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If I'm understanding you right, I think you might get a little mileage for that out of multiclassing into warlock. Star pact has some strange spacial anomalies that might qualify as planar. There's Frigid Darkness at 3, which reads like teleporting a chunk of empty space onto your target...

I don't understand the phrase "planar based cleric". If you explain it to me I'll see what I can come up with. The other things here are summon/control creatures. Those are assistant creatures, which as I said before were intentionally removed. However, I would like to point you at Astral...

Can we meet partway? At-wills are the fundamental abilities of a class, the only thing they always have access to, and I don't want the Ranger to feel that the Cleric is stepping on his toes. How about the following modified Ranger power as an at-will when you multiclass into Ranger: Reduced...

Okay, it seems this line of thought is going to run into an argument of what is or isn't a viable build, which is not what I want to get into. Let's try a different tack. What do you want characters to be able to do that they can't? What sorts of builds are we missing in 4th edition that are...

Have you factored into your calculations that wizards can aquire teleportation through their spells? Makes fey step seem a little less valuable. Not much, admittedly. It is a pretty good teleport.

You don't see Foresight(you are never surprised because you can see the future) as being oracular? Nor Prophecy of Doom(you speak a dire prophecy at your foe which almost immediately comes true)? If you want a character who can go into a trance to get information directly from the gods, you...

I stop at flavor text because flavor text has no effect on game balance. Once you start rewriting mechanics, things sometimes stop working. I sympathize with you on feeling decieved. However, I don't think that having a character who is as good a ranged attacker as a Ranger and as good a...

You can animate dead in 4th edition. Check the cleric powers Astral Defenders(9) and Knights of Unyielding Valor(10). They summon ghosts! If you're willing to reflavor abilities, Bigby's Icy Grasp(wizard 5) can become Bigby's Frozen Skeleton. And I don't see anything in the rules that says...

How are you getting a dozen fighters? I don't have a 3.0 PHB handy, but I'm looking at the 3.5 PHB and can only find 8 trees of fighter feats(Combat Expertise, Dodge, Unarmed Fighting, Mounted Combat, Archery, Power Attack, Two Weapons, and Weapon Specialization). And how different are an...

Try reflavoring Sacred Flame like this: With a short prayer, you imbue your arrow with holy power. Now you have an at-will ranged attack that uses your bow. It also provides "healing" in the form of temporary hit points. Similar reflavors can be done for many Cleric ranged attacks. No, it...

I'm not sure I see the problem. Grab is not a very good maneuver. I don't think it's supposed to be, given that it can be done by anyone. But look at what it does: the target can't move, and to end the condition he needs to use his move action. Assuming they want to attack with their...

I can't really tell what it is you want, but I'm looking at the other magic items to see what I can find. Let's say you can't get everything you want. So you buy a level 11 item to fill one of your armor, weapon, or neck slots. Not fancy, but it keeps your scores appropriate to the level and...

What is it you want your ranged weapon Fighter to do? Fire a bunch of arrows into your enemies? Rangers can do that. Shoot your enemies so hard they stagger back a space? Rangers can do that. Cause ongoing damage with your bow? Rangers can do that. Be called a Fighter and have ranged weapon...

On Animate Dead: It's out for economy of actions reasons. On Good vs. Evil: In the 3rd edition D&D world, Good and Evil are natural forces, like gravity and electricity. They can be used to make things happen, they can be notably present or absent in a place, and with the right tools(usually...

The reason you want those things to be top of the line is for the bonuses to attack and defenses. At level 14, that's a +3. You can pick up the basic "+3 with no specials" gear as level 11 gear. So you can still be top of line if you buy level 11 or 12 stuff for those slots out of your cash...

Healing is far more cleric-y than casting attack spells. For non-combat spells, rituals are the way to go, and anyone can pick up Ritual Caster with a feat or two. I'll grant you that Channel Divinity is as cleric-y as Healing Word, but not more. Remember that the cleric class falls into the...

Never tried the warmage. Tried the sorcerer a couple of times, and it is better. I was just reading the cleric's full information earlier today. Have you seen the Divine Oracle paragon path? If your friend had built a cleric aiming for that, and picked up some of the divination rituals, he...

Healing Word isn't cleric-y? What would you prefer?

How about a Dragonborn? Pick up the Dragonborn Frenzy racial feat and whack yourself over the head a couple times every morning(to get yourself to bloodied). You'll have the same strength as the warforged and a constant +2 bonus to damage on all attacks.

There is a finite amount of space in the books. Things that come up very often, like "can I kill the monster" get multiple chapters. Things that come up fairly often, like "can I break down the door" get a page or so. Things that come up fairly rarely, like "can I tunnel into the keep" get a...