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Hmm. I agree with you, but this monster doesn't look fun to use. It just zaps you as you grind away its giant stack of hit points. Its my biggest problem with the design of the solo and elite monsters- a pile of extra hit points and some defense bonuses doesn't make the encounter more fun...

Actually, what I suspect will happen is that for some classes (even some defenders) Str will be a dump stat. The classes that will be really impressive will focus on Con, Dex, and Cha or Wis (doesn't matter much which from what we've seen at this point, wis may have a bit of an edge since it...

Ugh. A weird centaur-cat time thing? This is the kind of goofy monster that was all over the 3e books that I disliked so much. I didn't really expect them to go, but I'm still a little sad they continue to exist. Uninspired, overall, both in abilities and concept. Its a giant bag of hit...

Two? Last time I checked there were about a dozen lizardy-humanoids races running around.Of course, 95% of the humanoid races are horribly redundant and fill the same niche.

Only if you paid me, as I never really feel that masochistic. $50/post.

If you can use them all? Certainly, yes. You will be doing more damage most of the time with added effects. If their just written down in a wizard's spellbook/fighter's manuever book or what have you, as weird as some of that is conceptually... probably not, as long as your limited to only...

I miss old school. Or rather, Ye Aulde Skoole

After a rather slow start, this article turned interesting. I found the blurbs on the tiers to be less than inspiring. (Yay, molest furry woodland creatures in the heroic tier. I always feel sorry for wolves). But the crunch at the end made it worth it. Glad there aren't an absurd number of...

What? No. For one thing, there isn't any cause and effect relationship between 3e's charm person and this charming kiss. Second, 'causes the target to regard you favorably' is flat out wrong. You could, I suppose, choose to flavor it that way, but what you refer to as 'reinforcement' is...

Beholders win. Telekinesis means never losing a foot to an insane ball of teeth.

Maybe. It would be really tough, however, as dominate and charming kiss are nearly certain to hit. So it would quickly become 2 1st level characters, someone sitting out of the fight (buffing /healing the party if the succubus chooses poorly) vs the succubus and 1 character. The defenses...

I hope so. The other way was a fairly stupid and needless exception for something that's wacky enough in the face of 27 hp kobolds. HP: 1 conveys the same message without wonky interactions.

And thats the problem. You don't think the flavor text fits. Which is fine. But that does not mean the power is ambiguous- it specifies exactly what the target can't do, and what it must do. In every other circumstance, it behaves normally. The victim can't attack the succubus, and if the...

On the other hand... strikers seem even more mobile, so it may be harder to stick near them once they've been kissed. On the other hand, the 'can't attack' portion will stay in effect, and in my experience, parties will really gun for the monster dominating party members. So making a primary...

Nope. She's making the charming kiss last. So the only things being sustained are 'can't attack' and 'take the hit if adjacent', because thats what the power does. Keeping them nearby over the course of days is where the diplomacy and bluff checks come in. Also keep in mind that she doesn't...

How about what? Slavishly loyal isn't defined in any sense. Thats pretty much the definition of flavor text. It isn't ambigiuous. You, I or a small boy named Kevin may or may not like it, but thats a completely different issue, the text is completely clear: if both attack rolls are...

Except that is specifically not how it works. The AC part of the kiss does nothing. All the rules text is in the followup attack. I guess you can assume that's one giant typo, but I really don't see any reason to do so. It goes a bit beyond 'different interpretations' and into pie in the...

This isn't rules lawyer stuff. This is the complete and total effect of the power: you can't attack it, and if you're next to it, you have to take the hit. That is the entire list of what her charm does. If the game is going to be designed around short and simple powers, you have to deal...

Sort of. Its still written pretty badly though, since there is nothing at all that prevents the character from walking away after being kissed- and thus, the target never has to interpose himself (and if the succubus takes an opportunity attack, the charm breaks anyway). The can't attack is...

Given that they really only have 2 settings at this point... what is actually using the PoL concept?