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I started a thread to address this very problem. LINK. Perhaps you'd like to come over to keep the topics separate?

Ok, this is partly my fault for not revealing enough information (sorry! wasn't trying to be cryptic). Well, yeah. All monsters in the MM are balanced on the assumption that the PCs will have magic weapons of appropriate level. If you read the Fix Stat Polarity thread you'll see that all the...

Does anyone else find halflings as the premier chaos sorcerer conceptually jarring? I mean, drow, sure; but halflings? Of course you could spin it as incompetent wizarding, like Short-Round from Goonees.

Well, let me know if you do. I haven't had a chance to playtest it extensively actually but I can't figure out why anything should change once player perception of advancement is properly handled. The odds of hitting a monster at any given level is pretty much fixed in 4E, so canceling out the...

The most annoying thing about Weapon/Implement Expertise is that now I have a House Rule which makes all the numbers printed from the Character Builder off by 1/2/3. Grrrrr. :rant: Me no likely proofing character sheets for fiddly math stuff. :rant:

Echos of Crothian, D&D seems to me like a bad medium for exploring "mature" stuff.

My 4E solution to E6 is to freeze Attack and Defense scores at 1st level (don't worry, I balance the scales on the monster's side too) and allow HP and Power Acquisition to advance normally until a level limit imposed by the "fantasticness" of the campaign world. That way goblins and city guards...

There are a number of house rules bouncing around about the attack bonus - maximizing it, standardizing it, whatever. I'm working on my own spin of that I'll post later once I'm more organized, but I have a question about magic items. Magic weapons (and implements) are partially balanced...

PS, I can see the advantage of swapping at-wills first and class features later (rather than the reverse order), but your Class Feature Feats are way better than the MC Feats from the PHB. The RAW Initiate of the Faith only grants Healing Word 1/day, but your CFF grants the full Cleric...

Indeed. And the hair from their back makes an excellent Sea Dragon Turtle harness.

And I hated nothing more than having to build every damn PC to IEEE spec. I understand that this is a matter of personal preference (and well tread ground in the Edition Wars), but I am soooooo glad that the "Pimp My Fighter" "Game Within The RPG" is dead and buried. I'm a "Kill orcs and take...

Did anything make you spit Diet Coke or clench your fist and shout "You incompetent fools!! What were you thinking!?!?"

Indeed. Your Combat Role is controlling. This, by the way, is why I don't have pre-defined Skill Lists, love the Backgrounds from Dragon Magazine (which, combined with a "Choose Your Own Skill List" I think of as "Social Role" vis a vis the "Combat Role") and let PCs re-define the fluff part of...

Hmmm. Not just knowledge then. Some see knowledge as man's imposition of theory on the natural world, but most realize scientific theories (aka, knowledge) are merely explanations of the underlying order found there naturally. Most seem to believe that law is the order that governs human...

No, it should look like 1E, but using 4E technology (Attack Powers, Defenses, d20 mechanics, etc.). The idea is to recreate the feel of 1E but without nonsense like THAC0 or arbitrary Saving Throw categories.

No, my analogy doesn't miss that at all. You can see the broader ecosystem if you choose to; I merely chose not to. I was speaking of the ecosystem that directly supports D&D and its close relatives - my games of choice. That's pretty good enough, AFAIAC. If the RPG ecosystem of which I speak...

So, for my substantive contribution to the thread: The OP's contention is merely wrong. The Paladin can certainly be improved by the addition of Divine Power (just as the Fighter was improved by Martial Power), but (speaking from playtest experience) it is far too strong to say that the class as...

I believe I've found your problem. You want to combine a class with a fighting style it's not built for. 4E D&D doesn't allow for "builds to taste" nearly as much as 3E did. This isn't a Paladin issue. It's a 4E issue. The Paladin has two builds, and the PHB is clear what they are. If you want...

I am very happy that the GSL has improved to the point that Necromancer Games (and others) can support it. I am grateful to Scott Rouse personally for his yeoman's work in making this happen. But that doesn't mean I am not still disappointed in the people inside Wizards who are taking the...

Hrmm. I understand that you're trying to use a little sim/realism to enhance the tactical complexity of your combats. That's cool. I love sim/realism myself. But be careful what you start .... Because you'll get players who wear lightning rods on their backpacks that ground all lightning...