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DM fiat doesn't really equal balance. If it did, you could make the argument that all weapons, armor, and magic items should cost the same because DMs can hand it out for free, and that you should rely on the balancing skills of the DM to sort it out instead of the actual price.

I was gonna post in here and question why you wanted rules to cover something that you could easily answer using DM fiat, but then I realized how simple, easy, and modular it is. I love it, and if my players weren't bloodthirsty hackmasters, I'd probably add it to my game.

Although I applaud your efforts and ambition, I don't think I've ever heard anybody say that 4e is too complex.

4e isn't D&D! Curse you, Wizards! ;)

So what does your book say on the front, then? ;) These arguments always get irritating. It's on the same principle that "I know what fun is, and anybody who thinks that fun is different than me must be an idiot who is trying to stop me from having fun." Slow down there, buddy. Nobody's...

Then play games where stories take precedence over tactics? ;) If anything, 4e is more cinematic than 3e, and should have a pretty good ability to carry a storyline. Anyways, for my contribution, nobody I know cares in the least that some people hate 4e. We all like it, it's great fun. We...

You should consider letting the user have a penalty in order to use Arcana instead of stealth. Otherwise, I'd certainly say that toes are being stepped on, and that's generally uncool. Also, if you're making this for your character who is a rogue/wizard, then you can reflavor your regular...

After comparing 3e's giant-ass list of useless equipment to 4e's short, concise list of things an adventurer could possibly need, I'd like to say that not having to look past three different kinds of locks, portable rams, iron pots, canvas, and other wierd crap in order to find my ropes...

:1: If you ask me what kind of teleportation I'd develop, I'd tell you momentum-less teleportation, for most of the reasons outlined above. It's just safer, and a race like Eladrin doesn't really strike me as being all that adventurous with their teleportation- at least, not enough to want to...

I don't know if this is on topic or if I've just missed the conversation, but here's my opinion: It's awesome that non-spellcasters can make magical items. You don't have to be a wizard to understand how to use the Nine Sacred Glyphs of Amon-Ra-Atul to enchant your hammer into a +4 Deathhammer...

It sounds kinda wonky to me, but I believe that Lucas is right. When you throw an axe, it becomes a ranged weapon, since that's what you're using it for. To make sure you're not bending the rules, make sure each power works with ranged weapons and dual-wielding weapons. But, that's a pretty...

Yup. Since it's a light blade, then it counts as a light blade. It seems wierd, since it's obviously a tiny little star and not a knife, but them's the rules. Also, yes. A shift is a shift, even if it's a hundred squares. Glad to hear it. :D

Also, don't forget that temporary hit points don't stack, so if you've got a paladin in the party with Bolstering Strike, remind him that he can't stack his little handfuls into a mountain of temporary hp and be nigh-invulnerable.

Has anybody, other than a power-hungry DM, ever really had fun being a 0 level character? Anybody? You mean carefully guarding your one, precious hit point while you flee from goblins and wait for a DMPC or two to come save you isn't what D&D is all about? ;)

Since "everything" is sort of unhelpful: :1: Martial classes aren't relegated into having the same attack for 20 levels, with only minor differences every 5 or so levels. :2: Multiclassing isn't mandatory to have a decent character. :3: Every class is useful alongside every other class/ the...

Gnomes are in the back of the monster manual, with the rest of the monster races, like goblins and orcs and hobgoblins. As for half-orcs... well, I'm just as desperate for them to return as you are.

You must've meant inherently awesome . :cool:

About as fast as you want it to be? I do recall seeing somewhere that the classes are designed so that you get a level every one or two sessions, but that obviously depends on the factors Nifft outlined above. Obviously, if you are a hardcore dungeon crawler, you'll level fast, but if you're...

I personally find it bizarre that a race that does, indeed, live to be a couple thousand years old like elves or what have you haven't simply taken over the world using their incredible magic that at least one of them is sure to have learned. If it takes a human 40 or so years to become an...

I'm basically the same way, but I do feel empathy for your position. I can't imagine that I'd stick around a group that had a person that I couldn't stand- I'd either pass on gaming, or find another group/start my own group.