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In a football game, the quarterback notices the defensive linemen who are trying to crush him way more than the linebackers and safeties. I really really like the idea that the Ranger cannot just attack the Artillery target in the rear immediately and gain the quarry. If you want to ignore the...

Damage scales up at half your level, but not as a bonus to your damage, you simply gain +1 to all your attribute modifiers every even level. This means your Str, Con, Dex, Int, Wis, and Cha modifiers all increase as you level. A level 16 Wizard will be doing a lot more damage with Magic...

Just a hint to other DMs to help simplify the system of initiatives, marks, Powers, and ongoing effects. Initiative - Get yourself a stack of index cards. Have every player write their characters name on one, and have some designated for the enemies. Each time you call for initiative each...

You don't make an initial defense roll. Your opponent rolls against your defense just like it was an armor class roll. The Wizard casting a Fireball rolls an attack roll against your Reflex, you don't roll your Reflex against his Fireball.

It does. The example character has all the numbers filled into the formulas to make them playable immediately. The formula is fairly easy to determine: 1d10+5 and additional adjacent target takes 3 damage.... means: 1[W] + Strength Modifier and additional adjacent target takes Strength...

Nope, all derived from Ability Score Modifiers.

Accurate Weapon Proficiency (Dagger, Rapier, etc) gives +3 Attack Rolls Normal Weapon Proficiencies (Short Sword, Long Bow, Maces) gives +2 Attack Rolls Inaccurate Weapon Proficiencies (Axes, Hammers) gives +1 Attack Rolls Accurate weapons do less damage but hit more often, and inaccurate...

Attack Rolls ------------------------ Accurate Weapon Proficiencies (Dagger, Rapier, etc) give +3 attack Bonus Normal Weapon Proficiencies (Short Sword, Long Bow, etc) give +2 attack Inaccurate Weapons (Axes etc) give +1 attack Bonus Ranged Attacks add Dex Modifier to attack rolls Melee Attacks...

That's likely a function of the Half-Elf racials. Half-Elves are highly adaptable, and they likely can select abilities from other class lists. That Half-Elf chose a wizard power from the wizard list as a racial benefit. All classes can normally select 2 at-will powers, 1 encounter, and 1...

Defenses (Incomplete knowledge of racials) -------------------------------------------------------- Armor Class = 10 + [Dex or Int Modifier] + Armor Value Cloth = 1 Leather = 2 Hide = 3 Chain = 4 Scale = 5 Plate = 6 Heavy Shield +2 Light Shield +1 Fortitude Defense = 10 + [Str or Con...

Here is what we can assume as basic racial abilities - this list is undoubtedly incomplete. Half-Elves ----------------- Cha +2 (Assumed) Group Diplomacy Adaptability - Half-Elves can select powers from other class lists. The Half-Elf Warlock has a wizard spell listed on the character. This...

The stats given in the Pit Fiend entry proves that attribute modifiers definitely do increase at half your level: Str 32 (+24) Dex 24 (+20) Wis 20 (+18) Con 27 (+21) Int 22 (+19) Cha 28 (+22) Each attribute bonus is the original stat bonus (Str 32 = +11, Cha 28 = 9), plus half of your level...