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The prerequisite for Martial Cross-Training is the Improved Power strike class feature, and the Powerful Strike feat does not grant you that. The same wording applies for the backstab swap feats.

The updated weaponmaster (PHB1) fighter and feats from the Class Compendium have been posted: The Fighter (Weapon Master) Feats

Well, since magic weapons are determined by weapon group, not specific weapon, and tridents are spears, there are plenty of trident options. According to the Compendium, there are 175 magic weapons (that obviously includes all the different levels/plusses) that specifically mention spears, so...

I think, if you don't worry about balance, that it would work just fine. I might even go as far as let the PC use any ability score for the powers, instead of the one listed (I would probably still keep riders based on specific ability scores).

Maybe Precision Throw + Melee Training (Dexterity) instead? Then you can put more points into Constitution and Wisdom.

I will second Quickleaf's suggestion that a lot more skills need to be flagged for the skill challenge. And I've never liked saying, "These are the primary skills." Perhaps 6 successes = 2 dockers identified, 7 successes = 3rd docker, 8 successes = Dafton?

Yeah, the CharOp boards are where people have evaluated every feat, every power, and every PP for its utility, efficacy, power, and synergy. I consider myself competent at building characters, but their mastery of the material is impressive. I am glad to see the WotC staff taking advantage of...

Multiclass into monk and then take the feat Fluid Motion. +1 feat bonus to speed in the heroic tier, +2 in the paragon tier.

As mentioned before, orcs, ogres, and gnolls would fit well. Bugbears would fit in near the level 8-10 range, maybe slightly on the low side, but pretty easy to bump them up a few levels. If you want to get more exotic, thri-kreen (potentially a previously unknown insectoid race living in the...

I dig the red hair/pale skin look of the vryloka.

The generic at-will that binders get is called shadow claws, a cold attack that targets Fort and applies an effect that does damage if the target moves. The gloom pact at-will echoing dirge is a psychic blast that targets 1 or 2 creatures and pushes. The star pact at-will mind shadows is a...

You mean these? http://lastlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dndfile_fatepoint_cards.pdf

If you build a cunning bard, you can focus exclusively on implement attacks, I think, without much trouble and to good effect. I think your proposed build sounds solid. If you can only use the PHB/PHB2 plus that one multiclass feat (Twilight Adept), you honestly do not have to make many...

How about starting with the Silt Horror from the Dark Sun guide -- it is a level 12 solo, and has several types of level 12 minion tentacles that act as independent creatures. Maybe have a couple of main tentacles that are normal monsters (not minions) to screen the broodmother, so she can do...

I would go with some sort of loose definition of "magical effects" and let the DM decide by the "eye test" whether a particular attack fell in that bin. Power sources would be an obvious way to classify things, but they were only applied as keywords to PC powers, and not to monster powers...

The trickiest thing will be to make sure you have a decent Strength, since most ranger melee powers (with a few exceptions) key off Strength. Alternatively, you can choose the few Dex-based ranger melee powers, or rely on melee basic attacks when fighting with your short swords. In that case...

Splug, as in Keep on the Shadowfell Splug? Epic indeed :)

16 as well. I am pretty pleased with that score, actually. I thought I was going to ace the quiz, then midway through I remembered that even when I used Unearthed Arcana I was confused by this appendix, and the existence of glaive-guisarmes in general :)

Check out the DMG rules update: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/UpdateDMG.pdf

None of the encounters in the adventure are set -- instead, each section suggests how to set up and run encounters, using the monsters provided at the end of the adventure. A marked departure from every encounter being set up. Reading it makes the dungeon feel more dynamic. I think at least...