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One point to keep in mind about retraining: The Retraining tab has a row for every level from 2nd level up to your current level. To retrain a heroic tier feat to a paragon tier feat, you need to select 11th level or higher. At 2nd through 10th levels, you are obviously limited to heroic tier...

Studded leather was added to the game in 1E for a very good reason -- that is the point at which the "naked" AC went from 9 to 10, shifting the AC of leather alone from 7 to 8, leaving one more space between it and chain mail. So AC 7 studded leather was added along with several other armor...

I may be close to the sort of person you are looking for. I played 1E, DMed 2E, read the books for but never actually played 3E, and am now playing 4E. I definitely recognize 4E as being part of the same gaming system. Whether I would give the same answer if I never looked at the 3E books I...

I think a lot also depends on how far in advance you give notice -- I would be willing to miss my Friday game to get to the beach early if I told the group that I might do that the previous Friday, but I would not do that as a last minute decision. Of course, I am just a player in the current...

The above is part of the explanation as to why training rules really aren't needed in 4E -- you don't need an XP buffer for any of the things listed above. Plus, unlike in 3E, in 4E you always gain levels in your current class -- so "training" is nothing more than taking a break (an extended or...

That battlefist is not kosher at all. The only way to get one is to cut off your hand and take the Self-Forged paragon path -- and that requires you to be an Artificer and thus have a decent intelligence score. (Although given the requirement that your character cut off his hand, wisdom should...

I don't think that particular combination works. The daily power of Medic's Weapon gives you an additional use of Channel Divinity during an encounter, but not an additional use of a particular Channel Divinity power. For most divine characters, that would let you use your other Channel...

I think the standard 4E way of handling a character like Q or the Cosmic Imp would be for the DM to work out a skill challenge whose goal is to influence the antagonist to either stop bothering the party or do something useful -- either that, or make the antagonist a bully who does not gain...

One thing I noticed with the sample Dark Sun PCs is that they did not, as I thought they might do, use a larger point buy value for them. Combine that with the reduced variation in racial mods (bonuses only, no penalties), the elimination of class based attack bonuses, and the lack of support...

Another possibility -- note that the Monster Manual gives orc and hobgoblin racial traits. You can create classed NPCs of those races at any level from 1-30, and add templates if you want to make them elites or solo monsters.

A hybrid character gets the weapons and implements used by either class along with the armor used by both classes -- so your hybrid wizard is initially limited to cloth armor. You get minimal features from each class -- Hunter's Quarry as a ranger (usable only with ranger attack powers) and...

A lot depends on what Gamma World adds to the game. We definitely are getting mutations, along with high tech items as relatively rare treasures. What about mundane types who don't wear armor but use firearms? If Gamma World doesn't cover those, then we may need Boot Hill, Top Secret, or...

I see a couple of possibilities here. The obvious one is that this player is coming from 3.5, where a +2 bonus to your primary attack stat is considered just fine -- especially since class choice generally overwhelms stat differences in the long run. This possibility can be taken care of by...

Interesting -- the above contains an explicit mention of Skothar. If I am not mistaken, that would tie this version of Blackmoor in with the world of Mystara, where that is the name of the eastern continent.

I was looking just at the official Poor Wizard's Almanacs by TSR -- obviously they can't be held accountable for what others came up with later in the later unofficial Mystaran Almanacs, for good or for ill. I do have Mark of Amber -- without giving too much away, it definitely contradicts the...

By the way -- going by the Poor Wizard's Almanacs, the Aftermath section given above contains numerous inaccuracies in regard to later events. Was this aftermath as published in Wrath of the Immortals or from elsewhere? I haven't looked at that part of Wrath of the Immortals in a while, but I...

There are a variety of feats (familiar feats and racial heritage feats come to mind) that let you swap out any utility power, not just one from your original class. There are also some multiclass only classes (Bravo, Cutthroat, Poisoner, etc.) with their own power swap feats that also are not...

Take a look at the December 15th update -- it has taken some very nice first steps towards customization. Custom languages are now fully supported (except with certain backgrounds) as are deities (if you do not need to hook them up to any domain or "must worship X" abilities) and feats...

On the other hand, there is a pretty good mapping between the epic destinies in the 1st PHB and the 4 PC paths to Immortality: Archmage :: Paragon Deadly Trickster :: Epic Hero Demigod :: Dynast Eternal Seeker :: Polymath Of course, given the available epic destinies now, there is no longer...

This isn't official, but the Piazza's Mystara4E project definitely might be of interest: The Piazza • View forum - Mystara 4E Conversion Project