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It's a nice little one-trick party, but that's about it.

I'm not understanding this "infinite damage" loophole. I crit with a vorpal weapon and get max damage on the "roll." I then reroll those dice. Any of those that deal max damage can be rerolled. That's it. If you keep getting maximum results, you keep rerolling. But getting that forever...

Uh... damn! You doing that artwork, Doc? Talented storyteller and evocative artist? You sir are what I like to call a "double threat."

I have problems with the story as well. But I also find his writing boring and repetitive. In conclusion, Sep you definitely are better than George R.R. Martin. :D Bind this and publish it for goodness sake!

But what forces a player to read through every Epic-tier power for each class? The answer is nothing. If your Ranger is level 10 and you only want to know Ranger Powers 1-10, it is pretty clear where that list starts and stops. If you want to read through each of the powers for each of the...

I can't speak for anyone else, but that's exactly how I approached the class sections. Except I realized that the encyclopedia wasn't organized alphabetically, but categorically. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. It's certainly a different organization than 3.5's spells and if...

Maybe. More likely I think I'm less willing to take "generic" feats in search of something tasty, (e.g., the line of Heavy Blade feats, for example). I may just have to get used to the idea that feats are a lot weaker this time around, and the better feats are going to have significant...

But with the current format, you don't really need indices. If you're playing a Cleric, you focus on Cleric powers. I agree it's a huge chunk of the book, but I think it's the best place for those powers to be. Especially for new players, whom I like to include. Once we figure out what they...

Option #1, but this is hardly different from what I preferred in 3rd edition. In truth, I'll largely be ignoring alignment, but I want to give my players a general idea of what I expect. Evil behavior from PCs is neither fun nor appropriate, unless otherwise agreed upon by everyone.

Since Martin is terrible, that's not saying much! :p I kid, I kid. Though I may be the only person in the world who dislikes his writing. As always Sep, this is great stuff and I hope to read more in the future.

When you start thinking about the D&D Economy in realistic terms, you'll get a brain-ache. The price of plate is fine.

Just out of curiousity, how did you approach the Great Wall of Spells?

...or don't pay for a practice you don't like and if enough people don't pay for it, that process will go away. :) As was said earlier, plenty of companies are not involved in microtransactions.

Bump! :)

This is really the big dealbreaker for me. The product is $9.95/month... but it's not really. Gotcha! Marketing and Sales do not impress me. That is the purview of cable and cell phone companies. I don't need it from my hobby distributor. I'll stick with my real table and print-out...

Care to share? I put together a pretty typical Charisma-based Paladin build and I find that there's a dearth of feats by the time he reaches mid-Paragon.

The MM entry is mainly for creating NPCs (though one could use it for players). The Dragon article represents a more complete racial writeup for PCs. It's not really an example of power inflation... more like making the race on par with the others.

Hmmm... well, don't have strong feelings for Warlocks one way or another. But Warlords are fantastic. Anyway, I remember I was berated for wanting role symmetry. It's not necessary, but I sort of feel that the system and descriptive text are still stuck on what certain classes can and can't...

Monster Rule Number 1 - not in the statblock, not an ability. Which means that healing surges will almost never come up for monster in combat. That said, I don't see why you couldn't just toss Second Wind on every monster in an encounter. Pretty easy rule to remember. Depending on the number...

Been really busy, so... not reading too much at the moment. I've been trying to get to know the 4th edition rules pretty well. I have a good handle on them, but I have trouble keeping all that information in my head without applying it. I'm also working on Tobias Wolff's short story...