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The aura doesn't have a duration, and it's not a stance, so it doesn't end at the end of the encounter: you could just activate it when you wake up in the morning and when you regain consciousness.

Well, existing feat are going to totally keep this design balanced :P Fighters have quite a bit of feats that require Str, after all...

Well, Implement Mastery, especially Orb mastery, is not a trivial loss, IMHO.

Yes, but there's a huge difference: they're not trying to sell you a reprint of the same old stuff. The reason 3.5 irked a lot of people is that most felt they had to buy the same set of books twice. Once you bought 3.5, your 3.0 books were pretty much useless. Essentials doesn't work this...

yes, just like that...;) Anyway, it looks like the Essentials line is exactly what BECMI was: a game that uses the same jargon and mechanics as the main line, with some slight variations (while still being far more compatible with 4e than BECMI was with 1e and 2e). If adding new mechanics to...

The problem wasn't pounce itself, though. The problem was that pounce could be combined with stuff like Shock Trooper, Combat Brute, Leap Attack and so on.

Nope. As I wrote above, I'm not arguing the fact that there are different ways to encourage tactics in the context of a game. I'm saying that a visual representation is usually more intuitive, easier to grasp, often easier to manage for the DM (especially when you're dealing with large scale...

Ehm, nope, my analogy was more along the lines of "if I state something that's not demostrably true, then I can't use it as a premise to make a point. That may change as soon as I'm able to provide a solid example". However, I still think that if you find a way to create a method that's simpler...

If you manage to create something of the sort, please share it! It should be interesting,even revolutionary :) On the other hand, you'll have to excuse me if I can't take your statement at face value until then, but if I said something to the effect of "it's a fact that people can live forever"...

Sorry, but can you provide some examples? Because I don't think this is true. There's a reason most generals use visual aids to study and explain their strategies, there's a reason coaches usually use a blackboard to show their strategies and formations to the team, there's a reason why we...

Assuming the monk spent a feat on Unarmored Agility, his AC is 1 point ahead of a rogue that took WP (parrying dagger) or Hide Armor Proficiency. The rogue is 1 point ahead in accuracy, though. In addition, as long as the rogue can bump his Con score to 15, he's going to catch up in paragon (...

I can probably cook an egg on my car's roof if the weather is hot enough, and it might also taste good, as long as I clean it beforehand. I still think that my car is pretty crappy as a frying pan, though. YMMV. IOW: smart people can do wonderful things with flawed or even broken tools. This...

Why don't you grab some powers from Dragon 366 if you want a dex-based fighter? Stuff like Hesitation Slash, Nimble Bladestorm and so on. While they're not incredibly good, many of them add dex to your attack roll.

Yes, but that's just an example :P If you tone the numbers down the point still stands, aside from the fact that you might be fighting more than one monster at any given time. Sure, it might be true that in the context of 4e, where the monsters tend to hit for low amounts and there's healing...

It's true that, for the purpose of DPR, the benefit is, in fact, linear. However, it isn't when you need to calculate what the MMO community calls "time to live" (TTL). Say your opponent deals 30 damage per hit, on average, and hits you on a 11+. You have 90 HP. So, you're going to take...

Man, taunt is a binary effect. Taunt is an ability that can miss ( 8% against boss level mobs ), and some mobs are/used to be immune to taunt. If taunt hits, it forces a mob to attack you for 3 seconds and sets you on top of the threat stack. That's why it's a binary effect: either you hit and...

Oh, I tend to agree. However, I can see how someone that's used to the freedom of a PnP RPG might find the artificial limitations of a CRPG limiting: in a CRPG, you can't, say, jump on a table unless the game is coded in a way that lets you jump on the table. In the context of a PnP game, that...

Back on topic, as I wrote earlier, I think that, as far as RPGs go, I'd equate the term "video-gamey" to "feels so artificial that it breaks immersion". That's why I think that "video-gamey" implies "non-realistic".

Sorry, but I don't think so. What I'm saying is that they fit the genre and they're more realistic than the traditional HP as well. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Uh? I don't know, I don't think I ever saw the term "video-gamey" used to describe something that felt realistic, either...

Wow, it's strange how people can react differently to the same mechanic. To me, "healing surges" were something that made the game more realistic, rather than more "video gamey". HP never made sense for me: I accepted them as a game construct, a necessary evil if you will. Let me explain...