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One thing that has occurred to me while looking at the multiclassing rules--they really *do* give a lot of access to the other class. Let's take a look at a level 20 character who has gone the "multiclass instead of paragon" route: According to page 209, the multiclass feats are: 0) The...

For the kind of adventure you describe, it would almost certainly be appropriate to "break the rules" with regard to healing surges. I have no idea how the adventure is laid out, but I imagine it might be set up in scenes that relate to events in the earlier trial. If that's the case, then the...

My take on the "five minute rest break" is two-fold: From a simulationist point of view, this is about catching a breather. You need a short period of down time to hang your head, catch your breath, make sure everybody is okay (nobody got hurt and didn't realize it), patch up any problems like...

And yet, if we were to take a mix-up of 4E's and d20M's class-systems as a base, he is still a smart hero. Anybody in that situation, sure, is going to want to be tougher, faster, etc. The 4E model is that they just do, rather than requiring everybody in the party take a couple of levels of...

Oubliette. Preferably with the trapdoor 30' above the floor.

Only one power each round. Note, however, that solo monsters like dragons tend to have reactions they can use to do more than this, and single powers that do "multiple things". And monsters also have action points, of course, which can be used to unload a big combo quickly. It's also...

I can imagine a monk being a ki striker or ki controller. Another one I could see being brought back (because it is FILLED WITH AWESOME) is swordsage as ki controller.

What about the way they get three of their class's at-will powers rather than two like every other race?

Tide of Iron only works if you're using a shield, which is incompatible with a pole-arm. :)

*gasp* OH the HUMANITY! Sure it does. Charisma is, among other things, force of will. It makes perfect (fluffy) sense that by careful training, you could channel your above average force of will into making effects more difficult to shrug off.

I agree with the people who are mentioning throwing encounters at the party while they are resting. If they are going all alpha-strike on you, remind them: a) why that's not such a good idea (it leaves you completely spent, having used up all of your most powerful abilities), b) that they can...

Uh. You've left a bit out of that. At level 9 you have Attacks on the Run, which does two attacks: a) 3[W] + Stat, and b) 3[W] + Stat, misses for half damage, and allows you to move your speed during the attacks. (i.e. you can shoot in the middle, too, not just before and after.) At level 15...

Some powers also apply size-limits to the targets that their movement effects can act on. For example, Tide of Iron limits the effect to creatures up to one size category larger than you. This makes sense, since the flavor of the poweris that you are overpowering your opponent and knocking...

So in that case, how realistic are you going to be with how long it takes him to take off his plate armor? That stuff doesn't exactly come with a quick-release feature.

The three highest level minions in the MM are: level 26: Lich Vestige level 23: Abyssal Ghoul Myrmidon level 22: Grimlock Follower Of these, the Lich Vestige and the Abyssal Ghoul Myrmidon are somewhat special. The Vestige is explicitly described as being dangerous but so weak that it can...

It's clear that this is intended only for the four At-Will Powers at the start of class descriptions. Trying to pretend it's otherwise is ludicrous. (And that attempted mis-intepretation is made even more ludicrous when you look at the Human racial features. Sure, that one doesn't let you...

Easy peasy. You can upgrade a magic item from having one magical effect to another for the cost of the new weapon less the cost of a weapon five levels lower than the old weapon. In short: Just do it as if you were destroying one weapon and then constructing another, but do it all in one step...

It's worth noting that we have still only seen a *tiny* slice of the world of 4E. We've seen predesigned characters—and while they play counter to our expectations for race/class combinations, they seem to tread the straight and narrow for class abilities, showing us all of the stuff we really...

*wince* On the "Artful Dodger" with "Positioning Strike" being able to more easily move a giant than a wizard, from way way back in the thread: Actually, that makes a lot of sense. This ability is a kind of bluffing ability, not a shoving ability. You're drawing the enemy off balance and...

I think that it does lessen the intensity of the consequences—but it doesn’t negate them. Think about an ability that allows you to take an extra standard action. If that ability is usable at will, clearly you can do it whenever you want. Which will be all the time. If it’s usable once per...