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Like a lot of 'superior' weapons, it's more of a "weapon for this one class", like the shuriken, garotte, bola, blowdart, etc. It's unlikely anyone would spend the feat to grab it. Maybe the gladiator fighter would grab it, and either go master at arms (if he takes multi weapon power), or if he...

Basically, MME was delayed, and as a result, it delayed useful implementation of the rarity system. With that book now out, there are some legitimate rare items, and a solid number of common items. They could have made a bunch of items common early on, but without rares, it would have just been...

Spiked chain requires a multiclass feat to be used as a double weapon. It's stout, so even with the m/c feat, only the off hand can be used to get the bonus d8's as an executioner. The spiked chain double weapon isn't defensive. So, it's the difference between a two-handed reach flail, which...

It reaches an adjacent square. So, if it's able to move around inside it's own square (and so can the opponent) than can get VERY close to each other. Other than a whip, you aren't going to have a reach 2 weapon with pixies. It's ok if there is no explanation for their fly speed being 6, or...

Also, the star pact original warlock, the strength based Cleric, and the original assassin haveall been getting some boosts in Dragon recently. The important thing to remember is that Dragon is submission based, so it's more driven by what people offer to do than what is necessarily 'needed...

There is always a chance, but you will hear about the launch of 5e with plenty of time to find a solution. Odds are, they won't want a repeat of 4e from the online tools perspective, so they would probably want to leverage the existing system to save time on developing. Whether or not they cut...

They've moved away from doing X Power to instead do the 'new' power source books (Heroes of Shadow, Heroes of the Feywild, Elemental Heroes). Instead, they've committed to using Dragon articles as a means of supporting individual classes when they can.

For a lot of the AD stuff, the cost is reasonable enough that you can make due with the little you get (the important thing is to save luck potions for day 5, because you can get 10 ADs out of your treasure chest). And trying to find ways to avoid having to spend them (like getting friends to...

Fear isn't a damage type, it's an effect type. Generally the damage type in that case would be psychic. As a poison user will tell you, you don't want a damage type that is also an effect type, because then monsters immune to fear are immune to both damage and effect of the power. Fear as an...

Definitely. I rarely run any fighters, unless I've tapped most of my friends characters already. None ever grab charge, so they often spend a turn or two doing nothing in their heavy armor and no ranged attack combo. Wizards, clerics and rogues though are all awesome. I make sure to have eladrin...

That would be a solid argument, if they didn't just put out a book with quite a few common items in it. I wouldn't have been willing to implement the rarity rules before MME, but not there is at least a reasonable selection. The Chain Shirt is basically just equivalent to the Iron Armbands of...

Actually, the Tools of the Trade playtest article has Ki Weapon Technique which works identically to Ki Focus Expertise (as long as you are wielding a weapon and a ki focus) but applies the bonus to attacks using either the weapon or the ki focus ... so it would be what you are looking for in...

Based on the way he answered the question in Rule of Three, the cards are drawn randomly. This way the random element takes place early, and then player skill comes into effect, while dice rolling puts the random element later, where it determines whether or not you succeed at an action.

Then again, he could have easily: a) Got a handaxe instead of a javelin b) Taken Master at Arms instead of Axe Expertise Yes, the 'need' to have to buy up a backup ranged weapon, or an off hand weapon, or a second implement (for dual implement spellcaster), or a weapon + implement for those...

While it's a lot of options to try to cover each 'niche', like the artificer (wand + crossbow), the avenger (two hander + holy symbol), etc. The ki focus one seems like it's almost the same as the original ki focus expertise but also allows you to use a magic weapon that doesn't benefit from...

They updated it to replace fireball with burning hands (although they left the fireball there with a strikethrough, so they aren't hiding the mistake, just 'correcting' it with an actual iconic encounter spell name).

The Vampire wasn't the only class that used ki foci in the book, the Executioner, which juggles a few different weapon groups (including garotte, bola, etc which, at least at the time, didn't have expertise feats) and has some implement poison powers, sort of needed ki focus expertise. Vampire...

Which means you have written that (in your opinion) what was written wasn't entirely true. So either you are saying he may be a liar (in your opinion), or he may be misinformed (in your opinion). Saying that you think what someone said is a lie is not that much different from saying they are a...

The elimination of daily powers, and encounter powers like power strike, both solve something connected to analisys paralysis, something that is seen in some video games. The "too awesome to use" effect. Some PCs go the whole day without using their daily powers because they fear wasting it, and...

Of course, that would involve deliberately misreading a small portion of available data and reaching an improper conclusion. "There are no epic tier characters designed for D&D Encounters! Oh noes!". Considering that part of what the character builder does, the first thing it does in fact when...