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For some scene-framing details, how many PCs are there, and is this room, with its trap/activity, part of the normal way the cult leaders access the following chambers? The reason I ask is that if it is part of the normal way that the cult travels, it needs to be something that can happen...

In 1st edition AD&D, the fighter is not much more likely to have a high constitution modifier than is the magic user. Both fighters and magic users prioritize one score (Strength for fighters, Intelligence for magic users) before a couple of "secondaries" (Dexterity and Constitution), and both...

As an aside, if you are playing in the 4e cosmology and with their assumed world, then Abyssal really doesn't fit. It should be Supernal. Abyssal is the language of demons, Supernal is that of Angels, Devils, and Gods. For a similar challenge for my own recent campaign, I used an Iron Cross for...

I was referring to allegiance in the above post. There are various courts of fey, led by archfey of various sorts. The Prince of Frost leads the winter fey, Tiandra leads the summer fey, and Oran the Green Lord rules the green fey (nature/plant sorts of creatures). Then, there are unseelie fey...

What sort of fey controller? Winter court fey would indicate different allies and powers than summer, for instance. There are a lot of factions from which to choose. Without more information, I can only point out the general advice with which I am sure you are already aware. Controllers (except...

It does, indeed, apply. It applies every time she rolls damage with a longsword or spear.

You said that there was a 66% chance for the right kind of scout to surprise the monsters. That is unlikely to be true, but I am always one to look for further analysis. Let's take a typical scenario: A lone elf vs. a generic monster. While it is true that the elf surprises the monster four...

All of that is exactly correct. This, however, is not right, but only because the specific example was a third level wizard, and they have only one daily slot per day. (Not including the 2nd level utility slot, which may be daily, encounter, or (rarely) at-will in usage, but is in no way an...

Just chiming in to back up everything Rune said. (I checked compendium to verify those parts that were uncertain.) There is a magic item that adds to (melee) twin strike damage. That is the Iron Armbands of Power. They are considerably pricier, however, being a level 6 item (as opposed to the...

What Sekhmet said. Emphatically, even.

Since the boots give a save bonus to "effects that apply the ... immobilized ... condition," and the failed-save-effect is "the target is immobilized ... (save ends)," then yes, the boots' bonus applies. I can't see any other interpretation. Out of curiosity, what made you doubt?

Thank you for the compliment. :) I haven't had a refusal to rest come up, primarily due to encounter (short rest) powers. No one wants to start the next encounter with no encounter powers. Plus, the verisimilitude of catching a breather after a bout of intense combat syncs well with our...

The biggest reservation I would have in allowing it (for the record, I wouldn't) would be the layering of effects. Noxious Blast and Utterdark Blast, for instance, have nasty effects on a failed save. As touch attacks, even your last iterative attack is likely to be successful, and you could...

See my (way too long) post, above, but I run 4e pretty much without any FitM (as described by the OP) right now. Okay; technically, the immediate interrupts and powers like Elven Accuracy might require a few milliseconds of "rewinding" and narration that includes stuff like, "I see that the orc...

Pre-note: The OP used the "Quantum Mathematician," argument, and the above quoted posters mention "retconning," and (in one case) 4e, so I am addressing the most commonly attacked bit of retconning leveled at 4e play, that being wounds and healing. Later on, I'll try to address the other points...

While there are powers that grant temp hp and others that negate hits, I still don't think it's terribly feasible to make a character with a minion in tow for any serious encounter. The damages are just too high to be easily countered by temp hps. Average monster damage at that level is about...

Mostly agreeing with Greenfield The rules for antimagic effects pretty clearly align with most of what Greenfield is saying. Skip's statement that, "antimagic fields block line of effect," directly conflicts with the rules for antimagic quoted from the SRD (and the corresponding text in the...

Only the at-wills (meaning first-level at-will attack powers) have that note. The encounters, dailies, and utilities don't get that added.

I agree wholeheartedly that your interpretation is a likely intent, and that the placement of that odd sentence lends further credence to that view. In fact, I would not tend to limit a Berserker in that way. I was just pointing it out for full disclosure. (What I think might have happened was...

A berserker that uses a Primal power does not choose. They automatically go into their fury. Note that the at-wills in Heroes of the Feywild start with only the martial keyword, so they are safe; they only gain the primal keyword if the Berserker is already in Berserker Fury. Also note that...