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It can still be converted into average damage, which basically puts an equal sign between Careful Strike and Twin Strike. I agree with the general sentiment, keep Twin Strike and come up with a replacement for Careful Strike.

For the first option .....I think granting Combat Advantage is too much for an At-Will. How about if you just grant a +2 to a single attack roll against that same target that you must use before the end of your next turn. It could be used with a daily for example, during the next round. It...

It is so easy to divorce the skill/social system from the combat system that I don't see how this is an issue. Even it 3e when skills were at their apex of importance, you could pretty much wing it and do fine. I know we did. 4e is even easier to divorce the two systems, in fact as the OP...

Careful Strike just isn't as much fun as the other Ranger at-wills. Careful Strike should just be something else entirely than a bonus to damage or to hit. As it stands, Careful Strike directly competes with Twin Strike and small alterations in the attack roll or damage roll really doesn't...

Yes, but you could have the ability to allow certain books or disallow certain powers if you so choose. You could place an asterisk next to certain feats/powers/skills that might be different in your game. Many house rules will involve the description of a certain power rather than reworking a...

How long does it take to use a scroll?

I think this should be possible. 4e gets rid of a lot of the convoluted logic built into 3e character generation. Feats in 3e could affect too many things and so allowing house rules would mean that you had to define everything that a feat was or could be. That gets ugly since some feats...

I enjoyed the little character generator that came with my original 3e PHB. eTools was awful. DDI seems to be struggling. Soliciting opinions: 1) Is there a character generator coming for 4e? 2) Would you buy it anyway? 3) What do you want out of it?

The loss of Dragon magazine is the only WotC decision that truly pisses me off. I think that there will NEVER be a subscription for on-line content. It just won't work. Hopefully, WotC can restart the magazine or get out of the way for someone else to do so.

4e is as much D&D as 3e or 2e or AD&D or OD&D. d20 rolling to hit, d20 rolling to save, d8 rolling some damage.... Everyone meets a game system that is their favorite for a while. We've got 3e forever due to SRD, so I'm set. I'll play 4e while it is supported.

Instead of saying "inferior", I say "mundane." As Cadfan has pointed out before, adding something besides just raw damage potential makes something cool. It won't unbalance anything, just gives a different advantage. I can do this on my own, I just don't see why the archery path was left so...

Well I never liked the +1 or +2 approach to magic. By magic, lets say "special". Think Hawkeye or Green Arrow. Nice to have a fishing line grapple arrow, smoke arrow, signal arrow, etc.....

And MerricB! We need to know whether 3e or 4e is optimistic.

Will 'Martial Power' include the librarian class? Seriously though, Psion needs to be on the list for 3e. He is a great reviewer even if I don't agree with him very often. I can read his review and know if the book is for me.

NO. I'm not saying to make the Archer more powerful in making damage. I'm saying that either you can play the TWF ranger or you can play the inferior plain ranger. That is the choice for my player who wants to play the Archer. I fully understand that the Archer has distinct advantages built...

and if you take the dual sword wielding Ranger, you are one feat away from doing d10/d10 in melee or in ranged. This is necessary for the Melee Ranger, I get that. I'm not saying that the Archer ranger is weaker, I'm saying that he needs something to make him special before eleventh level...

You could pick your target as far as I am concerned. You could make the stubborn fighter retreat for example, or just get out of the way. He wouldn't like you very much, but it would be creative.

There are lots of powers that allow others to shift around the battlefield. It is not that different. There is a fighter power called 'Come and Get It' that pulls enemies to stand next to him. That would be similar to running into a barbed wire fence.

Defensive Mobility is not a bad choice for a ranged attack based character, but it is a super cheap feat. I would compare it to Toughness. The enhanced two weapon fighting though, would be a paragon tier feat if it were a feat. And the archer ranger recieves nothing for the trade-off. I do...

How does this compare to higher level abilities? Off the top of my head, I know that fighter has a level 3 encounter power that allows +4 to hit with regular damage. I like the idea, but is it in line with a level 1 at will across the board?