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So, out of curiosity, is your complaint about the races themselves, or their artistic depictions? And what races / depictions would you have preferred instead?

1) How does your GM-less system deal with this any better than a GMed sandbox game? 2) If you are advocating a truly freeform storytelling, such as your above-mentioned pro-orc or anti-farmer game, how is the "fireball in a crowded tavern" playing any qualitatively worse or better than your...

The problem with option 3 is that, given your assumption (that there is a problem with the math), it is functionally equivalent to "Everyone has one less feat, and instead has this." That is, the feat with the power level of option 3 is a non-choice. I dislike the flavor of option 2. You would...

(Pssst - that was the joke.)

And also for multi [w] powers.

Untyped, which is the only reason why the spiked shield option is worthwhile for a swordmage, as your offense will decidedly suffer.

There's not a huge balance reason to not let swordmages use whatever weapon instead of heavy/light blades. It's mostly a flavor thing.

I agree with this. The WotC CharOp forum people are helpful, as long as you are fairly specific in what kind of help you are seeking. Post your character's current stats, state what you absolutely must keep, and you will generally get some decent suggestions. Incidentally, a lot of the "one...

Okay. There's kind of a hodgepodge of cultures and myths going on here, but somehow it works together. Looking forward to reading more, if you have it.

You know, I really like these rules you made. I may test them out.

Fascinating. I'm especially enamored with the Neanderthals becoming Dwarves idea. So obviously you are doing some sort of alternate Earth. How much are you changing your world from the real Earth? When will your campaign take place?

"Here were some big problems with monsters in 1e. 4e seems to have the same issues, even though I don't know much about it" is what I got from your post, so yes, I can see how it could be seen as unfair to 4e. In any case, it's a bit more of an involved issue than making PCs and monsters follow...

Greatly disliked it at first, now 4e is my system of choice. As far as I'm concerned - I loved reading the rules of 3.x, but playing not as much. I don't enjoy reading 4e rules, but playing is much better.

Blade Opportunist and Combat Reflexes provide untyped bonuses, therefore they stack to +3.

Second edition probably had the largest amount of mechanical variation. You could have played a game more detailed and fiddly in rules set than any other edition of D&D, via Player's Option. Or you could have played a game more bare-bones than Basic D&D Cyclopedia, via just using the three core...

Yes, it's pretty much like that. Power Attack has its uses, as you can turn it on and off at will, say, in conjunction with a leader's bonus to hit. But Stance of Chaos is just blehh.

*shrug* Ballpark, average figure.

I think this is a different topic than the one OP is asking about. I believe he's wondering about pacing of fights, in a mechanical sense, rather than a debate about hit point abstraction. More directly, my answer to the OP is: I also prefer about 4-5 hits. That seems like a nice range...

I love Aegis of Assault (I think it's more fun), but Aegis of Shielding is better for your group. Much better. Especially if you are the primary defender.