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The question I have is will these tools be covered under the current cost of a DDI subscription? If WotC set the price of the subscription on the basis of the full suite of tools and content, both delivered and still in the pipeline, then subscribers are already paying for them. If that is the...

In a fantasy world, one in which the elements of religion are matters of fact as much as (or more than) faith, it could be said that a necromantic act that kidnaps a soul from wherever it has gone after the death of its body and enslaves it in some way is an evil act - it would be interesting...

There's nothing wrong with the players enjoying that their characters are powerful and successful. It's all relative, however; too much success too easily can lead to boredom. If you're having trouble challenging them tactically, as your post seemed to imply, you might take a look at Stalker0's...

Masterplan doesn't encrypt the data it grabs from DDI so I can understand WotC taking issue with this feature (although somehow I doubt the response would have been any different regardless). It would be nice, however, if companies dealing in products that are community driven could understand...

I was just getting around to checking Masterplan out, but the site says that it is currently unavailable and doesn't offer it for download.

The dreaded tenth alignment: Stupid Evil.

It's tempting to argue that the trademark was generic when they registered it. As someone else mentioned, it's a term that was already in use and it could be looked upon as Lone Wolf trying to use that to their advantage: if I'm looking for software to build an army with I expect I'd enter "army...

Good point. I play a cleric in one game and the shift towards healing without using surges when Divine Power landed was clear; I'm not sure if it was the same for warlords with Martial Power, there are none in any of the 4E groups I play with.

(Spirit of Healing is the name of the ability). If the combat is static, perhaps - but then, that's not the model for 4E combat. The limitations of the ability are that it only heals allies (not the cleric), those allies have to be in the square the spirit is occupying or adjacent to it, it...

I try to stick to the First Rule of Dungeoncraft: Never force yourself to create more than you must. Start small, with just enough in place to get things started. This kind of open-ended design allows you to respond to signs your players are giving you rather than feeling bound to things you've...

In 4E, as far as I'm aware, the terms "healing powers" and "powers with the healing keyword" mean the same thing; I don't recall seeing a power that restores hit points that doesn't have the healing keyword. Apply the bonus each time you restore hit points with a power. It's a potent daily...

There are a lot of options, which is good and necessary for a game like 4E, but it depends on the class you're playing. Load up the Character Builder and stat up a fighter, first level is fine, and then stat up a paladin. What do you notice? Two of my three 4E characters are divine (cleric and...

2 I'm running an established campaign as a DM. (1E ToEE loosely, a lot of improv.) 2,3 3E and 4E. (used to run a 3E campaign, still playing 4E as a player) 4 3E: Too much mechanical prep, too much time spent on mechanics during play. 1 4E: I still play, although feeling the "too much time...

Sounds nasty. Still, I think I'd play it out as a series of attacks rather than one simultaneous multi-attack. Either way seems valid as written, but I think the latter may cause other problems. One example that comes to mind is immediate actions that trigger movement. Such powers could be...

The thing to note with the expertise feats is that, unlike most feats that scale with level, they scale at level 15 and 25 rather than 11 and 21. If levels 15 and 25 are the points at which the alleged hole in the math appears it would seem to be a strong indicator that these feats are a patch...

From your description - I don't have MM2 - my understanding is that the hydra can attack one target with each head, as normal for a hydra, and applies ongoing damage to any targets it hits. Alternatively it could make all its attacks against one target and gain a +2 to hit on any attacks that...

Yes, they are awful when overused; two incidents stick out in my memory. The first was when we ran into a pack of ghouls. My fighter spent all but one round immobilized and getting munched on - the damage was obscene - and frustrated that there was nothing I could do to improve my position on...

Domination in 4E doesn't seem to be the same all encompassing mental control we've become used to in previous editions; it's more like a compulsion that the victim is aware of but powerless to resist when the dominator directs the victim to take an action. The Dominated condition says that the...

I'm not sure what you mean; the Sleep power also has the Sleep keyword and similar wording in the form of "...the target becomes unconscious (save ends)." I wouldn't give the Sleep keyword so much significance. If we take it to mean that the targets are just sleeping then all it takes is...

Now that I think about it...my sister is a librarian, and the scale of her response to crimes against books or the defiling of the sanctity of the DDC can be impressive: nothing but dailies and nothing but crits. I may have to concede that the archivist is a viable class concept.