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Great minds think alike and all that -- using dragonmarks and the Draconic Prophecy as the fluff for an Eberron runepriest seems like a fantastic way to go.

To build on the idea of using the companion character rules as a way of creating 4E Lite PCs, I've been toying with the idea. Here is a quick summary of those ideas: 1. Use the Companion Character rules from the DMG2 to create a PC based on a specific character class/role. 2. Allow the...

Klaus, I enjoyed the article a lot just with one skim through. I think the little added bits, like different moons as omens, rites, and like, really make it a lot more vibrant than some of the recent Channel Divinity articles. I hope to see more of your stuff soon, and hopefully more stuff...

Here is the Ampersand article where they first showed off the new statblock, and you can see how they integrate immediate actions into the triggered action section (Link probably behind the subscriber wall) Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Beyond Essentials ...)

I don't think anyone mentioned this before: 4th power project : Critical Hits It is an interesting take on using 4E as a framework for a Modern game.

For Eberron: Names of the days and the months Names of the moons (and their associated mark) List of important people (heads of dragonmarked houses, sovereigns, high priests) Distances between major settlements, available transportation, speed, and costs Effects of specific planes being in...

I am going to reiterate -- names, names, names! NPCs, places, legendary items, strange geological features, whatever. Also, names of drinks at the inn, local dishes, weird (but not monstrous) flora and fauna. Maybe generic stat blocks for each of the different monster roles, that can be...

You can get a Cloak of the Walking Wounded +2 as a level 9 item, good for any defender.

Dinosaurs are no longer found under a "Dinosaur" monster entry. Two places I can think of: 1. Drakes: The needlefang drake swarm (MM1) makes a good group of small meat-eaters. The guard drake (MM1) and bloodseeker drake (MM2) are more man-sized meat-eaters. The scytheclaw drake (MM2) is a...

It was the summer before 6th grade (1989), when a friend of mine invited me over to his house, where I met another friend of his (and someone I would later befriend that year in middle school). We played the Mentzer version of Basic D&D -- I played a dwarf. Soon thereafter, I started a one on...

Staff Fighting gives the quarterstaff the defensive property, which is a +1 bonus to AC (but not Reflex). EDIT: Ninja'ed!

Dragonborn seem like the way to go. If you want to play up a draconic bloodline, you could also play a draconic sorcerer, along with some of the dragon-themed PP. One of the recent Dragon articles contains paragon paths for dragonborn connected to specific types of metallic dragons.

For my PBP game (where slow combat is the norm already), I use a +33% damage, -25% hit point model. Works really well at the paragon tier -- even level +5 encounters are over in 6 rounds. Of course, the party tends to nova a lot, since I only place a couple of encounters per day in their way...

There was quite a rating thread for daily powers awhile back, of course this was just PHB1, things have blown wide open now with all the PHBs, X Power books, and DDI. One set of powers that immediately jump to mind is the series of fighter daily power stances from the PHB1. Rain of Steel @ 5...

A really good sea serpent / giant squid / giant octopus solo encounter. Really nice (but clean and simple) terrain rules for swinging on ropes, fighting on rigging, etc. A swashbuckler class, basically feeling the lightly armored defender niche (since dragging around heavy armor is...

The blowgun was published in Dragon 373, along with 4 multiclass feats and 3 powers to give you special abilities with the blowgun.

I use Passive Perception as the DC for enemies trying to sneak up on the PCs. I also have given traps and hazards a Stealth modifier, instead of a Perception DC, and I just roll it against the PCs' Passive Perception. If the PCs actually say, "I want to search around, make sure nothing is...

I can say that 4E has changed how I distribute my prep time, without increasing or decreasing it substantially. I used to spend a lot of time advancing monsters and making my BBEG viable (though it never really mattered) in 3E. With 4E, advancing monsters is a lot faster. I still spend a...

I personally have found that the Character Builder, Monster Builder, and Compendium alone make my DDI subscription worth it. I only occasionally read the Dragon and Dungeon articles, since there are so many these days and most don't directly apply to the game I am running. But since all the...

I think this article has fantastic ideas. This is a great way to give magic items powers that don't fall under the basic Property or Power framework -- sometimes a complaint about 4E magic items. It could even be that the ritual comes with a given magic item, but can only be "learned" by...