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The Design and Development talks about Fey Guardian being based off of Int. But as far as I can see, it isn't based on Int at all. Nice article, though. It gives me the "want to play this character right now" feeling that a good Dragon article should.

Neither do a lot of other substances that rust monsters can destroy. It's magic rist, not real world oxidation. Anyway, Daleks seem like straightforward Paragon tier flying artillery enemies. Really powerful or special Daleks (Dalek kings or Davros or the like) might be higher in level...

You can actually use the Warden mark in the middle of other actions (confirmed in a Dragon article a long time ago). Which means that you could use it with the charge even without the specific "you can use free actions after a charge" text: you move as part of the charge, mark, then make the...

That has been my deva character's concept since the PHB2 cam out, more or less. His history score is through the roof, because he lived through most of it. There are also some hints of "small player in an eternal, unusual planar war" for the Devas, what with their angelic past and rakshasas...

Some effects could remove you or an ally from play temporarily, which would deny LoS. Things like the githyanki silver sword or voidsoul genasi. "Removed from play" is a condition in the (online) Compendium.

Both are untyped bonuses (not a power bonus, or it would say so). And they're from different sources. Untyped bonuses from different source stack.

Mengu's theory that Dragonbait confused Grabbed and Restrained makes sense, too. DB's summary (and Weem's cards) are slightly off still: a grab is ended if the grabber is prevented from taking Opportunity Actions, which is different than "is prevented from taking actions". "Prevented from...

Dragonbait was mistaken. Grabbed doesn't cause CA or a penalty to attacks. Just immobilization. Dragonbait might have been confusing other feats and abilities that that brawler has with the grab rules (the -2 to hit is likely just the brawler fighter's mark, the CA is likely Vicious Advantage).

I don't think that wholesale importing Ars Magica's system would work without substantial change. But creating an AM style noun + verb magic system might be doable to provide guidelines for ritual creation. 3.5 had something a little similar in the incantations (?) From Unearthed Arcana (and...

The character pictured is 11th level. (One issue I have is that the Paragon Path's Action Point effect isn't listed with the Action Point effect/tracking area.) Higher level characters shouldn't use up much more space, since for the most part you replace powers instead of gain new ones after...

It's still got some flaws, but it doesn't look like a tax form. So this new one is a big improvement over the old one.

The most common power source based feats are arcane feats like the White Lotus series and divine ones related to gods. You'll notice also that there aren't any dual source divine or arcane classes. I wonder if that's a deliberate decision. In general, this will change the evaluation of many...

You can doublecheck your math when it's not the middle of combat, in the CB. I'm arguing for two formats for the character sheet: a thorough one with all the math to doublecheck stuff, and a simple one woth all the math done for you that you can consult as quickly as possible. Power cards...

The five foot by five foot area is really quite a large target to hit. You're a fantasy badass, more skilled than the average joe. The attack roll to hit can already include the grenade going off target if you adjust your description ("the grenade hits the far side of the origin square, so...

Even if they could, it would only possibly help Fey Pact Hexblades in rare circumstances. The Infernal Hexblade's temporary Hit points wouldn't stack, nor would the Star Pact's bonus to hit.

Looks like I'll be keeping with my current practice of "Build in the CB, then make an actual usable character sheet myself by hand". If I have to plug in values for the variables for a power when I read it, that slows down play. Don't tell me "1d10+ Cha modifier (+4) damage". Just tell me...

??? I didn't say anything about the thief. I was talking about the hunter ranger, who uses modified ranged basic attacks (which Magic Missile clearly is). (I had also forgotten that they had errataed that feat that made Magic Missile a melee attack so that the feat was now shadar-kai only...

It's "A basic attack with a weapon" in all the previewed powers. Which suggests that it shouldn't work with implement powers. But if I'm a Half-elf using Magic Missile and took Arcane Implement Proficiency, am I using Magic Missile through a weapon (a heavy blade in this case)? It's...

Simply standing still to gain CA has a notable opportunity cost in and of itself, because it means that you aren't using a different trick to do more damage or damage an additional foe or go into hiding or knock prone.

Some other people have reported similar phenomena. It looks like the CB adds too much to AC and then recorrects down for some odd reason. The listed 23 AC looks right, though (10 + 8 plate +1 enhancement + 2 shield +2 level = 23). The CB just calculates it oddly.