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FWIW: I'd vote for NOT doing this. Reducing the PC's level is the poster-child of unfun.

Sure. And if you're short a cleric or paladin? :cool:

A wraith (Level 5 Lurker) weakens opponents on a hit (vs. Ref...so it's likely to hit), is insubstantial (meaning 1/2 damage), and it regenerates. And with phasing and Shadow Glide, there are no OAs to help out. So it's often the case that at least one person attacking the wraith is completely...

It's "I'll be damned!" actually. you aren't becoming a "damn", you are undergoing the action of being "damned". :) Sure. PH p.278, section on Critical Hit Damage. Note that "Rather than roll damage, determine the maximum damage you can roll with your attack." So...when you have combat...

Nope. You are in error, I'm afraid.

<chuckle> Truth spoken.

Hmmmm..... I disagree, FWIW. It's just very poor design. The PCs *can* defeat it/them, but it's a grind at best. There's little "pay-off" to counter-act the frustration.

Several warlock builds would hate this. Starlocks, frex.

Yup, you got it right. ...and you REALLY shouldn't use it. It's a poorly designed monster. Re-design it.

..and I think you'll find that some of the powers you find "screwed up" others do not have any problem with. <=Which suggests significant subjectivity in the analysis. :cool: (FWIW, I'm not suggesting the powers are perfectly balanced. Far from it. We are all aware of the mis-cues and...

FWIW< I would love to see what you come up with...after Real Life(tm) gets outta th' way.

IME, it would not be unbalancing. ...but it might open the door for the rogue and ranger to ask for similar treatment.

You might get that chance. Stalker0 said he might try to model Epic tier combat, including encounter and Daily powers, and magic items. Wish him luck! :cool:

Sure. ...but: More often that not, the errata fixes a significant problem <points at Stealth rules, Skill Challenge rules, etc>, and just ignoring that is creating more headaches, not fewer. In 3.xe, we all managed to handle errata pretty well. With all of the extra online and pdf stuff now...

Yup! Easy = good. Game on.

Uhmmmmm.......perhaps you should read DMG p. 143? ...'Cuz there is no "starting money". Instead, pick 3 magic items (n+1, n, n-1) and gp equal to n-1. No table required.

Me too. In fact, I've always lobbied for other Skill Challenge systems in the games I've played in. This is beating a long-dead horse, but: the DMG skill system (pre- or post- errata) is poor. ....but all of that is far from the subject of this thread: "Does WotC balance class powers...

The PH2 sentence you quote does not contradict or clarify the PH1 sentence I quoted. Either way, conjurations can create a creature. The question is: Does the conjuration effect need to contain the word "creature" for it to be a creature?

...so you don't learn from the mistakes of others? :p

So: Enemies are creatures (PH, p.57), and Conjurations are not creatures unless stated otherwise (reference?), therefore Conjurations are not enemies Do I have that right? If that's true then why does it say: "Conjuration: Powers that create objects or creatures of magical energy." (PH p.59)