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Which is extremely sad, because pre-essentials Wizards were succeeding at all three. Especially because you knew support would come eventually under the old model, just a matter of time. Now? Who knows.

I unfortunately have the broken version of it :( So it is a real nightmare to work with and I make some pretty complicated monsters. Also I am aware the RC ruling on grab (which no longer breaks if you can't make OAs) now makes clasping jaws pretty useless. Also the MV purple worm is a pretty...

Um... I have to admit, it was very well hidden right in the same sentence as losing a surge for failing a check. ;):D Edit: I do hope you took that in a friendly manner and not a snarky one!

For me, I've always liked 4E because of its structure and how easy it was to expand on that structure in a balanced manner. Additionally the steady improvement in nearly every book - with Dark Sun and Psionic Power being two of my favourites (coincidentally, released right before Wizards clear...

Actually that's not the case in these scenarios - because a dragonborn fighter even with a decent con who isn't trained in endurance can be REALLY terrible (exceptionally terrible) in endurance skill challenges. Those armor check penalties can really add up, while the staff of defense wizard...

No it doesn't. When I was building monsters for a thread on this forum, I would routinely need to make many versions of them. Not because of the fact that comments made me change it, because every single time the MB screwed something up and broke it. So I would need to edit it, breaking a new...

Hey! I just realized that in a highly perverse and strange way this sort of thing turns the Vryloka's racial "penalty" into a bonus! You just need an entirely sadistic DM who drains all your surges with travel encounters constantly!

I hate to drag in an argument from the various Vampire threads - but I am going to love pointing out the general advice officially from wizards about wilderness journey's being something that drains surges. In particular, a complete failure on the hazard advice given in the article is brutal...

Looking over my posting since maybe about November or early December last year - I can't help but notice I really do come across as really bitter (for lack of a better word). Personally I really hate the current direction of the game for a multitude of reasons, but in reality there are only a...

I know RangerWickett has responded and I think his fix should work, which should mean it has an interesting use (especially if your attack boosting abilities would work perfectly normally - as far as I can tell all they know is that a lot of effort was required to make that attack hit). While...

I can kind of see your point mechanically, the problem is nobody is likely to use it due to the wording and it won't interact with other means of rerolling (because it states you must use the result). For example mathematically, heroic effort is roughly equivalent to rolling again (roughly, I...

I'd just like to point out that the fact they haven't been added to the game in general is plain criminal in my opinion. They are one of the best things added to 4E over its entire lifespan. I am befuddled that the rest of the system doesn't enjoy them yet. BEFUDDLED I TELL YOU. The encounter...

Especially when you put a handlebar mustache on him.

Were the party 1st level? It's been so long since I read that adventure that I can't quite remember. Also it's worth noting that halving HP doesn't change the EL like that. For example in Dungeon recently a Dark Sun adventure has two tembos in it. For some reason Wizards R+D thought that two...

That was quite entertaining and a most unexpected TPK. Is there anything you would have run differently in hindsight? Did you remove a monster from that encounter to account for 1 less PC (I don't have all my books yet in Australia, so I can't look it up for myself).

In fairness, I think Wizards made it mandatory to use them in encounters or something stupid like this. So while we might all hate them, anyone playing encounters is forced to use them and hence buy them. Or at least have access to them in some manner.

I demand a thrilling description of what happened!

Now that I know what the class does/looks like I've simply inserted a vampire into numerous encounters that I use for playtesting. Or just into my actual maptools games (doesn't take much effort to replace a striker for a striker to see the result). To be honest my own playing around confirms...

Good game designers make options that are just as competitive with the others - yet still have their own unique mechanics. For some time now, this is something that 4E has been successful at actually doing. I don't view something that is inherently broken in certain core parts of the system it...

More diverse PC classes are as good for me as a DM as they are for players. More options means more diversity in choices and means those choices are just as competitive. For me, I can understand if a PC says "I don't want to play a seeker" because it's plain garbage at the moment and goes with a...