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Depends on what you consider to be good for them. [Note, all dailies are based on charisma for attacks and/or damage (some just do damage) 1 - All daily attacks are implement, but they are either close burst 1 or close blast 3 2 - Wrathful Aspect - hurts enemies that hit you with a melee...

There is both a bow expertise feat and crossbow expertise feat (they were both in the original book, so they aren't new to this book, although they are in there). The Hunter version in fact gets his choice of either for free as part of their "build" selection. ----- For Warlocks: The boons...

I'm guessing that either the Character Compendium, or DDi will be where the "other" expertise feats show up. Essential books are designed in such a way as to not really reference outside material. The druid, paladin and cleric are designed without implement powers (in the book), so feats for...

Since it is basically a new program built from the ground up instead of a modified version of the existing system, it is being put up with limited functionality. They were not going to update the old version anymore, because, for them, this is a better method (it makes more sense for WOTC...

Is the iMac even able to run the "classic" character builder? In addition to the obvious benefit to WOTC in terms of anti-piracy and cutting down on "take a month, get what I need, repeat when I next need to update" subscriptions, it also makes it usable on some systems that couldn't before...

To be fair, thrown weapons were not just as a ranged option for str based melee characters who can't reach something with a charge (mostly flyers or while immobilized, etc), they were also for mixed characters (dual wield rangers, artificers, etc) who have both ranged weapon and melee weapon...

I'm just glad to see that they are commited to keep going indefinitely.

It was only in MP3 that they started to support the "melee + heavy thrown" ranger with both powers that were Dex but melee or Str but ranged attacks (admitedly, any str based ranger would probably need at least an ok Dex for their AC unless they spent the feats on heavier armor) As for ranged...

One other note on the Str based hunter ranger: Their encounter power is not based on MBA's, it's a Dex vs. AC attack. Until there is a way to deal with that (probably in the class compendium when that comes out) having a bad Dex would leave you without one of the classes resources (and it's...

Generally speaking, a balanced encounter will either have minions involved, or the number of monsters won't outnumber the party. Maybe one or two extra monsters at most. So a scenario where the rogue is surrounded and only the fighter is anywhere around is a bit of a loaded scenario. Other...

And by "within 1 or 2 points mostly" you mean "has the same or better AC when the defender is marking the target, or better yet, has their aura up"? In which case, the to-hit roll for either of you is the same, and attacking you provokes an attack [or auto-damage, etc] from the defender?

They've not changed the powers for clerics, paladins, ranger or warlocks yet, it's unlikely they will mass errata them to be A shaped instead of V shaped (although, they will probably wait until the class compendium if they choose to do so). With those classes at least, they have a ton of splat...

The Sneak's Trick works best as an "attack first, move second". If you use it to move first, it just gives you combat advantage from the attack, since attacking ends the hidden condition, but hiding after the attack benefits you until the following turn (where you either stay hidden, or attack)...

The Blood Obsidian weapon can be put on a light blade or heavy blade In addition to swordmages and sorcerors (who use daggers as implements), any arcane caster can get proficiency in those implements through a number of feats that would also let them use these weapons as implements. Also, the...

When 4e first came out, the goal was to start over as, from a business perspective, 3.5 was getting harder and harder to sell to new people. A new edition means reselling the core products, which is where most of the money is made, and lowering the barier to entry while also creating opportunity...

I really can't wait for this book. While a lot will be reprints of the stuff we already have, the idea that it gives us a way to mix and match elements of the old and new is pretty cool (not to mention that it will address the "how do you multiclass if you start with an essential characte" type...

What is known about the Heroes of Shadows, or at least what has been said, is that it doesn't have new classes, but has feats, powers, etc ... to give characters a shadow power twist. I'm guessing, based on what was said, it would comparable to Dark Sun, with new builds/powers for existing...

The "reason" that the beastmaster ranger worked that way was that the animal companion would basically respect it's masters wishes unless commanded otherwise. With the various attack powers it was possible for them to do a few things at the same time. The entire concept of 'one minor, one move...

I would almost suggest going the other way with this. If all the powers are basically the same, it means that they are often equally suited to each situation. On the other hand, if they have say ... 1 single target ranged attack, 1 area attack and 1 close blast attack for encounters, it may make...

There are some items that should be common (the default for existing items was uncommon unless it says otherwise, and only a few items were made common ... I don't know of any rare items yet). I haven't checked out the DM kit, but I don't think th Rules Compendium had any info on how to treat...