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You want unbalanced?

Same with the Thief build -- focus on Con secondary or spread the points around so that you can pick up cool feats that have ability score requirements. Start Int at 11 and you can pick up Disciple of Lore at Epic for a +1 to all skills; start Cha at 11 for Disciple of Freedom or Disciple of...

I wouldn't. It's basically +2 damage (+4 at Epic) compared to a dagger, which is great, but now you need to maintain two weapons at high + values. If I'm going to do that, I'd rather have two daggers with useful add-on effects (e.g. Subtle and Determined). Thief damage is plenty high on its...

Does DDI have any material about Themes? If not, could someone give me a quick overview / nutshell example of one?

That's not much to go by, really. I suggest you start by reviewing what has actually happened at the table. For example, if there is a stealthy character who has been frustrated by poor rolls on Stealth checks, an item which gives a Stealth bonus would be most welcome. Next, look at what your...

I hate to have to go here, but it does make a difference mechanically: The attack granted by Battle Guardian is NOT an OA. It is an Opportunity Action which allows the defender to make an MBA against the target. Thus feats which grant bonuses or add-ons to OAs do not apply. However, if the...

I suspect that the OP meant to say Twin Strike rather than Nimble Strike. Perhaps being unfamiliar with the classes, Nimble Strike is simply the one that stuck in memory after the session?

Yes, I know. Our DM feels that the amounts specified in the guidelines are excessive, so we get less. It's our choice to play in the campaign anyway. Personally, I'd love to have more of those oodles, especially if I have some control over what they are -- it's an additional source of...

That's what I figured, but sometimes people aren't terribly accurate in their descriptions -- figured I would let them explain. I'm just starting a level 13 Knight today -- joining an existing campaign after my old character decided to ascend to "heaven" when given the chance -- and she will...

No. The aura is not a mark, nor is a creature in the aura marked. But the aura does serve the same purpose as a mark, and it applies to all adjacent enemies. Yes, a target who leaves the aura is no longer affected by the aura. But in the process of leaving the aura the target will almost...

Good point. I'm about to play a Knight for the first time today and somehow the precise subtlety of the dynamic had eluded me, though I've probably read the rules about a hundred times.

I've thought of that before, too, but frankly it seems like the kind of "complexity" that WotC only ever introduce in an Unearthed Arcana (aka Arcana Unearthed) tome of optional doodads.

Eek. I've had characters up to level 13 a couple of times, and none of them had a quarter that much loot. Please tell me you are level 30 or so...

Re Enduring Mountain: Because it stacks with the other +HP / surge feats, there is no reason not to take it if that's a priority, though of course it is most effective if you are in a group that all takes it. Another Tribal feat that could be useful is Bloodied Spear, which adds to attack and...

I won't. But actually, I don't like most of them -- I just don't consider this to be one. Every character drops once in a while, but don't stay down if you don't have to. Think of the main character in Unbreakable. * Getting up from unconscious by spending a surge is of course limited by...

If I had to pick a slot that had mostly lame items, it would be Hands. Head is very powerful for arcane characters but often not so much for the others. There are actually a few good waist items, far better than Vigor. The Survivor's Belt gives you two rolls on every Death saving throw, which...

Don't the rules specify you have to teleport to a solid surface? What you describe sounds very gamist, and I don't like it very much. I'd be more inclined to let you roll an Acrobatics check to "stand up" as part of the teleport, maybe at a high DC because of the mental gymnastics (literally)...

...or because the writer of the feat/power/feature/item description didn't follow their guidelines and the editors didn't catch it. I think you are right in this case, but there are plenty of places in 4e where stylistic form doesn't follow function as strictly as one might like. They do seem...

My earlier posts (which I believe you commented on quite helpfully) were a bit overly focused on how the Thief's Tricks make it much easier to get CA at range now, though I didn't realize it explicitly. When you don't need flanking to get CA, it's easy to forget that you might want to do it...

You do still have to have CA, which means it is less likely to apply to the random OA from someone moving past you. But with new feats like Cunning Stalker, Hidden Sniper and Terrain Advantage, along with the old classics like Vicious Advantage and Expert Sneak, it shouldn't be too hard. I...