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I didn't see any discussion of balance at all. The CW samurai sucked, but it's weakness wasn't just in the mechanics.

I have a problem with samurai as a class because there's already one or more classes that cover most samurai concepts. You might need a new class if you're dealing with mystic samurai though. I don't see why Final Fantasy-style sword moves could not be powers or feats instead. A slayer with a...

Samurai are a bit of a "loaded term" in D&D because they're frequently been done badly. 3e did them particularly badly in Complete Warrior. The OP has answered one key question, which is the time period: Sekigahara (and, I presume, the civil wars before then). Remaining questions would be...

It is really easy on the DM because the math works right, at least with post MM3 math. The boni don't get crazy at higher levels, since the math works. However, hit points generally inflate faster than damage. The real big issue I found with gaining levels in 4e is the action economy. I've had...

I would default to 30 to 60 feet, as monsters with blindsense typically have a range like that.

I think there's a lot of good candidates for conversion from 2e and 3e psionics.

I don't understand part of this build. "Base" AC of 19? If you start with Dex 18 and leather armor your AC would be 16. Maybe you could push it to 17 with hide armor. What am I missing? So I got a quote from this thread. The ranger/cleric would get to use a heavy shield and scale armor. Scale...

I like outdoor sets, with at least the illusion of 3D. (In other words, show hills and valleys, but it could just be a flat image.) There are thousands of perfectly good dungeon maps already. I also like urban sets. "Fractal" is good too, because I'd like to reuse great maps. I've stolen maps...

You're not the only one. However, I did like a searchable monster database. I could probably access all printed monsters in the various Dungeon Magazines and adventures and just make a list. Honestly, if that list just included monster names and sources I'd be pretty happy.

I've only got to DM monster equivalents (same ability text but monster damage). They were pretty cool, but being combat NPCs, disposable. My group had gotten together before 4e started and pretty much nobody liked Essentials. The one person who might have played one consistently described the...

In the books, Drizzt is only a "ranger" because he hung out with a ranger Montolio for a bit. (Supposedly he switched from fighter to ranger before 3e's multiclassing rules were invented.) He has some wilderness training and worships a nature deity, but anyone can get the former (rangers are...

In the Danilov Quintet, a vampire compared drinking another vampire's blood as drinking urine. I think a PC could make a Will save, and if successful, they come to life. Otherwise, they become an NPC vampire spawn. But that's not directly in the rules, of course.

For character sheets, which edition?

I almost think of stealing Raiders of Oakhurst, but with the revised math level 1 monsters. (Except maybe the boss.)

That would be a surprise... but some PCs will go out of their way to kill any distinctive NPC to prevent them from reappearing.

My 4e campaign will probably end at level 21, but there's definitely things to steal for my game there :)

I'd go with an Artificer and refluff many consumable magic items. Maybe there's a brewmaster feat or something to make those things cheaper.

Not a vampire question, but in an upcoming encounter this is going to be really relevant for the PCs. Which rulebook holds this?

XP Juice! Are you the king or queen of a rich country? Disappointed in all your heirs? Afraid they're all just aristocrats? Have then take this test. If they all fail, for the price of only 1 MEELLION gold pieces, we'll dose 'em up with XP juice, switch those levels for PC levels, and then you...

I think people would take "XP potential" tests to find out if they're PCs, recurring NPCs, Big Bads/Big Goods, etc. If you find that you can take members of a PC class (eg wizard) but have very low potential, you might decide to take levels of expert rather than wizard. People with high...