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There are two specific things I wanted to point out The first one of these is something that "we"' don't all agree on. Many of us, I suspect, run campaigns where it is eminently clear that 1) Spending surges willy-nilly is careless and reckless in the extreme. and 2) Sometime you CANNOT...

QFT. This is one of my "delighted discoveries" as a DM in 4e. We have players with a variety of play styles, and it has been a real treat to see how each of them fares with healing surges. We have a very (very) tactical player, who, thankfully, is running our Cleric. He is very careful to...

Totally good point. Our group somehow learned it in play. Our fighter's got the Fort defense locked down, the Rogue has Reflex, and the Cleric's got Will. The Ranger has no defense as the highest, but also isn't the lowest anywhere. The wizard, being a staff wizard (with Shield) can easily...

The other thing that people haven't mentioned, surprisingly, is that implement powers (seem to) often hit multiple targets, or have an Effect, or Miss effect. I don't think that many of the non-implement powers that target non-armor defenses have either, or both. It's fairly balanced vs...

:rant: OK, well, first, most of these healing resources use the characters's own Healing Surges, so while they have more access to them during a fight, they aren't any more capable of healing over the course of a day than any other party of adventurers. Thus, in theory, they shouldn't need any...

I'm hoping you are right on this, as it is one of the things I like most about fighters. STR is going to be your attack stat, period, but you can build viable fighters by focusing on Wisdom, or Dex, or CON, as a secondary. This, to me, works very well to keep each class focused on its core...

Reading this thread, I started looking at this question from another perspective. Rather than looking at the dragon and asking "Why don't the rules reflect what I envision the dragon doing?", you might ask "What does I envision the dragon doing, based upon these rules?". The reason, I suspect...

This is the totally legit bread 'n butter of the sniper rogue. As some people have pointed out, they are using ONLY an At-Will power, so this does limit their damage output somewhat. In addition, they are not moving around the whole room, so it also means that they are easier to surround or...

I really don't see how these were too good. Not that I have a problem with the new implementation, but I didn't see any serious issues with "stacking" styles before. The older Style feats only gave you a benefit on one At Will. This is a pretty minor benefit for the cost of an entire Feat. I...

First, I'm going to say that *you* are doing something wrong if your turn isn't interesting to anybody buy you. You are playing a HERO in a fantastic world. You should be roleplaying, and you should be describing your actions in an interesting and exciting way. If you say "I roll 23 vs AC...

As do I. I suspect that you'll see the very most use for this in classes where most of their Weapon powers use one stat, but their melee basic attack uses strength (Rogues with Dex, Swordmages with Int, Beast Form rangers with Wisdom, Avengers with Wisdom). For those people, it RETURNS them to...

I've used this power, and it's quite good. Assuming you are a tough fighter with good defenses who can take some hits (and not an Eladrin pumping Wisdom or something with light armor), it is very useful. It allows your strikers to get in, hit something, and then you can get them out. The...

Rename the Shaman class Druid. Done. Seriously, over the last 20 years, Rangers have been able to cast spells, and that didn't seem to bother you. Druids don't have much healing. If that's an Essential part of the Druid to you, then make the Shaman class the Druid. If it's essential that...

List me as another who cannot understand any system of morality in which this is not Evil. Grant that vengeance, even DELIGHT, in suffering isn't evil. Grant that every single black dragon ever, anywhere, is absolutely evil, irredeemably. Grant that killing any evil creature, ever, in any...

This is my whole freaking point. One person thinks it's perfectly clear that they don't work on Close Bursts (even ones using a weapon). Another person thinks that it's perfectly clear that they DO work on Close Bursts and Blasts, so long as it is melee damage. Is there an official Customer...

This was my biggest surprise with 4e. It is so much easier to run as a DM that DMing is FUN! I had committed to using the pregenerated adventures because I wasn't sure I would have the time to really develop good adventures, and I'm glad I did, because it lets me enjoy myself so much more as a...

From what you've mentioned you like, I think you might really like both GURPS and HERO (using Fantasy HERO). Both systems are modular, and you can "dial" down (or up) the grittiness, realism, lethality, and magic. GURPS has a standard magic system which is very different from D&D. I love...

I'm using the same build of OSX, and the public beta of Safari 4. I consistently get "connection dropped" messages. Only if I reset Safari will it work, and then only for a brief period of time. I tried the IE trick suggested by Kzach, which didn't work either. I had no problems with this...

I've been accessing both EnWorld and the WOTC D&D forums for months now, using Safari on Mac OSX. I've never had a problem on either. Starting three days ago, I've been able to access the WOTC site, but not any of the forums. To make this problem more frustrating, I also cannot access the...

I think that the name "Chameleon" throws most people off. Note that you don't need cover or concealment to hide from enemies which aren't alert or expecting you. Now think of Chameleon as kind of working like that. You are hiding, and edging around and looking for a good goblin to shoot...