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Looking at the paragon path section of the Avenger Handbook (Whoops! Browser Settings Incompatible), I do not see anything you are referring to at all.

I believe that the quality of the Warlord Essentials article can, despite all of the other subtle, yet horrendous recommendations and analyses that its writer makes, such as suggesting Commander's Strike for an Inspiring Presence warlord, stating that a Tactical Presence warlord is somehow a...

Hiring freelance authors has resulted in far less than stellar Essentials articles for Dragon Magazine, so yes, I would reason that this is not working out for the publication.

As was stated in the OP post, Class Acts exists just for that. By filling in pages of an issue of Dragon Magazine with superfluous advice and dubious recommended powers and ability score arrays, room for player crunch, something that is of higher demand, is taken away. Rules debates take place...

Basic math time, people. Level 1 sword-and-board fighter with 18 Strength and Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword) vs. Hobgoblin Commander, Level 5 Soldier, with Phalanx Soldier (AC 23): Attack Bonus: +7 (4 Strength modifier + 3 proficiency) Hit Chance (Melee Basic): 25% Hit Chance (Sure Strike)...

16 Strength, 12 Constitution, 16 Dexterity, 10 Intelligence, 12 Wisdom, 8 Charisma. Superior attack bonus, greater damage bonus, better AC, higher Fortitude, more Reflex, faster speed (hide armor), and you need not have resorted to a roundabout ability score spread. A 16/16/12/12/10/8 ability...

Is it really so hard to, say, explain that "Sure Strike is a poor power and should be very low on your priority list" or, even recommend a better starting array for a Tactical Presence warlord? 16 Strength, 12 Constitution, 10 Dexterity, 16 Intelligence, 8 Wisdom, 12 Charisma, hey, I just came...

That they do when it comes to the words part... mostly. (No, WotC, you do not recommend Sure Strike and suggest that it is "much-maligned" for no reason, and you do not act as though double weapons do not exist for a Tempest Technique fighter.) Then around come the numbers and you start to...

The entire Essentials line of articles of Dragon Magazine strikes me as wholly unnecessary and of noteworthily low quality. Would any of you be familiar with how "official" video game strategy guides are inevitably of lower quality and provide less useful information, hints, and tactics compared...

Defendant Osmeña here. 16, male, Philippines. I wonder, do WotC, Hasbro, or any of their attorneys know that they're suing the hell out of a minor in the Philippines? Without providing him with any way of properly comprehending the exact details of the case report and the summons given to him...

It's been a month and a half and no new power cards have been made. I'll have to poke Conquistadore and feed him Touhou pics to use for more power cards. There are a staggering 30,000+ Touhou images on Danbooru, so it's not a matter of having enough pics, it's finding the appropriate ones. Even...

Oops, double post. Ignore.

Heya U_K, Adslahnit here. I just picked up my copy of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide yesterday, and I thought that you might find some of the monsters in it interesting. Here are a few previews of the high-paragon-level and epic-level monsters in the book: Ranged: Banelar Arc (standard...

The outside board known as /tg/ (if you don't know what that is, don't ask) has been working on some power cards for D&D 4e. Since a good deal of the 4e supporters and optimizers on that board are interested in Touhou, these power cards have been modeled after the Touhou TCG, Rumbling Spell...

Each Demigod wizard in the party was packing 4 Legion's Holds per day. :uhoh: The problem is mostly with stunning solos. A solo is supposed to fill in for 5 monsters, so when you stun a solo, you effectively stun 5 monsters' worth of power.

You go to... <i>that</i> board then? It should be noted that the level 16 game wasn't filled with that much cheese, in fact, the PCs were getting their asses kicked in the second fight however. For the level 24 game though, I managed to get a very competent optimizer as a regular in the group...

Hey U_K, just giving a little report about gameplay at the epic levels of 4.0: it's very, very wonky and prone to the PCs becoming overwhelmingly powerful with even simple optimization, though not as bad as how it was in 3.5. I've been DMing weekly all-combat one-shots through MapTool...

Nothings really changed much from what we've seen in the previews and excerpts. In fact, you could probably put together all of the basic mechanics from those excerpts alone, and you'd just be missing all of the examples of powers/items/whatever. The at-will/encounter/daily power system is...

Well, I just skimmed through the three 4th Edition core books when I got my chance. It's a brave new world for all of us, I tell you. Onwards down the road of the 4th Edition Immortals Handbook, U_K, the system's great... but a little update on all the loose ends in the 3.5 Ascension would also...

"Exalted" might not be such a good choice of word, considering how "Exalted" is also the name of a particular White Wolf RPG dedicated to letting people play as godlike beings.