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I wonder if dropping Weapon powers will be a net win or loss for the monk. The commentary says that they generally substituted d10 for [W], so clearly that is a win, since the unarmed strike is only d8, and would presumably be the standard weapon used by most monks. Giving up the +3...

I like the Hellfire Arcanist feat, as a nice complement to the Hellfire Blood feat (though the feat bonus to fire damage overlaps). However, there are very few wizard powers with the fear keyword, and none (that I can find) that push, pull, or slide the target. I guess this is more useful...

Some ideas: 1. The radiation you're talking about sounds like alpha particles. What if your radiation warlock also could generate gamma radiation (perhaps radiant + poison damage?), that might be a good level 11 encounter power or a level 20 daily. 2. X-ray vision? 3. Resistance to radiation...

Of the three Con-based pacts, the infernal pact seems to do the most raw damage, especially if you go for the biggest powers. The vestige pact is an interesting option, because at level 1 and level 5 there are vestiges that allow your pact at-will to do an additional 1d6 thunder and 1d8 psychic...

I don't get this power. He can already make two sword cane attacks as a standard action, and deals ongoing damage if both hit. This encounter power lets him take the higher of two rolls to make one sword cane attack. Perhaps make this a free action/no action reroll power, like Elven Accuracy...

Extra damage is always in addition to normal damage. So if an attack does not normally deal damage, it does not benefit from effects that provide additional damage, like criticals with magical weapons. However, I cannot recall the source of this rule.

Synergy of monster abilities. If a monster does a particular type of damage, give it allies that induce vulnerability to said damage. If a monster is hard hitting but slow, find an ally that can make it move faster, or give it extra move actions, or teleport it. If a monster does extra damage...

Well, you can't normally use attack, utility, or feat powers while wild shaped. But second chance is a racial power, so it seems to fall outside that stricture. I think this might be a mistake.

His defenses are good, but far from impenetrable. A typical lvl 12 monster hits his AC on a 12 or better, his Fortitude and Reflex on a 13 or better, and his Will on an 8 or better. Get combat advantage, and those all improve. The higher accuracier monsters (soldiers, artillery, controllers...

Bending Bullets (ammo) let you effectively shoot targets that you don't have line of effect to, or avoid superior cover. Phasing Arrows are higher level ammo that, obviously, shoot through stuff. But yeah, most of the appropriate stuff seems to be weapons.

Curiously, our Shackled City party also has a name: the Golden Lanterns. And it was also largely motivated by the fact that we were trying to make a name for ourselves and show that we were better than the Stormblades. In the 4e paragon-tier game I am DMing, the party has been referred to by...

A string of multiple encounters where you allow a short rest, but nothing more, is one way to go. Also, huge encounters, in stages, can be good. I've found that my paragon-tier party can handle level + 5 encounters if they have most of their resources available. These encounters are still...

After the quality of the warlock pacts article, and the compact but great crunch of the halfling article, this one was disappointing. I was hoping to get a bit more background about Melora, like that excellent Bane article we had awhile back. Was that a Channel Divinity article as well, or did...

Cool stuff. Is this the concept you talked about in the thread about the warlock pact patron article? I can see how Spirit Poison would definitely make this build sing.

Merci :) I noticed that the article mentions a companion article called "Sealing the Pact." But I didn't see it anywhere on the calendar. That is the article I really need, because I want my party's warlock to meet his patron soon. Another thing I liked about this article: Yorgrix. Before...

The savage minotaur (level 16 brute, I think, from the MM) is somewhat along the lines of the feral minotaur, though without the regeneration or pounce. You could tack on the Savage Berserker template from the DMG, and replace its greataxe attack with a claw attack, and let it make 2 claw...

Ah, that made me chuckle. XP for you :) For some reason, I really like the River-Born Ritualist feat, and the Halfling Short Bow Hunter is great for halfling rangers and seekers.

My party's feylock has a fomorian as a patron. Elatha the Blind is a fomorian who blinded herself. She gouged out her normal eye, and has blocked her evil eye using an eyepatch made of cold iron and ensorceled with runes and rituals of sealing and binding. As a result, she has overcome the...

To accomplish something akin to what you want to do, maybe give every character a floating +2 bonus to any score (that does not already get a +2 bonus). So a human gets +2 to any two ability scores, and all the other races get their racial mods, plus +2 to any one other ability score. Then...

In making Dast, I wanted to do three things: 1. Make him good at range, but weaker in close, to reward the PCs for finding a way to get at him in the back rank. 2. Give him a way to single out a target and do something nasty, like Hunter's Quarry, but different. 3. Give him a weak area attack to...