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This last bit makes me very suspicious... What do you mean? If you mean to say that the archer was far enough away that you did not require the archer to hide, then you did, in fact given the PCs a sizable advantage over RAW. While your use of their passive 9 is quite in line with the rules, I...

I am of those for whom the concept of balance is primordial - that being said, the word evidently means a different thing to different people. Most people I read saying something along the lines of : "there is no need for balance, you just..." are in fact balancing... It is thus evident that my...

While you may be correct - it is very dangerous to say : "most people are wrong, but I am right". It can be true, but should be said with great caution. Again, be careful as many of these terms are often something quite tangible as concepts to many people making them not WYCD but actually WYA -...

I'm almost never a player - but even then, I am a very big fan of WYCD as WYA and inversely. By this I mean that I find it important that I can do what WYA implies in the game world. I am also one that would be labeled as a "mostly dis-associated" mechanics enthusiast. A prime example would be...

* modified for brevity. I do agree that the feat is not required for play - I'm just of a mindset from which having an adventuring caster (will often be in dungeons, face very frequent combat, etc.) that uses Concentration spells not pursue this kind of feat as a base-line training requirement...

I understand the goal of the feat, and I agree to whom it will be of most appeal and benefit. However (and this is always dependent on your play style), the "default" playstyle, as provided by official modules and such does mean that all casters are "front-line casters". By this I do not mean...

It's nice that many people's preferences can be easily accommodated "within the rules". However, for my part, feats like War Caster seem like a thing all adventuring casters would have. If you're going into close-quarters battle on a regular basis (often in cramped and ~unescapable...

My local hobby store has already sold out! I'll have to find another! /ragequest

It is a 2nd level spell (plenty of castings possible) and can be cast as a reaction (i.e. the lich casts a spell, I auto-counter). Things don't need to be shut down for 10 rounds - 2 or 3 rounds is plenty to make a creature "impotent" and 2 or 3 2nd level slots seems a small price to pay for a...

Silence (the spell) is OP! /ragequiet

This is tangential at best to the OP, but still... Am I the only one freaking out about silence? All I see on the boards are Fighter/Wizard contests; what about the cleric ­­­­>> caster? I can't understand how an enemy caster faced with a (or PCs forbid multiple) cleric has any hope of doing...

There are beautiful tools in there to facilitate theater of the mind. Which 4e is sorely lacking in it's "sales pitch". It would be very easy - and in many situations of good and proper use - to pilfer the "engaged/near/far" distances to facilitate TotM; as well as the "affects 1d3 targets" of...

Kinak beat me to it... what I wrote (should anyone care) A possible solution to the over beating on the PCs is to offer a major buff/recharge for the PCs during the battle. A possible avenue could be : when the Duc is released from compulsion he uses a family heirloom/artifact/etc to grant a...

hehehe Sadly, no. It was still pretty high in the thread list when using the 4e tag... So, only shallow grave necromancy - not that expensive really.

I think the concensus is more along the lines of : cool idea, I like it/I'm ok with it/I'm concerned about the implementation and what it will cost with regards to certain builds or classes that are currently enjoyable. From what I'm reading, I'd not throw it out - also I, personnaly, really...

To pile on to Quickleaf, giving players the option to completetly "negate" a very bad condition is a great thing. A simple, but effective way of doing this is by free information and delayed consequences. Player John is going to be dominated at the start of his following turn (not next turn)...

Action denial is probably the hardest thing to design well... It's usually, very, very boring for the player (very bad) or overpowering for a monster (less bad, but potentially very bad - mostly story side). The problem is it's just SO expected and possibly ingrained into our vision of...

Some very very cool ideas in here ! After reading 13th Age, I was conforted in the "damage by weapon by class" and "AC by armour type by class" approach I always thought was a good idea but never had the courage to implement. Seeing that others were braver is both shaming and encouraging ...

While your ideas are very much valid and of interest to me, I also find it funny (enough to comment on it) that you have built a 10 post thread all by yourself. I am unsure if applause or frown is the correct response - and so I shall do both. :) :hmm:

Three (don't judge me) thumbs WAY up ! Like, WAY WAY up. We're talking exospheric levels of agreement. Comment directed at blog post - I have not read the comments yet.