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A wall of ice formed by a breathweapon that could split the party up (push?) would synergize nicely with the movement imparing effects. "Wait...I have to go around and have a movement of 2?!" Might be a bit cumbersome to implement though.

Thanks everyone for the feedback here. I love both the diversity of perspective and the great responses that have been generated. As it happened, I was largely intending there to be a lot more "what type of 4e character class is a good fit for novice characters now that everyone has spells?"...

I think you'll finally find the option you are looking for, but it wont be in the bard class. Bards (as previously mentioned) are going to be another leader type. They'll likely make the group better in almost all ways, but they probably won't fill multiple roles in the sense you are looking...

Thanks all, I really appreciate the ideas and feedback here. The reason why my post lacked enthusiasm was largely because I am concerned over my ability to get enthusiasm out of her. I love getting new players involved and have done so with girlfriends in the past, but this one is a bit more...

Starting in June, I intend to run a 4e campaign with some friends and guess who's tagging along? That's right, a buddy wants his girlfriend to play. She's not exactly the most enthusiastic and is probably only playing to humor her guy. She doesnt really care about the character creation...

One of the bigger problems with using pregenerated characters is that your players won't have any emotional investment in them initially. This takes alot of work to get around if you want roleplaying. Help them get some personality in their characters early. If they are inexperienced in...

Multiclassing, GSL, Playable Races in MM. That's my order of interest.

I suspect we will see some feats that allow rogues to sneak attack with other weapons. If not, my campaign will house rule it. Likewise, I know there has been reference to paragon paths that allow a wizard to use a weapon he is proficient with as a spell focus (and presumably more?). Keep...

Does a shield enhancement bonus also add to AC? I thought they were trying to streamline things so that stats are only modified by one slot's enhancement bonus. Since armor enhancement bonuses add to AC, and neck bonuses add to Reflex/Will/Fort, I'm not sure what a shield bonus should add to.

Maybe what we're having here is an imperfect understanding of the Controller's role. As I understand it, the controller is about manipulating the battlefield and not necessarily dishing out damage. Most of us think of the battlefield as consisting of the physical state of the ground and the...

WotC has previously suggested that the dragon's defenses listed on "fan sites" are about 2 points too high.

What if a "Fighter Training" feat would allow you to take a fighter encounter power as a daily power or an at-will as an encounter power. Unfortunately, you would lose alot of flavor given from the "free" abilities available to a class unless they made it possible to take them also (sneak...

Divine Controller - Moses style Priest Divine Striker - Hand of God, fire and brimstone style Preacher Martial Controller - Judo style monk

1) Recharge 3,4,5,6 2) No. Only if the attack doesn't include the Paladin. 3) It's rough, but I believe players can still target squares where the dragon "should be". Of course he has full concealment. 4) Judgement call. An arrow actually has more ability to hit something underwater than...

Designers have continuously mentioned how feats were not common enough in 3.0/3.5. Since PC's gain bonuses to all their rolls at even levels, I'm pretty sure they will get feats every odd level. We know at 5th level, a wizard has X/2/2, so you're on target there. 9-swords had Sword Sages...

I apologize for my tone there it came off both condescending and arguementative which is pretty difficult to pull off. I was thinking in terms of a traditional campaign DM (which I am) and not that of the event rules arbitrator (which I am not). I actually happen to like rules arbitration in...

I definately agree. I have a player who was inspired by a manga to play something that will probably be more sword-mage than anything initially released. Rather than fret over the lack of cloth-wearing defenders, I see this as an opportunity to play around in a new sandbox. I just wish my...

I definately feel your concern here. I would probably end up house-ruling quite a bit of this. Keep in mind that the abstraction of hit points can include things like luck, intuition and even "ability to wake up before the dagger falls". That given, I see no problem with letting a...

A couple things to take into account during a thematic conversion: - New level should probably be Old-Level * 3 / 2. - Back out level bonuses and racial bonuses to stats and re-apply the new rules. - Magic items will have to be re-distributed by the GM. Other than this, just rebuild from...

I think the obvious two bonuses are: - New Feats (Every odd level) - Higher generic level bonus (Every even level) But that leaves the following possibilities a bit sketchy: - Additional encounter powers (Every 3 levels starting at level 2) - Additional daily powers (Every 3 levels starting...