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Dominated characters are still allies, simply because the rules don't say otherwise. Also, look at some monsters that "enthrall" PC's, like mindflayers or aboleths. I would argue that an enthralled character truly changes teams and is not an ally anymore, because all hope is lost for the fellow...

I have to 2nd that. I played in a game where the dorkiest of all the players turned out to play a changeling, on top of all the dorkiness. It annoyed the hell out of everybody.

I voted cows. I grew up on a farm, and let me tell you, you don't want to be a cow. It's milking at 6am and 6pm everyday, and if the human or robot doesn't do it on time, it hurts like hell and you get mastitis. That is, your udder goes purple and hard like a rock. On top of it, you don't have...

My advice would depend on what you want mechanically and role-wise (striker?), and at which level you are. Please elaborate.

Bullywugs are already hated by nature itself. Why the hatred on this board? Let them live I say. It's clear to me that half-elves need to go, just because they don't know if they want to be gay or straight. Also Dragonborn: They are a race only because Mike Mearl's kids wanted to play a dragon...

To me the real problem with crits is that players just laugh when the MONSTERS crit. Most of them deal just max damage, while all the players have fancy extra effects, free attacks, or massive extra damage piling up on their max damage. What do you guys think of at least adding something like...

good stuff. Thanks a lot. I'm going to use it. I like that you didn't try to create an encounter simulator with dice rolls and everything. This is very nifty. I only wish I could save encounters so I can prepare them in advance. Edit: Never mind, there is a save menu when you right click

This really is the main reason why I love playing barbarians. The rampage and swift charge class features beat everything else in my book, because I'm a gambler, and I like to hit, and I like to deal damage. I think they did a great job designing the barbarian. My only complaint are the paragon...

I got a private response from Logan Bonner. I didn't ask for permission to publish it, but it also didn't say anything spectacular because he said he can't make definitive rulings. In his opinion the free action after a charge issue should be resolved in the group. So we are back at square one...

I went to Mike Mearl's blog. Apparently his wife is very sick. I hope everything will turn out fine.

yes Sir Aragon, you are probably right. I'm just so frustrated to see the same discussion popping up again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And customer service is useless. So dear lead designers, I really mean no offense. No pressure. Just let us know how you handle it in your...

Bump for Mike and Logan. Will bump this until a lead designer from WotC replies.

the observation is correct. Monster damage oftentimes seems too low, particularly the crit damage. Most monsters don't deal any extra crit damage, they only maximize the regular damage. At the same time, most PC's at higher levels have insane extra powers and damage on crits. I've observed it...

bump for Mike and Logan

Sure, it has value. Perhaps it also compensates for the fact that many monsters at the weapon's level have reach and are large or huge size, which means traditional reach weapons become much less useful. The new item kind of gives the reach quality back to the PC's, as an option.

The site is a complete mess. After logging in the only page I can access is the profile setup. Edit: Ugh, apparently I need to update my profile, with name and zip code hahaha. The users just want to post meaningless stuff about a game and they think just because there is facebook they need to...

I can only see the "Profile Setup" page on Whoops! Browser Settings Incompatible no matter where I click. Is this the current state of this embarrassing catastrophe or is it just me?

Bump for Logan and Mike. Since gleemax is an awful mess, they must turn to this page for D&D chatter, no?

I haven't gotten AV2 yet, but I doubt that any of these weapons increase the size of burst powers. If a power says burst 1 it's burst 1, not matter what the reach of the weapon is. Of course if they are insane enough to give out a weapon property that increase melee burst sizes... I hope they...

The more experienced the players, and the more balanced the party, the the higher you should go. I tend to add a level or two to the difficulty if I see stuff like: 2 leaders, or 1 fighter who knows what he's doing, or a party very well equipped with items and where every player is optimized to...