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There is a paragon path for goliaths, as well as a couple of goliath feats. They are the only previously published race that gets specific crunch support, AFAICT.

Yeah, Dark Sun runs fine without PHB3 psionics, though the augmentation mechanics show up in the DS rules in the Noble Adept theme.

I glanced at my book, and muls are indeed +2 Con, +2 Str or Wis.

I understand how lack of ability score increases would impact feats, and of course I would change the requirements on all those feats -- I'd probably even do away with them. I also appreciate that stat bonuses are a nice reward for players, I could imagine instituting something to account for...

Good thread, thanks for the link.

You have once again delivered the goods, Mesh. My XP award was thwarted because apparently I've been giving you too much XP :) I haven't fullly processed everything that is going on here, but my first read of each monster is that they definitely fit a lot of what I had in mind. I am going to...

The heads are connected by necks to a body; the body is completely submerged in the lava, so is a non-player, and the necks are sufficiently long to control most of the battlefield. The PCs will be standing on a large ledge jutting out into the caldera; there will be tremors resulting from...

Hey Mesh (or should I go with Mr. Hong), I am currently working on a big encounter for my level 17 party. The party consists of a human sword/shield fighter, eladrin assault swordmage, dragonborn TWF ranger, hobgoblin feylock, shifter predator druid, minotaur runepriest, and companion NPC bard...

Because your off hand isn't qualifying as being "free". The wording on the battlefist is a bit weird, but it doesn't seem to work the same way as a spiked gauntlet or plain unarmed strike.

There is a feat called Skins of the Slain from Primal Power that captures some of what your player is doing: While I wouldn't let him get too much of a bonus for it (without a bit more investment than simply killing lots of bullywugs), it's pretty neat and I might offer him a feat like this...

No, you can freely fire into melee without penalty. Allies never provide cover for enemies, but enemies provide cover for another enemies.

I'd recommend the errata for some of the powers, like Blade Cascade, Solar Wrath, and Righteous Brand. A lot of the recent errata for PHB1 powers is probably not necessary, if you want to keep changes to a minimum.

Being knocked unconscious does not end any of those powers by RAW.

I'd go with familiar race/class combos, this helps highlight the differences and similarities between 4e and previous editions. So a dwarf fighter, human cleric, halfling rogue, and eladrin wizard would go well, or something along those lines. I'd aim for a mix of familiar D&D tropes, so they...

"Melee touch" simply means that the target must be within your reach -- as in your inherent reach, and not, say, reach provided by a reach weapon.

The mynock might make an interesting variant stirge, especially if it sucks something other than blood.

Yeah, if you are basically forced to use at-will after at-will, especially because of something like range, then something is amiss.

The biggest weakness is doubling up on Dex/Int, meaning you'll have a good AC and Reflex, but bad Fortitude and Will (if you go eladrin, your Will is somewhat better). You can take Arcane Implement Proficiency (light blades) so you can use a dagger as an implement, and take Hybrid Talent to get...

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One of the reasons ability scores increases, magic item enhancement bonuses, masterwork heavy armor, Expertise, and defense-boosting feats exist is to resolve the fact that monster attacks and defenses scale with level, while PC attacks and defenses scale with 1/2 level. I've been grinding over...