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Note that this also might warrant a different thread, but I'm wondering what you feel has so much power inflation in Essentials that it makes it actually imbalancing when compared to the rest of the game. The new builds? The new feats?

I echo the statement of many here: Essentials is an addition, and that's how I'm treating it in my campaign. I've done the same as with the release of any other options book: I allow those with character concepts that are close to the one in the book to remodel their character, should they so...

For the record, do you share your account with any of your players? I've had the same error happen on occasion, usually when I suspect one of my players used my login to check out something in the Compendium.

I have a feeling that the Star Pact bonus to all damage rolls is a mistake in the Dragon article, along with the missing keywords. We'll know for sure once the compiled article gets uploaded.

I remember from one of Paolo's posts on the WotC forums that they'd previous split the team between update and new tool work, something they now no longer need to do. Also, to say 'they made it to combat piracy' is disingenuous. It was a big reason, but as has been stated elsewhere, the old...

There are several good powers with a Cha rider (the level 3 encounter powers come to mind). I agree it's not crucial, and given Wisdom is more useful 95% of the time, I think the Cha build might even be something of a trap. But at some levels, your power choices are really not that great without...

Pushing a stat to 20 for a class that fights in melee (meaning, you want at least some Con), and needs either Cha or Wis to make its powers useful (seriously, check the power list for Cha riders) is honestly a very bad idea. The only ones that can really afford it are races that get +2 to Str...

There may be another factor for rangers not getting the upgrade. For ranged rangers, one of their main sources of frontloading damage in an encounter comes from immediate action attacks. You can very easily build a ranger that attacks twice in the first 3-4 rounds of every combat (Fox's Cunning...

Strength cleric the strongest leader build? Seriously? Don't get me wrong, they get a bad rap, and they're certainly capable Leaders, but to say they are the strongest in the game is really, really pushing things. Either that, or you haven't seen a well-built Warlord blow an encounter into...

Another vote for 'none at all'. Feat slots are one of the most valuable resources you have during character building, both for optimization and customization purposes. Most of the listed feats offer very little for either, IMO. The ones that are actually good are for specific character builds...

You say annoyance, I say business plan :). Looks good and interesting, but some of it needs some work. Their retribution either needs to be an immediate interrupt, or last until the end of the target's turn - the way it's written now, it will not affect any of the target's attacks. The...

But that may be just what they intend! That way, they piss off all their customers, and ruin the D&D name forever! It's Mike Mearls's evil master plan, I tell you! A side-note: I find it amusing that both Lead Developers for both M:TG and D&D have been given a reputation for ruining their...

Heh, it makes perfect sense to me. You're in a worm's belly while it's digesting you alive. Equate a close burst attack to a grenade, and you can see why throwing grenades into a confined space with allies inside it is a bad idea. Alternatively, swinging your sword around like a maniac when...

Huh. Now you mention it, I have seen several triggered actions getting their triggers erased, but only on occasion. Annoying when it happened, but usually I had to do little more than fill it in again, save it, and it worked again.

I believe the only items that were removed were RPGA-related, but I may be wrong. It is the only complaint on missing items that I've seen, though. How else is the CB more broken than before? The item rarity implementation is downright crappy, but apart from that, I honestly haven't noticed...

Of course. That doesn't stop any of them them from coming back, nor does it stop existing players signing up for D&Di because now they can use the CB (I have seen some anecdotal evidence for this case), or new players from actually signing up when they see Macs are supported. That said, my...

Not to be a WotC apologist or whatever you call it, but most of those were supposed to be developed by an external developer WotC was paying to do the work - and they botched it completely. This does also explain why communication about all this has been so sporadic and poorly handled: before...

Mate, I have no idea what you're talking about here, but the CB was updated once per month. That may have glitched once or twice (and the new webtools provide an explanation, valid or not, as to why), but by and large, the updates came on a montly basis. Stating that they didn't update their...

First of all, yes, if you want the updates and errata WotC publishes every few months, then you'll need the internet at some time to get access to them. This is pretty much a given, since that's how they publish their updates; much like it's impossible to patch any computer software without...

Given that Sun Warpriests at least get an at-will that's almost always better than Sacred Flame, it's only the other two types that get any real bonus from stealing it, and even then, it's a minor one. Hexblades could pilfer Eldritch Strike, though, which could potentially be more powerful...