Just because a power can target other creatures doesn't mean it can't target yourself. For example: many burst...

Actually, neither the stance nor the attack has the Weapon keyword. The attack has a range of Melee weapon, which isn't the same thing. It's definitely an error, you can't have [W]s without the Weapon keyword.

Lay on Hands is a Melee power with range touch that targets one creature. When a Paladin uses Lay on Hands, he can target himself with the power. (Source: FAQ for the Player's Handbook! question #9) Therefore, melee powers with a range of touch can target yourself. RC defines melee touch as...

There is one definition of Line of Effect within 4e, and that is described on page 107 of the Rules Compendium, accompanied by this: This establishes that lines of effect are straight, not curved. Burst is described on page 109: "A burst affects a target only if the target is in the burst's...

From the PSG, page 112. An attack vs. AC of 6 + level against a monster AC of 14 + level (also listed on this page) yields a 65% chance to hit. From this blurb it seems your premise is flawed. So, why not give everybody a 65% chance to hit, 8+ hits, 7 or lower misses? Because it kills a large...

This is, of course, why the CB implements them that way. But the fact remains, the CB implementation is not RAW from any source. The OP asked: CB inherent bonuses don't give a damage bonus from DIS, is this a bug? I ask: there is no written precedent, so how could it be a bug? No, DIS in CB...

Nowhere in DMG2 (which is the only rules reference that mentions it) are the inherent bonuses classified as enhancement bonuses. In fact, nowhere in DMG2 are they even called "inherent bonuses." The only place you can find "inherent bonuses" by name is the CB, and the CB implements them as...

I think it's perfectly fair, especially since multiple Rangers can quarry the same target and multiple Avengers can Oath the same target. Discouraging strikers to focus fire seems counterintuitive.