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I'm curious when the creature gets to save. My thought is that it is on the creature's turn, not when the spell is cast. I don't know, but considering the spell has an effect for a hit or miss, it would seem odd that it would also have a save right then to be removed. Even more so that on a...

Indeed he does. In fact, as I recall, he seens two horsemen riding at him, grabs and arrow and pulls one out of a dead guy, bite-tears the fletching off of one of the arrows. I think he does it this way (and this is something I have seen trick archers do before): hold the bow sideways, set one...

This is very well said!

I thought a solo creature was balanced against 4 PCs, not 6. After all, a Lvl 1 solo creature can't be equally solo-able to any party size!

I know we are discussing actual crunch, but to compare Lay of Hands 4e to 3e and saying 4e sucks does only take into account that this character is 1st level. We don't know that Laying of Hands might not have additional rider effects at higher levels, such as is bonus healing above that of the...

I would imagine that, if you want to make yourself out to be the greater threat, you need to show you are a threat and need to hit. Further, looks like many of the strikers will use their abilities for damage, abilities that use different stats to hit and have different mechanics for which...

Does the mark not apply to OA and the like? I mean, the fighter's first level mark might not be enough for to get a creature to attack him and not his allies...but the -2 is still DEFENDING allies. He's making them harder to hit. The Defender is defending his allies. Sounds like it's...

However, in the same line of thinking, this makes you more diverse. If a wizard no longer needs dex to (a) hit with spells, (b) increase his AC, and (c) increase his reflex, then not every wizard is going to try to take a high dex. With naught but a high int, he had coverred some of these...

My friend and I bought this arcade game together. And we have the game before it, Tower of Deimos (I think is the name). Personally, I think Shadow over Mystara was the BEST arcade game ever made (hence my buying it from the arcade we played it when they pulled it from the floor). Would love...

Wasn't it said somewhere that the PHB will have 150 feats? Hopefully in that number there are a few feats a fighter would get benefit from that require int. I would rather see each class get the most benefit from their prime (so a fighter would get very little benefit from high cha or int) and...

I'll look to see where I saw it. Something about them wanting everyone to have more to do in combat and out. We shall see eventually. Perhaps after this weekend.

I thought they were balanced around roles, not actually designed around them. In this respect, a rogue is a striker in combat, and he fulfills that roll in combat, so your party is not down a striker if they have the skill monkey, too. And similarly, they designed classes to have more use out...

I could be wrong, but I thought they said that in the DMG there were two paragon paths that BEST fit a class or two (the Stead-fast Defender if there was one would fit best with Fighter and Paladin, not so much with any non-defenders). I don't recall them saying anything about a class's...

I think Warlord will be something akin to tactical vs inspirational, command vs example. In one set, the Warlord gives bonuses to others who mirror his example. In the other, he orders the group to do certain things, and they can do them. Such as: Inspiration/example Warlord charges a...

Nope, because in order to work out a build for a character, one must read through all the powers and decide what you want and how they connect. For a first level character, that shouldn't be too difficult, but it is still requires time to read. If you buy 4e and rush to your friend's house to...

Really? At which point did he inspire confidence as a leader? His original crew mutanied. His second crew left him for dead (oh yeah, they came back, but they didn't help save him) and then left him on the dock with Mr. Gibs. The only reason people every did anything for him was because they...

Always been more of a Sid Meier's Pirates! fan myself. Had it back on my Commedor 64/128 and was very excited by the re-released a couple years back.

But he would if he could. However, having no defenders to keep the enemy from focusing on him, he gets trapped in straight up, one-on-one(-on-one) fights and cannot sneak up or sneak away. He's too much of a target for EVERYone. Just because he doesn't have the opportunity to do something...

Fair enough. I accept that my assumption is a huge leap, and probably not a correct one. However, I would say that they have fixed the problem of front loading if the ranger's abilities require the use of a box or other "heavy" missile weapon and the rogue's abilities require the use of a hand...

True. Was it a problem for 3e? No particularly - PrCs like the blackguard were designed for heavy weapon sneak attack, so for a rogue not to be able to do so as well would have been somewhat skewed. However, it once again comes back to balance issues with weapons and 4e. Perhaps WotC didn't...