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Untyped ongoing damage does not stack. Only different types stack. (page 278)

One does not have to be strictly mathematically better than the other. Look at my attempt at fixing it. +1/2 Str mod to attack, +Str mod to damage. It's now a basic attack with a +1/2 Str mod to attack. That can be better or worse, depending on your Str mod and other factors. It also gets better...

What do you guys think of my changes to Sure Strike/Careful Attack? (in the edit of my (admittedly very long) post) It makes them a lot more powerful than they already are, but I think that's a good thing...

Okay, assuming you could do that, you make them at retail price, too... how is that fair?

When I first read this, I read this as "Maybe for Shadow they'll call them at-will umbrellas and daily umbrellas." That made me laugh out loud. Very hard. For about five seconds. Imagining those at-will umbrellas... :D

I think you mean +2d8, right? ;) But yeah, I'd go with the dagger. And then into Daggermaster, because it is full of awesome. If you didn't know, sneak attack damage is maxed on a crit. Also, look into a wraithblade weapon (Ashen Covenant)... it's very nice

Actually, it's worse than that... If you make a magic item at "market price", you sell it at 1/5 "market price"... in other words, you lose money by investing the time to make something... Personally, I dislike the whole system of losing money when you sell items. They've made so many things...

I think that the 18 Int Tactical Warlord is definitely worth it. You have a 5% chance of not hitting when you would've on every attack you make, but your bonuses are so much bigger... on *everything*. In my build, anyway, almost every encounter power and daily relies on intelligence, and give...

Yes. You can benefit from the properties of both implements, and use either to attack with.

Aww... I was hoping they'd put some more up. I wanted to see what the ranger would get...

no problem :)

No, a 20 is always a hit, just not always a crit. If you would've missed even with the 20, then it's just an automatic hit, not a critical. If that ever happens, though, you're probably completely screwed in the encounter... or trying to hit a minion with incredibly good defenses (high level)...

Yes. I agree. Of course, you also use your orb on the boss, and of course have spell focus, so a little more than half are going to stay stunned, and the boss will probably stay that way for a while (-11 to the saves will do that)...

Actually... it says "any creature that starts its turn next to the flaming sphere takes... damage". Next to = inside, unfortunately. When the errata came out, people were discussing this... It actually seems like it could be a good protection for the mage (or any other ally).

Short Answer: It depends, but in that situation, no. Longer Answer: If the vulnerabilities are to different types of damage, then yes, they "stack" in a sense. In other words, if an attack does fire and radiant damage, and the creature has Fire vuln 5 and Radiant vuln 5, then they'll take 10...

Yea, I was trying to come up with reasonable versions of Careful Attack/Sure Strike myself. Note, however, that the differences in the power between the at-wills is dependent on the weapon used and the attributes of the characters. For example, if you use two daggers with 18 Str for twin...

Exactly.

I disagree, mainly because I don't consider Firestorm "control". It does damage, pure and simple. Evard's Black Tentacles is a very nice spell from what I can tell (haven't played with it). It stops the opponent's movement until a succesful save and does okay damage to them while they are...

I'm confused as to where this even becomes a problem... The mechanics are quite clear as to what happens. If the fluff ever leads to a contradiction, then the fluff is wrong. It's only when the mechanics lead to a contradiction that something is wrong. It's very easy (as shown above, which I was...