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Ki Power Source: Defender: Samurai Controller: Wu-Jen Leader: Monk (ie. shinto priest, buddhist monk, taoist, etc.) or Shogun ("warlord") Striker: Ninja Strictly speaking, Kensai isn't needed. I don't personally see a difference between "martial" and "ki" though, so using Kensai as a paragon...

Ok, change the names to fit your campaign. "Kensai" becomes "Swordmaster" or "Weaponmaster". Alternatively you could replace "master" in the name with "saint" if you want something closer to the actual translation if I recall correctly. It just seems pretty silly to take issue with what the...

Why do you feel you need to use a sledgehammer or that it is impossible to use a scalpel in making adjustments to monsters or encounters in your campaign? You're right that 4e is not bogged down and drowning in the kind of rules that 3e was, but that still doesn't mean that one loses the...

It sounds like you've solved your own problem... houserule it. I'd assume that shadow minions cannot make new minions, only those who willingly embrace the shadows can and other lords won't make too many more of themselves because they don't want competition. So the functional limit on making...

The question is "how much fluff"? So far from what I've seen of the 4e monster entries I'd say they have about as much as I'd want from a monster manual. I'd be a lot happier leaving the majority of 'fluff' to articles in DDI or my own feverish imagination. The less that's "set in stone" in...

Haha, yeah. My adventure creating is based on a high level idea of what the various factions or individuals involved want to do, how I'd expect them to react to the players' activities, and what will happen if the players do nothing. It's an approach I borrowed from an old college buddy of...

For a generic western fantasy setting the monk class most certainly doesn't fit, but the monk as a "cloistered cleric" does - of course so would an order of 'cloistered religious wizards' or any other class. Monk is a motiff, a style, a collection of fluff. It is not an iconic class outside of...

It just means that the succubus doesn't have to only use her charm ability. Selective use of charm, enhanced by her skills, can produce better results than either alone. Charm the king, use her nonmagical social skills on the various flunkies of said charmed king. Suddenly the nobles of the...

I have to agree that the MM is something I don't want to see bogged down with plot ideas. Honestly it isn't the place for it for a variety of reasons. 1. Players have easy access to the MM, meaning I'd almost certainly have to retool the plot ideas anyway. Yes this can also be done with...