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Mathematically, it seems a wash. 1/2 damage conserves actions and lets you do more things. Reliable has a "feel good" factor that is really hard to quantify. We all know that in 4E, it is possible to miss with all your encounters/dailies in an encounter, or to miss with all your dailies in a...

yay for the unwise cleric! Next campaign will start like this: A Str 8 paladin and a Wis 8 cleric walk into the tavern...

I agree that having the character go Rogue fits a bit better, especially with the suggestions to have the fists equate to damage. Rogue has a lot of options that really fit well with a monk feel, although honestly still a bit to be desired (we shall wait for the monk class)

I would set up the encounter as follows: set a DC to hear the beetles, the minions and roll 3 stealth rolls before the encounter. Depending on the players actions, it'd be against passive perception, or let them roll (probably at least 1 or 2 characters would be actively scouting at the very...

As a player, I'd probably start with leather, but retrain that out by paragon levels. Two reasons, first - it is far more likely that I'll get better enchants on cloth for a wizard, and I don't want to have to wait in line for the magic leathers behind the rogue. Also, I anticipate that our...

Good point about being consistent with level. More often than not, the answer lin 4E lies in the mechanices of smooth gameplay than any logical/explainable answer.

Less confusion - from the corner is pretty clear, since the map has lines that show exactly where that is. Center of square gets fuzzy for some LOS shots.

Good riddance to low levels! I like the suggestions above for negative levels if you want to do the whole backstory thing (I love starting campaigns in which the PC's are farmers/peasants who are in the right place at the right time) Still, level 1 characters are pretty fragile and I plan on...

Indeed, Eladrin are probably my top choice for the PC tactical warlord. Trying to choose between Human and Eladrin. However, Eladrin are only really solid for Tact warlords and Wizards. That's a rather small piece of the pie, since they are pretty much outclassed by the other dex races for...

I think that the old system, you are absolutely correct - players who can get any old item that they want (of their level or lower) can really make it hard for a GM to balance. However, now that you can really only use 1 or so daily power magic items per milestone, having a haversack full of...

A Striker would be my 4th choice for party design 9/10 times. I find that their damage is only slightly larger, and the real use of the striker class (at least rogue and ranger) are for the adventuring skills they provide.

I'd say a 28 point buy is worth probably 1 level, maybe 2. The extra points are probably giving all your characters a +1 to all their main stats, so they are effectively using skills at +2 levels. However, since they lack the HP, feats and powers, that'd knock it back to only 1 level. maybe...

I don't think your party has much for options. Not having either a defender or a leader sounds like a bad plan. In dungeon scenarios, or any tight space, your group will fall quickly. As a DM, I wouldn't allow that many strikers, but I realize you may want to give your players a lot more...

For me, the crossbow ranger shines when you multi-class to rogue, since many of the rogue abilities allow a crossbow to be used, but not a longbow