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I don't think that a 4.75 is legally possible on the commercial scale that Paizo has made possible for PF. However, I am writing my own legal 4e clone in pdf form that'll be totally free once it's completed! I'm hoping that my clone -- which I'm calling Points of Light -- will inspire other...

If you don't mind pdfs, I went to a lot of trouble to compile the greater part of 4e's classic character options into my Complete 4th Edition pdfs. My group's been using them for about four years now, and I've gotten no complaints. :)

Hm, I like this idea...but I suspect that as soon as the movie-physics crowd reads 'healing' in a martial power, they'll think of Mike Mearls and 'shouting wounds closed.' Maybe I'm wrong though. Maybe 'rejuvenating war cry' is ambiguous enough to work...

I've been posting my PoL discussions on the dedicated 4Enclave forum. Legally Legiting My Clone is my most recent topic.

I think that 4e power sources are rather muddled, and not as consistent as I'd like them to be. For example, the arcane source (particularly the wizard) is a grab-bag of concepts and every magical effect imaginable. Because Tradition! But I do think that more focused power sources have value...

QFT! I've made a lot of adjustments to my 4e clone, Points of Light, and fixing the math is the simplest of them. Often, fellow 4e fans will give me several solutions to an issue I want to fix; I end up picking one, not because it's inherently better than the others, but simply because I have...

It also allows controllers to have a somewhat standardized shtick, like every other role. Anyone can use a daze power, but radiant daze powers become stun powers in the hands of an invoker! (Well, it's not quite that awesome, but you get the idea. ;)) I'm so glad my condition track idea is...

Before starting work on my Points of Light clone, I asked this very question, and then wrote two blog posts to remind myself of my goals: Breaking Your Heart, One Rule at a Time.

Link I'm writing what I hope will be a friendlier and less-cramped character sheet, and I'm curious what others think the ideal character part of a character sheet should look like. So click on the google doc link, imagine lines to write on for each entry, and tell me what you'd add or drop!

Glad you like it; my level 1 dailies at least are all stance-like! And hey, did you pay up the 500 gp to resurrect this thread? ;)

I think keterys means that neither 'area burst 2' nor 'all damage, no riders' is really worthy of a daily power.

I don't particularly care whether you buy 5e or ignore it, but as an aside, the 4e VTT fell through because one of the important designers died in a murder-suicide.

There's quite a large difference between being dazed and being stunned. Even between being dazed and being staggered -- that's dazed, with the added restriction that 'you can only pick a minor or a move.' You might even say there's a huge difference. A dazed enemy is somewhat constrained if...

What you're calling math 'polish' has a big effect on game play. For example, deciding how many hit points monsters have and what the PC hit-rate is has a direct and dramatic effect on how long combat lasts -- something that has always been an issue in D&D, particularly in later levels. How many...

This is like saying "And players, writing out your character's stats is the last step in chargen!" Well, maybe it is, if you don't care about mechanical elegance. (Or character effectiveness, in my analogy.) And not caring about elegance is a perfectly valid choice for a game designer. Heck...

Hi Garthanos! C4 is indeed more-or-less complete, and I'm PMing you the links. (I never did get to all of the Dragon mag material, but it has all the other original 4e character options needed to play.) This year I began work on Points of Light, my true-to-4e clone. (I occasionally ask for...

That's very odd. Was this ongoing damage from a monster?

Both it is, then. :)

...for DMs? An idea that's recently occurred to me, as I've begun writing monsters and monster guidelines for my Points of Light clone: Would diceless damage for all monsters be an improvement for you, a fly in your pudding, or no big deal either way? PoL won't have tons of canned monsters...

The Complete 4th Edition is my first long-term contribution to the D&D community, and my favorite rpg. Naturally, 4e is my second choice. :)