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It works just fine in a small party. Like anyone else with a good potential Melee Basic, you'd like the party to include a Warlord, but it's not required. Dragon Content is not required. At 11th level, Painful Oath is quite good (Dragon only), and at 21st level Hand of Divine Guidance is very...

Expertise. The Robust Defenses Chain And various AC issues with various classes. Basically a class needs either "Primary or Secondary Stat to AC" or "heavy armor". Barbarians don't quite get either, nor do Shamans. Even with those feats and superior Armor, AC doesn't quite scale. So you need...

Avenger/Paladin, Avenger/Cleric. Shaman/anything Barbarian/Anything melee.

So while someone who is unconscious from being below 0 hp is still bloodied, they also do not regenerate.

I think this makes the "Expertise feats fix math bug" argument. :) Notice the generally increasing combat length? I personally think that's a bug. (And yes, I want monsters to do more damage too...so you can get reasonable risk along with reasonable combat length)

The player wouldn't get any grief for playing an Elf cleric, right? That's at a suitable level of power, right? How about an elf cleric that has a delusion that he's an eladrin? Everyone who sees him knows he's an elf? That's legitimate? I'm just not seeing how being an Eladrin-skin wearing...

There's a semi-official answer now... The Divine Power FAQ. (You still have to hit to crit)

You've solved it, or for some other reason the game no longer offers any novelty.

I'll note that many poisonous animals are horrible at hiding from enemies, and have bright flash colors to advertise their poisonous nature. :) (A +1 to defenses is much less apparently in play than "Hey, DM. Because that guy hit me, I just did 5 more damage." unless you're really good at...

e6 is a 3e/3.5e D&D variant that simply stops at 6th level. (Every N xp after that simply gives you another feat.) For 4e, there's also a "inherent bonuses" approach that eliminates the need for magical items to make the math work. I'm simply suggesting that tweaking things...

I'm suggesting that them missing more will prevent the extra damage feature from being noticed by the DM, and thus reduce the chances of it affecting the monsters tactical decisions.

I thought I got acceptable results in 3.5 Eberron by using e6 (actually, e10) and eliminating found treasure (house rule that said all permanent magic items were bound to the owner magically, and thus had zero reuse potential. And then paid out massive cash awards for runs). That seemed...

That specific feat still hurts my brain. IMHO, the censure features for Pursuit and Retribution are intended to act as rattlesnakes to better allow you to use your Oath of Enmity rerolls. A Retribution Avenger should stay in one place, and use the rattlesnake features to force enemies to move...

Can I ask you to post in the thread with your concerns and suggestions? The guide is improved by many viewpoints, especially different viewpoints. I'm having a hard time guessing what power you're specifically referring to... He's refering to mine, which is here. There may be some internal...

QFT. I tend to call this the "Cut Scene", and have blatantly told players when they are in one. PC: I charge the cleric... Me: Eh ... this is more of a cut-scene. The adventure starts again from Prison... As a player, the part I hate most about being railroaded is my wasted time. If you...

In my SR experience (3, not 4), there seemed to be an interesting Rock/Paper/Scissors dynamic going on. Streetsams could take out mages easier than another Streetsam, mages could take out Streetsams easier than another mage. So Geek the Mage first was the battlecry of a street samauri, because...

And remember, it came with a Tiefling Warlock mini. So it's a power for a mini, that the mini can't take.

A lot of a TacLord's power doesn't require hitting. The bonus to hit (and with feat, damage) on Action points? No attack roll required. Commander's Strike? You don't make the attack. Handing out healing and bonuses to hit at the same time? No attack roll required. I'd look through the...

It's part of the social contract... It's part of the social contract. How the final decision is made is something your group as a whole should decide on... My preference is "The DM is always right for now, but should double-check after the fight/session". But people have fun with the "Stop...

Well, low level fights against monsters with push effects on a rope bridge over a 1000 ft. fall. That will do it. Or similar fights next to lava. Things the DMG warns against. Other than that... Yeah, it's true.