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It's possible but the player will definitely need to get the heads up. We have two truly good devas (avenger and cleric of Bahamut) in our mercenary playtest group and they fit in just fine. The only trick is to give the devas their own motivation on top of the rest (e.g. mercs want the...

Damn these long weekend cons!! Was really hoping I'd be able to squeeze in a day there but plans were set long before CanGames popped up on my radar. Should be lots of fun, from what I've heard. There's also Game Summit on June 12th and 13th - will be there for that.

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Get paid or die. Your choice. With almost a month to go before its release, the first preview for The Key of the Fey 4e mercenary adventure is ready for gawking, scrutinizing, and applauding. Designed for new characters from levels 1-3, Key provides an introductory job for mercenaries... not...

Since the EN Wiki went down (even then, the 4e publishers list was erased and never replaced), I'm not sure of a single site with all up-to-date lists of GSL publishers. And Wizards was never up to date because Emerald Press has never been added, no matter how emails were sent. Off the top of...

Everything boils down to your players - regardless of the alignment, good players will find a way to get their characters involved. Unless you're a balor, even the chaotic evil will use the skills of others to get the job done. And even balors have minions to do the work they don't want to do...

It can have its uses. We played a one-shot where the villain was an undead powered by an orb of negative energy that also weakened us. The only way we were able to injure him was a companion shaman's power to inflict damage if the target moved. So I grabbed him and forced him to move a square...

That's something that will hinder any large race you create: you will likely need to make one or two racial traits to balance off their large size, such as squeezing, rather than adding something cool to them. It's something we came across a while back while creating tiny races and came up...

Space is the biggest issue (no pun intended) to work out. Reach can be an issue to but that's nothing a Medium character with a reach weapon can't benefit from as well. But when you allow Large characters with Medium ones, the Large one becomes an incredibly dominant presence on the map. Even...

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Look at ways to continue growth through further price options and the new Dragonborn book is the perfect example of it. Providing softcover books with a lower price to entice players with smaller budgets - it's the one thing I miss about 2e and early 3e days. Otherwise, just kick back and let...

There's a review of the Sneak Peak in CA15 for the curious and those with it on their wish lists... Combat Advantage #15

Illodelli.com has some really nice pieces though they are quite a bit more than regular stock art but the site seems to be down an awful lot. Otherwise, this is the second place I check when looking for art after stock art on OBS sites. Otherwise, stock art's like buying from a yard sale - you...

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Tokens are optional - it's possible to play a collector without using them and simply selecting another class feature instead. But I know the monk will use a point system for its powers and figured since the door's already been opened, might as well prop it open with a stick. Thanks for the...

Notes made and corrections planned. Thanks. In my own personal playtesting of the collector (as a collector rogue), tokens worked out well. I just kept a cue card of all the deeds that would grant me a token next to my character sheet and generally received 2 tokens per session. Still, this is...

Why It's Not a Multiclass or Hybrid As this seems the likeliest first question, figured I'd answer it now. I chose not to use the collector as a multiclass option because I'm not a fan of how it works. Specifically, spending feats to gain it. I play a barbarian/druid and the idea of spending a...

Before putting this out there in any "official" capacity, just wanted to post this here and get some feedback before going any further with it. We're working on a project called "Break & Enter" dealing with stealth in 4e games and one of the biggest issues tackled are skill checks -...

But it does increase a target's AC. Since a fair bit of the original Amok Destroyer involved destroying objects, it seemed more functional to take this power and apply it practically in combat. The amok destroyer bashes shields and smashes solid objects a target hides behind thereby making him...

Seems that if it's for a barbarian, connecting it to a rage power makes the most sense. What about this? AMOK DESTROYER PATH FEATURES Amok Action (11th level): When you spend an action point to attack, you can push a number of targets equal to your Strength modifier one square. If there are...