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The ECS elaborates slightly, but the basic idea is in that case they really don't know what to do with you. I think "would not claim you" really means "deathly afraid of even being thought to be associated with you". Keep in mind that in the setting, mixing dragonmark bloodlines lead to a...

In Eberron, if you have a (non-aberrant) dragonmark you have a few possible basic backgrounds, in order of increasing rarity: 1) You're part of the House whose mark you bear, and while you have a certain amount of freedom, you need to more or less do what they tell you to do. 2) You've been...

I love how, in the end, it hardly makes any difference.

I go with the "choose both targets, then roll the attacks" version. But I have to admit, this is mainly because I think Twin Strike is already so good that it doesn't need the extra boost in usefulness. IME, overkill happens rarely enough that the player doesn't mind... of course this player...

I forgot about Crossbow Caster. If I were the DM, I'd just say take crossbow caster and wield a "hand crossbow" with the name filed off and replaced with "throwing hammer". Apart from range (and type, of course), the weapons are the same so the difference is mostly just fluff. Or I'd just...

It's definitely a stretch, but... pact hammers (AV) function as warlock implements for dwarves, and Arcane Implement Proficiency lets you choose an implement associated with any arcane class and use it for your arcane powers. So you could argue that since pact hammers are "associated with"...

Did anyone mention Telepathic Sensitivity? Potentially up to +17 on Perception checks against stealthed creatures at first level. Even if you don't optimize it to quite such a horrifying extent, +5 to a useful aspect of a useful skill is sweet.

I agree with most of your post, but I don't think this is quite fair. Tattoos are classified as wondrous items, which were already slotless. In fact, because of the new "slot" they have a drawback that most wondrous items don't - you can have only one Tattoo. And they still cost money, so...

There are items that reference at least some of those keywords. Things like Earthbreaker and Waterbane weapons, for instance.

Even if you avoid things with "ship" in the name, Breland alone has places called "The Bear's Wood" (hmmm), "The Dragonwood" (sounds fun), "The Greenhaunt" (lovely in the summer, I'm sure), and the "Black Pit" (a popular destination for vacationers, perhaps). Khorvaire's still a fairly wild...

Using what map? I can't find a scale on my 4e maps, but on the 3e maps I've seen the distance from Wroat to Arcanix is a bit under 1000 miles. The city of Passage is a bit further and probably easier to get lost in. I'm not sure what counts as the "heart" of Breland, though. The nation has...

Archers can qualify for Deadly Trickster, which might be especially appropriate if you've got a little Rogue in you. I'm also really fond of Godhunter, even if it's considered a bit weak.

I'm not denying it's useful and cool... But the movement part of Crane's Wings just isn't super great unless you really pump Str and Athletics. With 16 Str and skill training, you're basically looking at a +13 jump check at level 1, which is a long jump of 2-6 squares. Unless you start your...

The only restriction on full discipline powers is that you can only use one per round unless you spend an action point. So the combo is OK, presuming you otherwise can use the powers. Perhaps as a monk multiclassed into cleric with the appropriate feats. I don't really get why it's such a...

Not all PPs have 2 level 11 features and one level 16, actually. There are a number (like Self-Forged) that have more. There are also rarely odd PPs like Chameleon that implement the powers in a bit of an odd way (the level 11 encounter power is technically a daily power that grants you use of...

I've always thought Defensive Mobility, especially as the archer ranger freebie, is a bit underrated. Flanking with the fighter and making point-blank ranged attacks is a nice way to put a monster in a terrible dilemma - sit tight and eat the attack or make the OA against a high AC but...

Very interesting... I tried starting something like this a while ago, but eventually I gave up. Writing a simulation of even a single paragon-level character intelligently using their powers throughout a series of fights is extremely difficult. If programmers were good at this, video games...

I think the thing about the Myconids is that with a bunch of them together (especially with a Rotpriest), they have a lot of choice as to when each of them dies. So the Rotpriest can start out by wading into melee ahead of the Guards and use decomposing spray for a few turns -- then when the...

Re +5: Yes, it's better in mean damage by only 0.5, but it's better in other ways too. I don't really think it's a terribly necessary item, but this is the -second- big book of items already; it's not like you're at all forced or expected to use it. I'm not sure what else WOTC can print...

Well, on page 278 of the PH, "high crit" is specifically lumped together with the extra dice you normally get from magic items. It calls the maximized part "critical damage", but I don't think "critical damage dice" are defined anywhere. I can't think of a sensible definition other than "dice...