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I really think that this is for you and your players to determine. I can easily see (and would probably run, if I had the time for a second campaign) a Lankhmar campaign with one race (Human) and one power source (Martial). Same goes for Conan. I can also see the appeal of an Eberron or...

As many people have pointed out, you are running one encounter per day. This is overtly not part of the 4e design. I'm not going to try to talk you out of this, as it is your choice, but I'd like to reiterate at least some of the effects this has. First, it makes the PCs daily powers much...

I think that it is odd that (at least to my perception), we seem to be talking just about a few things and ignoring others completely. For example, we are continually bringing up protecting the PCs vs. letting them take their lumps. We are continually bringing up "trusting a DM" vs. being able...

I really think that once you get a good feel on your party and their "combat capacity", the regular rules will work really well. As you said, putting tougher fights is, to a large extent, very similar to having more fights. In addition, careful use of terrain and tactics can make a fight...

I'm really, really surprised at how many people are taking what, to me, seems to be a reasonable point by a game designer, and spinning it into 'This is why 4 sucks and is stupid'. As I see it, the game designers are creating rules material for the broadest possible use. This is NOT the...

I don't think that, even as a free action, you can choose to use it as an Interrupt. I don't think using it that way would be necessarily broken, but I would characterize it as 'creative rules revision' rather than rude.

I'm not sure how so many people can vote "No" on balance unless you assume that the writer of the book was, in fact, crazy or a liar. Since you specified that you were not asking whether the edition was balanced, but whether it was intended to be balanced, and EGG specifically says that game...

QFT. These feat/utilities are pretty good, but many Wizard (and other) utilities are also really good, AND they don't eat a feat slot too. In addition, some of them are neat, but useless in particular situations. Say you have the one which pushes people out of the area of effect. Awesome in...

I still don't think the Feat sucks, but I do think you need to play a certain type of wizard to benefit from it much at all. We have a Tome of Readiness Wizard (well, it's his second implement) who has the feat, and Improved Tome of Readiness. He also has a Foe Stone. Thus, he is able to swap...

They are pretty tough, but hopefully, at the level where you are facing them, your party has a leader or other character who can throw out some extra saves, or some bonuses to saves. Assuming you do the poison attack as a secondary vs. Fortitude, the drow has to hit with the primary, hit with...

As others have said, this 'cost of living' should also be balanced with a 'paying job' option. Heroes are few and far between, and often have many commercially viable skills and talents. I don't think it would be fair to deplete their expenses during their down time unless they could also make...

This is a good point, and why, even though I use the published modules, I take a LOT of time to look at them and rework stuff as necessary. If it would make sense for the enemy to do something, I either want them to do it, or rewrite the module so that it doesn't make sense for them to do it...

While it's your game, I don't do this myself. I feel like it gives too little benefit to the dwarf player, and doesn't properly represent the dwarf ability to 'stand your ground'. When something pushes (pulls, or slides) to a specific spot, I let the dwarf be moved to that spot minus one...

I can't really tell for sure. A Ranger with an 18 prime stat, a +2 proficiency Weapon, and a +1 enchantment would have only been a +11. Their AC would have been 30 at minimum for him to miss. Putting in opponents you can only hit on a 19-20? The DM is either trying to kill you (very poorly...

I can only speak from my own experience (and the postings of others that I vaguely remember), but: If your party knows to expect say, 4 encounters each day, then they can easily budget their healing surges (divide by 4). They know that if they "save up" one from the first fight, they can use...

I guess that whether it is a skill challenge is really more semantics than an actually issue. However, this is the part (or the party) that I don't understand. You have a group who would sit back and let the barbarian lift all the rocks when they can hear a wailing child underneath? Unless it...

People have mentioned the "short on surges" issue, but I also think there are other variables that prevent Healing from being a overpowering option. First, it is always possible to use high level but staggered encounters. This is to say, a level+3 or more encounter constructed not with high...

Oh, heck. I know that I've put my party through 5 many times, 7 more than once, and I think I forced them to do 8 or more once without a rest (I'd have to break out Keep on the Shadowfell and count the number of encounters between the climactic end battle and where they last got a rest). They...

I don't know that I would treat this as a skill challenge either. I love the gothic and sad quality that the scenario has, and I don't think it needs a challenge. The woman approaches and begs the PCs for help. Insight can help here, in determining her sincerity, and a very difficult Arcana...

Also, you might pick magic items to make him "unkillable", such as the Belt which lets you roll two death saves and take the higher, the neck item which gives you a bonus to death saves, and the armor which allows you to stay alive until you fail 4 death saves (sorry, loaned out my AV 1&2 and...