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I'm going to be honest; this idea stinks to high heaven. Automatically succeeding is not an issue. If your modifiers are high enough, you can auto-succeed on a lot of stuff. I see characters auto-succeed on Athletics checks and Heal checks as early as 5th level. Auto-failing quite simply...

We had this come up in a game recently. We were level 10 at the time. The DM ruled that the lava caused ongoing 5 fire damage, and that you couldn't save until you moved out of the lava. If that seems soft, it's because he put the lava at the bottom of a 50-foot drop. On a rickety bridge...

Can't partcipate in the poll, as I'm playing several characters right now and I'm having difficulty identifying a 'main' one. I play with a group that likes to rotate DMs. Currently playing: -A level 21 Hybrid Swordmage/Artificer with the Archlich Epic Destiny. It's a Scales of War game, and...

Would you seriously want to play a build that doesn't let you choose which enemy to attack? There's simplicity, but then there's just auto-pilot. If you get much simpler than the Slayer, then you're not really even playing the same game anymore.

Ah, okay. It was 2 AM and I was tired, so it's really no surprise that I missed that aspect of the champion's mark. With that in mind, I'm warming up to these monsters a little bit. I like the flavor; it's very logical, that there'd be a 'down-side' to defiling, and it explains why not every...

What's the point of the Sorcerer's Ravenous Disintegrate power? Are PCs likely to be vulnerable to necrotic damage at any point? I kept looking for another power that it or its allies had that would inflict necrotic vulnerability, but I'm not seeing anything. Pretty poorly-designed power, unless...

[Mrs. Lovejoy] But the minions! Won't some one please think of the minions! [/Mrs. Lovejoy] I might be a minority here, but I'm done worrying about my minions, as a DM. Minions are setting dressing. They exist solely to die and make the PCs feel awesome. They're the Storm Troopers Luke...

I'm confused. How exactly did Heroes of Shadow change the game in a very fundamental way? Isn't it basically just new races, classes, feats, PPs and EDs?

@Neonchameleon : I think you might be selling the Paragon Path short. Obviously, you're not going to use an AP for this purpose unless you're catching at least 3 with it. And you say this as if getting 3 melee basic attacks on a class that is, in all likelihood, optimized for melee basic...

Hmm. I couldn't really see this guy as a Controller, but I can maybe buy him as a Striker. This might be the first Essentials class I'm actually interested in playing (outside the Mage).

jimmifett: A thing to keep in mind is that you, as the DM, can view and have access to the PC's powers and stat blocks. The players, however, do not have access to and cannot view the monster's statblocks. Therefore, while you have a good to pretty good chance at catching a PC who forgets to...

That module may have been too easy. 4e itself hasn't gotten too easy. In fact, with updated monster damage values, 4e has gotten harder. A lot harder. Familiarity does indeed help. Try running a game for people who are new to 4e, or even new to tabletop roleplaying in particular. It'll give...

Completely missed the "until end of your next turn" part of your post. My bad. Hmm. No comment. I haven't seen Moment of Glory in action, but I do know it's now widely considered the best Level 1 Cleric Daily on the CharacterOp boards, which is always a red flag. On the other hand, your fix is...

I fail to see how this would fix anything. A Wis-based Cleric is going to have at least an 18 in Wisdom, which would make his level 1 Moment of Glory do Resist 6. And then it will scale into Paragon, whereas it currently doesn't. You're just making the power stronger- and shutting it out as an...

As far as I'm concerned, Dark Sun is the single best thing about 4e. Of course, I'm a little biased. I love Dark Sun mostly because I've been playing at www.armageddon.org for the past 10+ years.

Hmm. If I'm playing something wacky, like a Dragonborn Battlemind or something, it seems my only options for Neverwinter themes are Harper Agent, Devil's Pawn, Oghma's Faithful, and Spellscarred Harbinger. 4 options isn't terrible, but still, I feel like they may've gone overboard with the...

As a guy who's favorite class is the Swordmage, I have to say I'm very excited about the weapliment expertise.

That'd be a great change, and would go a long way in keeping Flaming Sphere competitive. While don't necessarily agree that Flaming Sphere required a change, I'm glad we agree that Flaming Sphere, in its current form, is too weak. Another thing that might help is too loosen up the power's action...

I think that fretting over killing minions too easily is pointless. That ship sailed long, long ago. Minions stop being a viable threat in high heroic. This is just the way the game is. Changing that would require either a fundamental change to what minions are ("Minions only die when an...

This is very true, but I think along the same vein people should remember that just because there was a problem for you and your group, that does not mean it was a problem for every other group in existence or even a problem for a majority of groups. As I said before, I really haven't heard the...