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So, could inscribe a circle inside your own square so that its big enough to encompass *you*, but no squares, that would take no time at all to inscribe?

Add it to the long list of things in KotS that don't use the actual rules.

Since that encounter is designed for a party 5 levels higher, it isn't that surprising. I'd suggest dropping a dragonshield and dropping the elite bonuses from Irontooth. Cut his hit points in half and drop 3 of his defenses by 2 (and maybe ditch the AP). That will go a long way towards...

Thats the 'standard array' again. It wastes 3 points bumping the 5th and 6th stats that you don't actually care about. Not having the 10 and 11 would allow you to have a 14 Con. I'd suggest switching all the characters to a 16/14/14/13/10/8 array, if not letting the players build them from the...

I'm puzzled by the 'too specialized to be a core class' bit. All of these classes are extremely specialized. (Usually in one of two options, but still). Specialized classes seems like a design goal, and all of them are very limited in scope.

Thankfully not. The rituals are pretty much stuff you do outside of combat, while 90+% of your class is stuff you do in combat. In a way its a separate group of 'skills' that doesn't impact your class. Though various classes have an easier time accessing it than others. Clerics and wizards...

Thats easily explained, though. The cost of the fines will be more than covered by the purchases by people who switched (or just added) their orders to buy.com in the last few days. Its why costco and stores like it routinely break street dates for major novels. The early, extra sales beat...

It could be the Smallville super-guy. He just got excited.

I find this the exact opposite of disappointing. Its one of the best features of 4e. The spellcasters are no longer playing the real game alone while everyone else is a bottom feeder. As to why, well that is a reason in itself. Plus with rituals... as long as you can do the dance and say...

Derek! I have your answer finally: Yes. You can use Bluff as a standard action to gain combat advantage against the target in the following round.

A pure fighter is probably the best bet. There are some multiple strike powers for swords. You also can't do warlord and ranger training. You can only do one multiclass feat line, and the ranger one doesn't give twf anyway. Not that you need twf to do proper classic samurai anyway. Just...

It doesn't eliminate that at all. In fact if (with racial bonuses) you don't have an 18 in your attack stat, you're character probably won't do very well. Even the 'standard' array doesn't avoid that, horrible as it is- blowing 3 of your 22 points on your 5th and 6th stat to get an 11 and 10...

This is a good point actually. In fact, you can actually make a worthwhile fighter with a competitive (slightly lower at low levels, but you can catch up in the paragon tier) AC, who's still effective at his role, but can also be stealthy. Could be fun, too. A savage skirmisher-type. Human...

I'm torn. Really, really torn. On the one hand, I really dislike 3rd edition. It isn't balanced, effective, and it isn't something I'd ever want to run. I can play it, be I actually have to make an effort to not break the game, which makes it less fun. Particularly if I'm playing with people...

there are no such feats. Clerics, warlords can give out attack bonuses, and other classes can give combat advantage or defense penalties, but thats it. Attacks are 1/2 level + stat+ enhancement bonus and... that seems to be all. So a -2 is really bad, and you can't get that back You could do...

You're going to have to point out to me which of those is the general rule. I see two specific rules, one of which is a severe stretch to apply in a situation where the feat says 'you can use this once'. And since you're only gaining the power because of the feat, the 'logical' course is to...

problem with elemental being 'the four elements' is that the four elements seemed to have vanished from D&D. Somewhere someone mentioned the elementals. They're... weird. And not water weird, weird. Weird as in wacky. To me elemental seems redundant because well, arcane casters already do...

Pretty much what I suspect. That big moment when the dice come up 20 and you skewer the evil wizard? They want to play that up. And crits apparently get huge at high levels, what with all the extra dice.

Well, as 1/day thing, I would guess that it becomes just that- a daily power, you can use it once between extended rests. Other than that it would be the same a minor action lets someone use a surge and get an extra d6 hitpoints (on top of the surge value)

So on the basis that it will probably be broken later, we should just go ahead and break it now? That doesn't strike me as a good idea, even if they do cast feat balance to the winds in later books.