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Presumably the ???? should be profit, but your mileage may vary. Once again, another interesting monster to add to the ever increasing pile of great monsters*. This is one thing I won't get sick of any time soon from Wizards. There is one thing that makes this monster massively stand out: The...

The second question is both disappointing and interesting. For one, it confirms no printed epic support might appear for a great amount of time. On the other hand, at least Dragon/Dungeon will be publishing something, with hopefully some printed support down the line. Personally I would be happy...

Actually it is, because demons, elementals and similar have distinct mechanics that scream "I am the same stuff you've been fighting for 6 entire levels now!". Believe me, your players can notice if they've played epic before that all of these powers and monsters are feeling REALLY familiar...

The real question is, can you get your free Wizard Apprentice or Noble item and then retrain it? It is not a power or feat, so it doesn't seem covered under the retraining rules. Can you sell the item for gold and then retrain the theme? Especially because these are otherwise poorly scaling...

You can retrain themes, it's explained 100% clearly that you can in the beginning of the first of the theme articles: So there you go. Dark Sun also specifies you can retrain your theme with the exact same sort of wording. So long as you don't have any powers from the theme (beyond the first)...

It is now up if you want to go and grab it. I've read just the Chevalier, but it seems okay and is quite useful to a knight (immobilize with the encounter on a charge and a utility that can reduce forced movement). Guardian seems okay, but I am really not sure what they are meaning...

They do know there is a problem, it will be corrected soon with luck (or at least should be).

I would have liked to see a middle ground but the current direction demands throwing babies out with the bathwater, usually after covering the baby with oil and setting it on fire for good measure while they are at it. There are good reasons to have "general" feats that everyone can take and are...

I for one am sick of paying for the same stuff every book. I don't mind when it's for classes that actually need it, but when it comes to the mage and fighter I've really seen enough of them. If they do another HoS with nothing but mage builds, maybe a hexblade (honestly, we don't need more Fey...

I have killed a few PCs: I'm not terribly lethal, minding in saying that I've killed 3 PCs in one campaign and 2 in the other. One game is now level 6 and the other is level 5. Perhaps that is considerably more than normal :O. Mostly my combats have run my PCs to the wire numerous times and felt...

I actually disagree (but this is clearly going to end up as a discussion for another thread!), because to a monster there is no difference between 1 HP and 30 HP. A PC who is up and fighting is one that can be targeted and could target them. I would target a 1 HP PC - but I would not actively...

I'm wondering if you've used the new wraiths or gargoyles in play Jack, because you'll soon see that the lurker powers that are standard this for X bonus next round are immensely effective. Wraiths and Gargoyles are brutal monsters that can rapidly pick off any PC who ends up in trouble. It...

That's if they have 0 surges and are dying when they need to spend a surge. It restores them to 1 HP. This power flat out prevents them from spending surges in the first place, making it a different problem than if you have 0 surges. Looking at it, this makes an interesting RAI vs. RAW debate if...

It doesn't matter, because it's high damage targeting reflex AND if you use it when you have CA prevents healing. The implications of front loading damage when you want it at level 2 is much greater than attacking 2 rounds in a row. For example, they can smoke form and be immune to all attacks...

Another group of really quite nicely designed monsters from the look of things, with quite a lot of fluff as expected - but it is looking ridiculously specific. Not something I really want from a general monster book, while it works perfectly in something designed specifically like Gloomwrought...

Most likely I would say :(

I also use the 2E fluff in my game as well. I don't want there to be anywhere on Athas that is actually worse. Athas is as terrible as it gets and the Grey is just a featureless plain of the dead. Beyond that there is the greatness that is *nothing* and a derelict and destroyed astral sea...

I have been digesting the fluff parts of the book now and I can assure you: There is more praise to come. Honestly, if there is something I want from Wizards is more of this. Do it for the Feywild, some random city in the Nine Hells (Dis maybe?), the City of Brass (my god I would kill for a...

Bearing in mind no matter what race the vampire is you have to accept the above explanation. Because vampires can drain surges from constructs, other undead, elementals, oozes and all manner of things without traditional "blood". So whatever it's draining it can't be the traditional blood we...

Try being the DM who has to either use those monsters or make his own monsters. That's really how little choices you have: Use the limited resources available or make everything yourself. I don't want my PCs fighting demons (or elementals) and undead all the time. I really don't, but at the same...