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I notice that the Slayer and Knight are both proficient with plate armour. Is this going to be true for oldskool fighters as well? I always thought it was strange that Paladins could use plate straight out of the box, but fighters were limited to scale unless they used a feat.

A coffee table monster? I guess a Mimic could be trained to do that. :)

Back when I was addicted to Diablo II, there was a player who blogged about playing a "n00d sorceress", that is a sorceress character who used no equipment at all. Since PCs in D&D can loot the equipment that monsters carry, a stupid idea occurred to me: start your PC with no equipment at all...

"Hey, Mage, would you use Hypnotism or Beguiling Strands to move that guy away from his buddies, please?" "Sure." Mandrake gestures hypnotically... "Thanks." *Ambush* *Stabbity-Stab!* *Thud* "Mage, sorry to bother you again..."

Actually, I see the names of rares in purple. :)

I think that, if indeed there was a math hole, it would have been better to fix it by restatting the monsters rather than simply giving everyone a feat tax rebate... with the new Monster Compendium bringing new builds of classic monsters it should have done a lot to fix the issue. But I'm sure...

How much damage is the 10th level zone feature going to do, anyway? It lasts for only one turn and cannot AFAIK be extended, and it's doing CON modifier damage, which at 10th level will be what, 3 or 4 points of damage? So it's a big threat to minions, a negligible threat to 10th level monsters...

Disagree!!! Firstly, it's for creatures that end their turn in the zone. As long as the melee PC does not end his turn in the zone, he's fine. He can move through it. Also, if you drop Scorching Burst so that it hits the monster who is in melee with your fighter but not your fighter, the...

On the Dark Sun Encounters Mul character sheet, the power reads, "When you start your turn, you may end any ongoing damage or any one dazed, slowed, stunned, or weakened condition affecting you" (emphasis added) Which I interpret as "any (and all) ongoing damage" or one of the listed conditions.

Yup, the Slayer is REALLY simple to play. What's a pacifist wizard? One who doesn't make any attack rolls? Or just doesn't deal damage? Really? I thought allies only gave you cover from attacks, they didn't grant concealment (necessary for hiding). Half-Orc Slayer? Effective and fits with...

Yes, I think it was intended that some of the feats make PHB1 feats redundant. It's been said that tier pre-reqs for feats have been nuked completely (at least, this is what I understand Mike Mearls to have said, others differ in their interpretations), and other feats have been extensively...

"Mike... I am your father!"

I agree about the odd wording of Kukri Lunge. Perhaps if it were changed to something like "You charge the target and make the following attack..." it would be clearer.

The power curve breaks? +d6 damage is +3.5 damage per hit, on average. Same as Hunter's Quarry, isn't it? And doesn't the Thief get the same class feature? A Slayer can add his dex mod to damage as well, so a slayer 16 dex is getting +3, almost as much. And the Slayer can just as easily use a...

One of the reasons for the new magic item rarities, according to Mike Mearls The Ruinous, is so that ordinary magic items and 'character-defining' magic items can sit "close to each other" in level. Consider these two weapons, which are within one level of each other: +6 Magic sword. Level 26...

So now Mike Mearls has ruined giving people grief for no reason!

In actual play, I find the monsters hit plenty. Especially some monsters like Kobold Dragonshields backed up by minions, the +1 for each buddy next to the target plus flanking in many cases adds up considerably, so a PC can quickly be ganged up on and overwhelmed if the party lets it happen.

The new Essentials Assassin beta rules are up on D&DI now, and of course, Mike Mearls ruined them too ;)

I think it's very ironic that Thalmin's forum rank is "Troll" when he's clearly not a 'net troll at all :)

There were two warpriests in your group? My group had only one warpriest pre-gen, the storm domain one. Other characters were Lucan, the enchanter; Harbek and Brannus, Slayers; and the elf and halfling thieves. The overall makeup of the party was very offensive with four strikers and a Storm...