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That changes things considerably. Consider the nature of the monster and its culture. If it's savage, something like 'Smasher' or 'Basher', as suggested above is certainly evocative. If it's more civilized, come up with some pretentious name for it based on what they call their units. Just...

There was one that I strongly tried to steer away from the insane, and one that I wish I would've disallowed. The one I took a strong hand in, shall we say, refining was for a Vampire game, from a girl that hadn't roleplayed before. She wanted to be, basically, everything. And the most...

And the issue there is: How exactly does that work? Defending implies getting between an assailant and its target, blocking an attack against something. Archery implies holding a thin piece of wood with a string, and having the freedom of movement to draw it across your chest (as opposed to...

More from Wikipedia... So, some guy named Bishop Odo and D&D are largely the reason why maces are associated with clergy.

Some variety of mace was employed by soldiers and individuals of all stripes and titles, from peasant to foot soldier to cavalry. However, there is this...

I also have to say that I'm not a very big Paladin fan. Initially, I almost went with cleric because I'm not that interested in playing religious characters in general. Playing a religious character where 'faith' has been replaced with 'proof' seems even less interesting to me (ie, we know the...

I don't think anyone here is arguing that 4e is perfect. The main source of frustration we're experiencing here is people who say "I want a Fighter that runs around and shoots people with arrows." And we're saying, "Ok, you use the Ranger class. You don't have to take the Nature skill. You...

I'm seeing a lot of this in 4e discussions. "But are there any ranged powers for Fighters?" "That would be a Ranger." "But I don't want to be nature-oriented!" Well, then don't train the nature skill. Or, "are there any build options for the urban ranger?" :erm: Yes, just don't train the...

And unto this world, the (1) scion of human and elf (2) chattel shall come, and he shall be presented with a treacherous (3) diadem of power. Through the (4) verges he shall disappear, not to return until a group of champions suffers through several labors. And those labors shall be threefold...

I'm sure several of these points have been brought up, but I just have to say: No, our definition of "Ranger" has implied nature-based... 4e's definition is actually looser, not more cookie-cutter. From Ranger, I can make a military archer, a swashbuckler, a berserker, or even a rougish...

Seconded.

I think there's an important distinction to make between 4th and earlier editions between what's missing and what's merely absent. Missing implies it should be there. In many cases, you could make a strong argument that things like skill points, crafting skills or profession skills aren't so...

True, you don't see very many Professor Xavier-style telepaths in most euro-centric medieval fantasy. But you do often see seers and oracles that are distinct from wizards and witches. It's not like all flavors of psionics would be entirely foreign to a setting like D&D. What surprises me is...

Considering that WotC acknowledges they can't please all of the people all of the time, and that they know there are things they can't fit into a typical core rulebook, and that there are things they leave out intentionally to make the game accessible and easy for players new and old... I wonder...

Siege rituals could be interesting. Rituals for both defending a fortification and laying siege to one. Your giant fireballs could take the place of catapults, for instance (imagine a bunch of grunts wheeling some ritualists sitting and chanting on a platform up to a castle instead of a...

1) Yes! I'm certain more powers are forthcoming, but the focus in arcane classes toward the elements leaves me wondering what the hell the point of an elemental power source would be, and what exactly the 'theme' of arcane power is supposed to be (right now it seems like the only theme is...

Put me down for "not far enough" in most cases interspersed with a few "WTF?" issues. Not far enough 1) Alignment. Just kill it. It's got no mechanical purpose now. Excellent work! But then, why keep it? Not far enough 2) Class restrictions / design flaws. For the most part, these were...

The character seems blatantly non-magical, "powered" by skill and knowledge. I'd say that if you don't choose something that is Martial in power source, you should try to choose something your DM will let you re-flavor as non-magical. Say, for instance, you took Spiteful Glamor from the...

The old Star Wars class names (from d20 pre-SAGA) actually provide a pretty good summary of what people are mentioning here as non-combat roles. Which is pretty odd when you consider that Star Wars is a setting based on cinematic sci-fi adventure. But here they are: Scoundrel: Your sneaks...

I know this is probably hostile territory for this, but I feel like I've just done a 180-degree spin RE: The Forgotten Realms. I'm actually reading the non-crunch material in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide and liking it. I thought I was a bit of a fool paying full price two days ago for...