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Two-Fisted Shooter lets you load hand crossbows with one hand. Since having an extra weapon in 4e doesn't really grant you more attacks, taking multi-attack powers, and then alternating which hand crossbow you are using, pretty much fits the bill. With Two-Fisted Shooter and multi-attacks...

Two things that kind of fit what you are looking for: 1. Two-Fisted Shooter (heroic rogue feat, Martial Power) lets you make a free ranged basic attack with a hand crossbow in our off hand if you score a critical hit. Wield two hand crossbows, when you crit with one, you can fire the other...

Oooh, I forgot about halflings riding dinosaurs. That is pretty wicked too :)

What, he's a snake made of snakes. That's easily twice as awesome as a snake made of whatever most snakes are made of. OK, it is pretty ridiculous. Made me think of the Xzibit "Yo Dawg" meme. But D&D monsters are largely founded on this type of thing, I think.

I assumed it was based on the 4E PHB2 backstory, which talks about the primal spirits preventing the primordials and gods from destroying the world during the Dawn War, and enforcing a ban that keeps those powerful entities from entering the world. So names like intercessor, interceder, envoy...

The ECS is one of my favorite 3.x books. I like the scope, the level of detail is just enough without being overwhelming, and I like the idea of Eberron in general. A few features of Eberron stand out for me: 1. Pulp/noir feel to certain parts of the setting 2. Interesting spins on orcs...

Very crunch light, in fact, but a lot of different myths, and even variations of the same myth. I read through it quickly but with great interest. More Channel Divinity articles need to be like this and your Sehanine article months back. A companion Class Acts offering good Corellon-based...

I completely forgot about ICONS, mainly because I haven't had many chances to play. But I love the book, I love the system, and I love the shout-outs to the old Marvel Superheroes RPG.

I agree that leader is the role you don't want to have missing, and controller is the role you don't mind missing. For defenders vs. strikers, it really depends on which defender or striker you are talking about. I'd rather have a high damage melee striker than a low damage and low...

I don't really have a problem with allowing rogues to use other weapons -- I think a feat is a reasonable cost, though. With the various Weapon Finesse features, thieves have an incentive to use thief weapons, and there is a lot of synergistic light blade feat support (Light Blade Expertise...

The slayer would lose out on his level 7 Weapon Specialization feature and his level 12 Greater Weapon Specialization power (Mythic Slayer utility power). The former would require a house rule to allow some sort of benefit with a hammer, the latter is easily solved by taking a different paragon...

I am playing a thri-kreen stonefist monk named Kk'tkk (pronounced "kik tik", but is already being called "Special K").

I really liked the Gamma World boxed set, lots of fun. I am also enjoying the Dark Sun Campaign Setting for 4e.

I will echo an Essentialized warlord, I didn't think of a "marshal" fighter, but that is a pretty interesting idea -- they've already established that builds within a class can transcend role with the knight/slayer and hunter/scout, so why not continue down this road? I would like to see a dark...

I've been running the CB without issue on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with Firefox 3.6 and Microsoft Security Essentials. I believe I granted Silverlight an exception in my Windows Firewall.

The basic wraith from the Monster Vault is light-years better than the MM1 wraith. If the wraith gets hit by a non-force/radiant attack, it turns invisible and teleports. It stays invisible until the end of the encounter or until it attacks, but it cannot attack until the end of its next turn...

I wonder if people are going to be disappointed that WotC made necromancy just a wizard school, so it can be integrated into the mage from HotFL. I think it is pretty reasonable myself, but I have never been that interested in playing a necromancer (beyond making them awesome BBEGs). I like...

I also received an invite, but probably won't have time before this weekend to delve into the VT.

I think, for the slayer/knight/scout/hexblade/thief, you could probably swap out a use of Power Strike or Backstab (or the equivalent hexblade power) for an encounter power. I'm not sure what would count as a daily power equivalent for the classes without daily powers. Basically, it is the...

Actually, two other origins have negatives. Seismics get a -1 penalty to speed, and Rat Swarms are vulnerable 5 to area and close attacks. That being said, I'm not sure the Plant origin's traits or powers really make up for it. So yeah, not one of the best origins.