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One reason is that I think flexible builds and powers would look a little poor sitting next to more specialized counterparts. Build a whole class like that and you've essentially established that flexibility as a defining trait for the class. OTOH, stick those powers next to specialized...

It seems like a test bed for the flexible rider mechanic. No other class really has the same sort of choose the effect on the fly ability. You can't really bolt the floating features and powers into an existing class.

Characters reliant on self heals and MC feat dailies might be hesitant regarding Come and Get It, since they tend to benefit less from heavily concentrating fire on the defender. In that case, something with a defensive emphasis might be more useful. Trip Up seems pretty good for polearm...

It's from the Feytouched Warlock path. Will of the Feywild is a solid power. OTOH, you have to be feytouched warlock...

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Well, it depends. I don't require much SoD at all. OTOH, sometimes a plan might hinge a more realistic situation, so some of the stuff I'd normally be happy ignoring comes into focus. Knowing how much disbelief I'm going to be suspending, what genre conventions will be important, etc really...

Ancestral Weapon or Calm Fury both seem good. Most other barbarian paths don't seem very good at all.

Between ongoing damage, monster auras, and area attacks, it can be pretty easy to pile damage on a downed character even without enemies making a deliberate effort to finish them off. A number of monsters can isolate characters with abilities like swallow whole (and whatever devourers do)...

My experience was that 3e still required groups of monsters, even though the encounter building rules often said otherwise. Most monsters didn't really have anything to tip the economy of actions in their favor, so leaving sending them in ones or twos just meant they got mowed down since the...

Depends on the system. Generally, I play DnD, and I'm not a huge fan of fudging things there. OTOH, I also run Mutants and Masterminds, and that system essentially runs on GM Fiat. Everything inflicts saves, and a badly blown save can be devastating. I can alter die rolls or handwave...

My opinion is that not fudging is part of what produced a vivid memory like that. Everyone in our group remembers the time when a major villain was exposed for just a moment, but was hit and crit by our Paladin on a longshot attack. And then failed the massive death save, dying outright before...

You only need to reply to Internet discussion when it amuses you. I drop tons of posts partway through because it's not worth finishing them. If there's a bunch of arguments you don't want to be involved in, then don't get involved. Check out some other forums if this one has you down.

The other thing is that often large size means more ability to move in a single stride. The giant staggering around is stumbling with giant sized strides, carrying him further than the person in the same position. Making that big monster take a few steps back is roughly equivalent to launching...

Basically, you take half as much damage if people need 20 to hit you versus them needing a 19 (barring crits and such). It's only a change of a 5% percent increment, but the character only hit on a 20 will live twice as long. As you move further from that extreme, the returns are much less...

Well, the main guy said that the prison would be guarded by a skeleton crew. So in the picture, you see the other lady loaded up with a hammer, morningstar, and presumably a bunch of holy water vials. That's because Skeletons are a DnD monster that take reduced damage from non-bludgeoning...

Actually, the damage dropped quite a bit too. Damage dice get bonuses from implements, items, and feats - and other abilities like Bolstering Blood. Usually, d6+mods would be more than 5. Granted, our group had been ruling that the damage from movement was essentially one lump of Xd6+mods...

DnD has a pantheon of gods, each specializing in their own niche (and some overlap). I think it's a mistake to think of them as essentially monotheistic religions competing with each other. It should probably be expected that people, even if they primarily pray to one god, still acknowledge...

Weird change with Lasting Frost. Now it's worse for wizards throwing ice bombs, but the Ranger with dual Frost swords still gets his full damage... Not the way I would have considered changing it.

That's the only sense in which I've seen the phrase used as well, and I live in the US.

I've never played it, but I've heard that the traitor has little non-obvious ability to hurt the group. You could probably get information on BGG.