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Yeah, I think the staves and their effect options have sort of been balanced with 2-handed wielding in mind. Wands and orbs aren't weapons, staves are. Why? Because you can't wield a real weapon while wielding a staff. Now, I think Warlocks have some interesting options open to them with the...

PHB, 267. Free actions can occur on another combatant's turn. As for free actions occurring between attacks, Mort_Q, all of the attacks in Blade Cascade are a single standard action. It takes an immediate interrupt (or, I suppose, an explicitly interrupting free action) to happen before another...

No, you're incorrect. Appropriate XP=challenge breaks down outside of 3 or so levels. That's why we use minions instead of just level-10 monsters. Page 56 of the DMG points this out in the sidebar. *Easy* encounters could go as low as 4 levels lower than the party for individual enemy levels...

Not unless the free action says it can interrupt (in which case, most of the time it will be an immediate interrupt action, not a free one -- though I could see the design desire to have a free action that interrupts so that it may be used on your turn, as well, or without a specific trigger)...

Keep in mind, particularly in this thread's "test case," that blade cascade's potential for brokenness is only exaggerated by a level disparity. So taking a 15th level ranger against an 11th level white dragon (speaking of which -- was this templated or something? the MM has adult white as 9th...

To see a full section of the web page, with multiple links only pointing to "coming soon!" and "we'll have these great features!" pages. Okay, so the release date for the client-based apps slipped. I can deal. But why do they present this as something new and shiny? The article with links to...

Yes, but I think it's fairly clear that the ranger more closely fits the previous scout concept. The one-big-swing thing is something that was (if I may presume to guess) derivative of your scout build's reliance on skirmish to maintain a mobile fighting style without sacrificing damage. The...

So, wait. You want to take a low score for roleplaying reasons, and then ignore your clumsiness/dimwittedness/frailty/what-have-you when it comes to feat choices? That seems a little... pointless. If you're a clumsy character, you shouldn't be getting extra damage or defense from TWF, so it...

#2 is actually right. ;) #1 is right, but a non-shifty creature/player has, at that point, used their entire turn. (shifting as a move, and then moving their speed as a traded-down second move action to replace their standard action) #3 is under-utilizing the kobold's shiftiness. A kobold can...

Heck, if you're really concerned about this (or other AC reduction/to-hit bonus combos), house rule that blade cascade will always miss on a 2, and suddenly it's mostly in-line with other similar dailies. Ta-da! It doesn't affect lucky streaks of hits with "normal" to-hit chances (like, say...

My gnome rogue's player was threatening to "deft strike the darkness" in order to keep up with the party with the bonus 2 movement. I pointed out that he'd get more movement by double moving, but was amused.

Well, keep in mind, in a group of 5, it's 5 healing surges vs. 7. If your defender is playing his part enthusiastically, then yes, for him it's 1 vs. 3. But in a leader-less group, I think it behooves the defenders to *not* mark targets initially, and only begin marking once the strikers and...

And even still, many empaths downright ignore their non-healing powers that are arguably more awesome than the heals. Empaths who go "huh?" when your blaster asks for fortitude are a crime.

Perhaps your definition of "leader" in "a smart leader who is tough and has martial skill" is different than I typically understand it to be. Attack-something-to-buff-your-allies is very leaderly, in that your actions aid others in acting more effectively. That's leading. I think the problem...

Ditto. Though, I can't resist the notion of getting some butt-kicking in, too, so I may, when the time comes, try a multiclass with a TWF ranger.

Well, to some extent. I think 4e actually reinforces the notion that tactical insight is an intelligence-linked stat, what with the warlord. Devising a plan to deceive the local villain and trick him into revealing himself? Quite possibly wisdom-inspired. Devise an ambush? I'll take wisdom...

12 is hardly a dump-statted value, though. "Sorry, that's a pretty clever tactic and you've got an 8 intelligence, so you're not the brightest bulb in the pack; would your character really come up with that?" is something I'm more amenable to. On the other hand, a character with an 8...

Make people roleplay their intelligence, and it becomes its own usefulness. Besides, I've always felt that people who adventure for a living aren't likely to be good at statistics...

No, I'm pretty sure gametable is the name of a 3rd party chat/dice application that's been around for a while.

I won't (haven't, now, as of yesterday, hehe!) flat-out tell my players they're minions. I won't go to excessive lengths to disguise them, though. What I found myself doing was using markers (damn random minis!) to distinguish enemies by type (when recognizably different -- these have slings...