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In my experience traps have been too easily uncovered in 4E making them nearly meaningless. However, that is almost entirely the result of party compositions. I've never had a group that didn't have a perception mastery characters in the mix...be it a druid, shaman or something else. Their...

Given that these are issued separately from errata updates...does this mean these changes are any less official? Are these for example, just suggested revisions as opposed to new rules like an errata would be? I'm not sure if I should be updating my books or not. The change to the Rogue...

I've only experienced 1 on 1 PVP so far in 4E and it was pretty much unplayable. To no ones surprise the Fey Warlock immediately won due to their invisibility at-will. We banned action point use in PVP because the matches were essentially decided with initiative rolls. One on One PVP could...

Ah yes, how do I grab a swarm? Why does a hovering flying creature have to 'stand up' when its knocked prone? How come a construct can be put to sleep? Why can I still shift while blinded, I don't even know which direction to protect? I'm of the mindset that the word used as part of a condition...

In my experience there is often a couple players who will only play if they can use class as no other ones interest them. For the sake of attempting to keep a smooth gaming session going, the left over player/s will co-ordinate to best fill remaining roles. Though it has been my experience...

Are we even allowed to post published encounter design material? I've always been a fan of encounters with a 'video game' style feel that incorporate environment manipulation or skill challenge like effects. Example 1: Cracking the bosses shell to expose a weak point. A solo has extremely...

While I don't consider this a problem, I do personally give all monsters the high critical weapon property for +1d10 at heroic, +2d10 at paragon and +3d10 at epic. The goal being to give creatures like minions that extra potential unknown factor that helps keep players on their toes and...

While I do not know the official answer to this, I suspect these are the skill challenge DC's as well. Where as the DMG recommends adding +5 for skill checks..doing so here would make a skill challenge all but unbeatable without constant Aid Another optimization.

Exactly right, should you have a player that is also a half-orc...now is an ideal time to use Furious Assault as it to will be maximized on the critical. I'm sure there are several magical items that add damage that could be used after a hit is registered as well.

We've always treated disarm as a -2 to attack rolls and damage rolls. Allowing no use of weapon properties or critical hit dice until which time a new weapon is obtained. Otherwise if a monster write up has several implement and weapon options, then simply removing the powers tied to a weapon...

I too have more complex rule changes taped to the front and back covers of several books including AV1, PHB and DMG. Though rather than print off and tape, I do the much less impressive crossing out with pencil and writing it down wherever there is room on that page. As a result, my PHB is a...

I would not support 4.5 given the expenses I've put into 4.0. I see nothing wrong with Wizards officially fixing things through errata as they've tried to do thus far. Major reworks have already been done be it the stealth rules, the damage table, skill challenge mechanics, monster stats and...

No current plans on using essentials line material or purchasing the books at this time. If any players want to use it, I have no problem with that as all 4E material is legal. I'm intrigued by the snippets so far, but I can't say I'm excited about it. That being said, I'm most likely going...

I've been running 4e with only three players for over a year now. We've opted to play with 2 pc's per character. This works fine so long as your players can be organized enough to play multiple characters without bogging the game down. A task that is rather easy when starting the campaign at...

From the 30 levels (first 15 as guardian-last 15 as swarm), I must say that Druids certainly have the feeling of being underpowered. That being said, the trade off is that they are extremely versatile in combat <particularly the swarm>. If you want to be able to tank, attack at range, target...

I personally use the daily's return after every 4 encounters (for longer missions) or after the conclusion of an adventure as listed previously. I inform the party before hand so they'll have an idea and hopefully, not just nova on the last encounter as a result. Having said that, linking the...

My answer of yes comes with the condition that these updated books are printed at the end of the 4E lifecycle (or at which time a decision is made to stop making changes to existing materials)

Personally, I find a lot of the shield enhancements really fun, albeit suboptimal. Being able to push long distances or return damage or absorb damage are all good abilities. I just think the design of the other arm slot items have been made too good by comparison.

What I don't get is that if the Essential's Fighter powers cannot be used alongside the PHB1 Fighter...why use the same name? If they are effectively different classes that accomplish the same goals, they should just use a different name to prevent confusion. Fighter in PHB1 = Soldier in...

Great post MrMyth, I don't believe the power breaks the game either. It is well balanced while still feeling overpowered for an at-will. I suspect it'll become like twin strike in that every wizard should take it as one of their at-wills. This change was by no means needed, as being a ranged...