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Pretty cool... but is your concern that it's overpowered? It may be, but they have to invest an awful lot of feats into it to make it work, plus take a -2 on attacks. If a player wants to invest three or four into getting a super-charged At-Will (and wait until about level 8 or so to get there)...

Sadly, I do not have a DDI subscription, though I'm seriously considering cancelling my Gametap to get one. This is good advice, of course, and I already intend to do some of this. I've been eyeing those level 7 and level 9 Orcus cultists... if anybody else has suggestions, I'm listening.

Not sure if this is the right place to put it, but as one of the things I'm largely concerned about is challenge/XP balance/likelihood of TPKing my party, I thought it'd be good to stick here. I'm designing an adventure for use through Maptools. It's a temporary thing, to test out my...

What if the multiclassed sorcerer used one of their powers as a melee attack via the Sorcerous Blade Channeling feat? Would they be able to apply SA, then?

Stalker0, last Sunday a DM used your system in one of his games, and I loved it! The high point of the game was my dwarven Paladin using Bluff... a skill he'd never attempt under the old system, but I described it so well I had the entire group laughing, and the DM gave me a +2 bonus to the...

I second this. Really haven't seen it; played two Assault Swordmages and a Shielding Swordmage. Shielding Swordmage seems to compliment the Fighter nicely, but doesn't really outshine him. The Assault Swordmages are, to be frank, rather lousy Defenders, and instead feel like weak...

The black dragon's cloud of darkness ability has been confusing and awkward every time I've seen it come up in play, due mostly to the fact that the 'targeting what you can't see' rules have been errata'd... and nothing bogs down gameplay more than checking up on new rules in the middle of a...

Great guide, as others have said. I love the monster roles; at first I thought they were superfluous fluff, but after I staged a fight comprised solely of soldiers, I realized role matters. Role matters a lot. My favorite roles: 1. Brute. Before I select a soldier, I'll always look for a brute...

Evil Buddhists. A group of monks/avengers/paladins/priests/what-have-you have deduced that life is suffering. Rather than try and correct this or remedy it with enlightenment, they've decided that the best solution is to end all life in the universe. Every plant, animal and person must die, but...

Sorry, but I also feel the bonus is too high. Particularly for Swordmages. Compare it to Coronal Guard, a Swordmage prestige class that is widely considered one of the better ones. At level 16, the Swordmage's warding increases by one point, giving them +1 AC. Your class, though, gives them +2...

I vividly remember finding my step-brother's burned Magic: The Gathering cards in the woods behind my father's house. I can only imagine what he would've done if he'd found out about my latent interest in the evil D&D... Thinking back on all those singed Ancestral Recalls and Mox Emeralds makes...

Bolded for emphasis. Simply put; they're not. There are many people out that there hold the opinion that the Fighter is still the best Defender class, certainly better than the Paladin and Swordmage, at least. Sword 'n board seems to be the favored build, even after Martial Power gave them more...

Ah, so it is. No idea why I thought it was in the MM. Thank you.

Where I can find the rules for the 'dominated' condition? They're not in the glossary of the MM, which is where I thought they were all this time...

I had a DM I've just started playing with making a rather surprising ruling today. He said that the Sorcerer's Unfettered Power only activates on the first attack roll of the round. So, if you made an area attack, and the first attack you rolled a 15, and the second attack you rolled a 20, and...

Ditto. Still cool, though... if I was to use one, I'd probably re-skin it as a tentacled, Lovecraftian monstrosity with a black hole for a mouth. One question I have; how does everybody feel a Controller that tries to get itself surrounded? Seems like a quick way to die, to me... one...

Hold old is this heir? What are its stats like? Would powers that give the heir a free melee basic attack or something be good, or is it a very young child, somebody that the party should be removing from combat at all costs? I think an heir of about thirteen or fourteen years of age would be...

Sounds less like power creep and more like a striker acting like a striker. People complain about grind and high monster HP... I think a striker as badass as the Barbarian is a good thing. Some of the PHB 2 classes are probably better designed than the PHB 1 classes. Sorcerer versus Warlock...

Hi! Great stuff. I'm trying to use random encounter charts to create a cohesive dungeon adventure. I'd love your input. http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-fan-creations-house-rules/253971-random-dungeon-kobold-warrens.html

Go for it! I've updated the encounter table, though I accidentally deleted my intro in the process. I've tried to recapture the pertinent details. Still looking for advice/input, especially suggestions on how to use more/better/creative traps or terrain.