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The big problems with the "just quest for it like we did back in the day you babies" attitude are: 1. D&D assumes you have a lot of magic items. If you have to quest for all of them, either the quests will be short and dumb, or you'll spend a lot of time at it. Remember, you'll advance in...

There's a paragon path for that. And a lot of powers are dual purpose.

I think there's a difference between on-the-fly creation of encounters, and on-the-fly creation of monsters. I'm very confident with the first, slightly less with the second. For the specific example of pirates, I'd just reskin whatever was closest, and trade out any unwanted racial themed...

I haven't banned bloodclaw, but I would if someone actually bought one and abused it. I don't use backgrounds, but I don't consider that banning something. I view them as optional rules. Am I wrong on that? My players mostly don't screw with me so I rarely need to ban things.

I have played: Fighter- two handed weapon talent, hammer wielder. He's a lot of fun. Simple and effective. Rogue- brutal scoundrel, wielding a katana (rethemed rapier). Also a lot of fun. Cleric- charisma based, tons of healing improvements. Very strategic, but a relaxed kind of...

You'd be amazed how far that doesn't go. The Ranger's heroic tier encounter powers are generally around two attacks, each for 1[W]+Str/Dex, with an additional 1d6 if he hits with at least one. The Avenger's tend to be around 2[W]+Wis, but with the ability to roll twice and choose the better...

The only real flaw I see in the ranger is that they didn't make Prime Shot a big enough deal until paragon tier. People tend to ignore it completely. This tends to be true for the warlock as well. I'm not sure why people keep arguing that the Avenger is overpowered in terms of damage...

I'm not sure it makes sense to develop a system of this sort without context.

Appoint a new DM. Its not bad that he's banning Adventurer's Vault per se, its the reflexive, defensive way it happened. Like a new girlfriend who only talks about her ex, that's a warning sign. Expect future problems to be handled like this one was- when problems occur, which they will...

I've tried it as a rule in D&D. I'm really not a fan. It might work on small monsters where it only changes whether it takes one or two hits to kill a monster, but it sucked badly for anything normal sized.

Can you give us an idea of the at will damage expressions for your pcs? Because it may not be a problem with the game.

That's a superficially good argument, but it doesn't actually make sense. The target "you or one ally" has to be within the range of the spell. If an ally isn't in the range of the spell, it can't affect the ally. If you aren't in the range of the spell, it can't affect you. And under your...

There are a lot of close bursts that create zones that do good things. Like Consecrated Ground or Hallowed Circle or Sacred Circle. Are other people playing these like they have little holes in the middle? By a strict reading from the pro-hole side of the debate, Healing Word can't heal the...

I'm pretty sure the cleric got knocked out because of the general, "oh, man, I guess I'll play the cleric if no one else does" attitude that created a whole lot of ill will towards it as a class. I don't think that's fully healed, even with 4e's "leader role" opening up the options a bit.

MaximumHavoc- But beneficial zones created in close bursts don't have holes in them, right?

Are you guys sure that a close burst creates a square with a hole? I thought it created a square with no hole, but with the additional rule that it doesn't affect the caster. Not that it doesn't affect the caster's square, that it doesn't affect the caster himself.

I wish I could vote to defend the warden! I really like the guy. I know he's going to get kicked out, but, well, its a richly thematic class that's mechanically sound. The only failure I think it demonstrates is one of communication- I don't think the warden writeup really gets the idea...

Its not that bad. Let them have the money. They should be at a level where +3 items are standard, and they've just gotten their first +4 item. Suddenly they get all this cash, and they go to buy some shiny new +4 gear- and you get to watch their eyes pop when they see the prices. Seriously...

I don't have a problem with it if its explained how or why one monster is better or worse than another. I'd have zero problems with the example you gave- it wouldn't register as any different from meeting a bunch of human thugs, one of whom was higher level than the rest.

Most of its low level powers are kind of lame. I think WotC heard people demanding more "control" in their controllers, and decided that the best way to do this was to take a wizard, make all the explosions smaller and less damaging, and have them inflict minor status effects. This hasn't...