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The rules are right there on page 175, but they don't actually come out and say it. They're under the heading "cosmetic changes." Look for another level 1 minion that's close to what you want, and simply reflavor it. I'd use the Goblin Cutter, changing the size to medium. Alternatively, I'd...

With the restriction to light blades (and crossbows and slings) on sneak attack, rogue is looking like the redheaded stepchild of multiclassing. Sneak attack 1/encounter is the same damage bonus as hunter's quarry for two rounds... except you can only use it with certain (inferior) weapons...

Ah. Well, that's much less awesome.

Divine Challenge + Eyebite + Action Point + Action Surge + Radiant Delerium = excellent lockdown for your 1st level half-elf Paladin. Put that charisma bonus to good use! A Warlock with a good Intelligence can snatch both Wizard AoE at-wills at 1st level and be a decent secondary controller for...

An extra die of damage per tier per turn against one enemy just seems so much... BETTER than all your other feat options. Consider you'll probably land 4 attacks in a given encounter. Weapon Focus will then give you an average of 4 extra damage over the encounter. Proficiency with a superior...

It'd probably be easiest to just treat cohorts as a normal character, and then make the combats tougher by an appropriate amount.

There's another way to get rid of magic items, aside from adding the bonuses in to the PC level progression... subtract them out of the monster progression. Just take away the appropriate modifier from attack, AC, and save bonuses. You'd also have to reduce HP by a bit... I imagine 1/level for...

Something I read on the Wizards site at some point within the past half year? I hardly note the names of the articles, much less remember them...

Guys, a round in 4e is not six seconds. A round in 4e is abstract. It is a pacing mechanic to ensure that everyone has about an equal opportunity to do cool and useful stuff. Encounters represent somewhere around 5 minutes of fighting. You cannot measure out-of-encounter time in rounds.

Ignoring the facts that I don't think we've seen any templates for 1st level monsters, and that templates are for monsters rather than PCs... Give him 2 templates! Then he'll be equivalent to a solo monster! And there won't be other players around to complain that the twinked out god-touched...

So, conventional wisdom has it that it's a good idea to pen up with your encounter powers. This makes sense: eliminate a couple enemies with focused, massive fire right away, and you'll be taking hits from a smaller number of sources for the rest of the fight. In general, it seems to be a good...

Rather than have class requirements, I expect we'll see things more along the lines of Raise Dead requiring, say, Wis 17, Cha 15, and training in Religion.

Cool sheet! I love the simplicity and the retro look. I have a few comments though. • No space for hp gained per healing surge • Powers & feats listed together is 3.x thinking. Powers are active, feats (and class abilities like sneak attack, which also don't have a space on the sheet) are...

This vampire's already making pretty hefty attacks when it has combat advantage. 2d12 base, 4 charisma, 2d6 sneak attack = 24 damage dealt, plus 52 damage healed, with each hit. The average PC has, what, 70 or 80 hit points at 11th level? Package the Defiant Rake Vampire Lord with a normal...

What's "be," chopped liver? It's odd how unanimous the poll has been. That's rather rare.

Note: if you set the guy's cat on fire, it doesn't count. Even if you were also GMing at the time.

Also note, "free" does not equal "anyone can use it without the author's permission." There are quite literally several hundred free game systems downloaded off the net on my hard drive... Off the top of my head, only three of those are open license. d20 SRD The Solar System (Shadow of...

Did you ever use a Ritual, or ask about them?

Rituals! I haven't seen any mention of them yet, except for the notes on the Cleric and Wizard sheet that they can use 'em. If you could ask someone about them, or suggest their use to someone in your party, or use a few yourself, that'd be breezy.

I'm betting that Vampire Lord and Vampire Vizier are different creatures, both with the vampire template, rather than two separate templates.