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OK, I'll try. (In the example, PC:s are male and the NPC is female. A bit of nomenclature I stole somewhere.) Appropriate skills: Diplomacy Insight Religion Arcana Unlockable skills: Nature Intimidate Forbidden skill: Perception (heh) Something diplomacy-ish, certainly. Maybe the PC:s are...

20% Dwarf gets: 4 arbitrary units (regular hitpoints) + 1 (normal surge) = 5 Lacyon's orc gets: 4 (regular hitpoints) + 1 (normal surge) + 1 (Warrior's surge) = 6 6 is 20% more than 5. Couldn't resist. But other than that, I agree. :)

Maybe put in something about the Warrior's Surge using up Second Wind, otherwise it's much more powerful than the dwarf version (second wind as a minor action, DDXP pregens). Given that, i'd bet it's close to the real thing (if orcs get the PC treatment in the MM).

They do. It's a bit rare, but for example the Hobgoblin Warcaster gets Hobgoblin Resilience as an encounter power (make an immediate save when an ongoing effect hits). And the lich template lets the lich refresh an encounter ability. Wouldn't make much sense if there were none.

The succubus is an embodiment of Lust. Makes perfect sense. :) (And if you want, it's just a minor action to change sex before kissing someone.)

I'm more excited about the "balor demon". Seems it's still in as a top-tier demon.

IMHO, the best part about the XP system is that it can be thrown out the window. No XP drain from monsters or magic item creation means the is no necessary XP difference between characters, which means you can go the True20 route and just level "when the DM says so". You miss out on handing out...

Noone caught this? So rituals cost money (probably concealed as "material components"). Might not be universal, but it could keep adventuring parties from solving everything with Overland Flight. EDIT: Groan. I hope those prerequisites are a lot looser than Prestige class prerequisites in...

Save ends. WotC took out suboptimal choices, and removing an effect which has a 55% chance of going away on that character's turn usually is suboptimal. Someone in the old Dispel Magic megathread suggested that spells cast on a person are more anchored to that person than a spell hovering in...

This and the three-player playtest* have been fun reads. Looks like WotC got it right when they tried to get away from the reliance of a fighter, rogue, wizard and cleric. And wizards get to be magic-using badasses. Also nice. :) *) The one with a rogue, wizard and ranger. Yeah, no defender.

"Allosaurus itself is based on YPM 1930, a small collection of fragmentary bones including parts of three vertebrae, a rib fragment, a tooth, a toe bone, and, most useful for later discussions, the shaft of the right humerus (upper arm). Othniel Charles Marsh gave these remains the formal name...

Ah, congratulations to Keterys. And 20/25 should still get me plenty of nerd cred. :p

My guesses: 1) Your ally gains +2 to attack the target. Homebrew. 2) You deal 3 additional damage if the target is marked. Homebrew. 3) You deal 1 ongoing damage with a successful strike. Homebrew. 4) You deal 2[W] + ability damage if target is prone. Homebrew. 5) Up to 9 creatures...

This. If they're minions anyway, it doesn't invalidate the Rogue's Striker abilities, since everyone can kill those guys in one hit. Yay, Conan the Barbarian can infiltrate! ;)

Theory about the Grick's ability: Instead of subtracting 15 from any damage dealt, it takes full damage from hits dealing above 15 HP and no damage from other hits. I dunno, it's all I could think of. :p That would make sense. But then the Vizier doesn't have to do anything to pull his victim...

I'm against DM "cheating", but I agree with the second part. I bet if there's an Elite or Solo Halfling, it gets rerolls. (And Elite/Solo elves get rerolls to attacks, etc...)

Shiny. The Eye of Flame looks really neat. I hope there are sufficient numbers of beholderkin in the MM. I find myself wondering how the Vampire Vizier's Dominating Gaze works. Looks clear enough, but how does the Vizier "Continue" and "Conclude"? If he has to wait until the Gaze recharges, it...

This bugs me a little. Just a little, though. (And I'm sure I missed a lot of gods from other settings. My god info comes from the 3.0 PHB and Baldur's Gate. ;))

I've considered using True20 for an old-schoolish dungeon crawl. I'd still like to try it, even though 4e is probably a better fit for the play style.

Starvation.