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Some classes can get away with different stat layouts more then others. The tiefling warlord pregen in KoTS had a 16 strength and an 18 int, and you could argue that's a viable route for a tactical warlord. As for tactical choices vs. stats, I'm not sure I see the difference. How is what...

Well that's not entirely correct, but it's in the ballpark. Strength will be your most important stat as a fighter, just like it was in 3e (and no amount of feats every really changed that in 3e). Every fighter will want a high strength. However there are many different ways to design a fighter...

It's pretty common slang for sword and shield, most slang sounds retarded to someone who isn't used to it. Not 100% sure where it came from, but I first heard the term at at a LARP.

I'm not really sure how a 1st level 4e cleric heals any less then a 1st level 3e cleric does. They both can throw 2 heals at level 1, only the 4e one can do this every encounter while the 3e one can only do this once a day.

I don't know....a human twf ranger seems like he could be better then an eladrin. With +2 strength and the weapon focus feat your doing the same damage with long swords and you have +1 to hit. Dragonborn works for that too.

You have erred in that twin strike specifically says it works on ranged attacks.

Careful shot seems like it would be fine if it wasn't competing with twin strike. As you level up losing your dex damage will not be as big a deal when your still getting hunter's quary, magic weapon damage, and whatever other damage bonuses you can scrounge up such as weapon focus. Often it's...

Some creatures are immune to being moved. Obviously the cube is not one of them, but if you really feel that it should be your always free to add that ability. That's well within the spirit of the game and the modifyng monsters guidelines.

The one thing I have to add is that by the time inflation reaches truely ridiculous levels, the players are epic characters. They are no longer buying things at the local town, they are buying things in the city of brass. To use a real world example, imagine if there was an entire alien...

You add your dex to damage when using a bow, so that makes up for strength on melee. I guess 2 magic weapons means more magic weapon powers which can be nice, though there is a limit to how many daily item powers you can use in a day. Other then that, melee definitely should be stronger then...

Supposedly there is errata saying that it is really just for 1 round, though I'm not sure where this errata is.

The cleric/warlord power is really strong, but it's only once per day. In theory that balances it out against the weaker per encounter powers. I'd probably agree though that they are the best. The wizard/warlock per encounter spell looks alright in theory, but the problem is that your new...

As you may have read earlier in the thread, no there were not. The bag of rats thing was always just used as a strawman argument by people who wanted to complain about the new system (3e or 4e). I'm not aware of it ever coming up in an actual game. Though I'm sure there must be one somewhere.

I doubt you'd get xp for killing a caged rat. But if you did that gives a whole new way to level up.....rat farms!

You can't have -10 to saves until level 20 even fully "optimized". I think your party might be a bit grumpy if your sole contribution to the fight was to hit somebody with ongoing damage and then teleport away. Plus they'd often make the save before they died. On the plus side if they do die...

I had thought about ways to abuse this with sleep as soon as I read orb mastery. Still though I'm not sure if it's that bad, at least at low level. Going for a 20 wisdom seems insane. You end up with a 14 int and a 10 con. Your sleep spell does have the potential to maybe end a solo fight (but...

The article on minions specifically say the party is supposed to fight ones around your level. On an unrelated note attacks with trigger conditions only go off when you attack a credible threat.

If you go back and reread what was posted, you will note that scale is not the most protective form of heavy armor. Plate has a higher AC. Scale is just easier to learn to use because it costs less feats. Edit: Also if you were renaming banded mail lorica segmentata in 1-3e (presumably since...

Lead the attack is not like tactical presence. It lasts the entire encounter and applies to all attacks against the target by all characters.

Well.....no it's not the quickest trip back in 4e. It in fact uses more actions to reach your target then a regular shift would. The steap back and intercept thing isn't usually the quickest or best option in WoW either unless your target is running away from you. But I do applaud the great...