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IMO the DCs aren't too low, though they can appear that way. There has been a recent WotC article explaining the math and I think the design is sound It is worth noting that in order to get an even chance of success for the entire challenge, you need individual skill rolls to have the following...

Congratulations for stating the obvious :) If it wasn't clear, I was responding the OPs issue of taking ages to look for correct minis. Searching PDFs of counters is much quicker IME.

I use Fiery Dragon counter PDFs. I simply collate the session's minis (much easier with the searchable names) onto a page, print it on to a label sticker, stick this onto foam board and cut as needed. It helps with storage and speeds up prep time. Plus I can usually get a more accurate counter...

FWIW I am a big fan of FR 4e. It has been a highlight for me of the 4e adventures so far. I wouldn't have touched FR with a barge pole in 3e. Most of the vitriol I have seen against FR4e comes from FR3e fans. From that POV I am expecting the same complaints with Eberron4e from Eberron 3e fans...

No it isn't. A Wizard doing higher damage is neither more "simulationist" or "narrativist" or less "gamist" than the 4e approach. It is merely a mechanical consequence of the rules as written. 4e takes a different approach than previous editions and your expectations conflicting with it...

Honestly, he should suck it up. This is a case of wanting to have your cake and eat it too. The player will still get considerably benefit from Expanded Spell Book feat (as it will likely apply to 2 or 3 levels of Wizard Spells even with the multiclass).

That's true, though Wizards do get 2 Utilities as well. So the same issue applies.

Its just extra communication from the players to the DM. Feel free to ignore it but more information passed the better. FWIW I have been using Wishlists since AD&D1e and it works great and overtime is much fairer on PCs than random distribution.

The baseline of 50% (or actually 55%) became a dominant factor in D&D3e. At 1st level, with equal bonuses, you generally need to get a 10 or greater on a d20 to succeed at an attack. However, this baseline is easily stretched with specific examples, especially as you increase in levels...

No offence intended, but I don't understand how people find skill challenges as a lot of work. Mechanically they are very simple (choose complexity, level, success and failure). The difficulty is really in presentation which requires only a little more forethought than a pre-D&D4e skill...

My guess is Dark Sun. With PHB3 introducing Psionics, I think WotC will want to stretch its 4e legs with the 3rd setting.

This is a great blog for making Skill Challenges more fun: Skill Challenges Archive - At Will Here are some of my own suggestions at some more alternative uses for Skill Challenges: gametime: [D&D4e] Alternative Uses for Skill Challenges

Seems like I am in the minority here but I started off disliking 4e but ever since the books were released I have become more and more in favour of 4e. If we could just get some adventures that fulfil the 4e promise I would be happy.

Not much Star Wars love :) I am running Dawn of Defiance. We are just about to finish episode 5. I have personally cut each adventure down by about 1/3 purely as I like my Star Wars to move at a very fast pace. However, the advantures could likewise be exapnded for a campaign stretching over a...

What about if you remove the Ranger, the Warlock, the Paladin and the Warlord? That's still providing the 4 iconic classes and covers the 3 powers and 4 roles. I still think that you can take the existing D&D4e ruleset, trim it down to a 96 page PHB (4 races, 4 classes, 3 levels, trimmed...

I totally agree that this would a much better starter set. I also think you could streamline this material down further by removing 25% of the Powers and a number of the less used combat options and equipment to get down to a 96 pages. Add in a 64 page book for GMs with 20 pages of monsters and...

My original plan was to focus on adventures and rules books. However, the three Heroic modules were very bad IMO with their pure and inflexible dungeon structure. Adventurer's Vault looks to be 200 pages of magic items and again I find that to be very dull. On saying that, the FR setting stuff...

I have it. It has a more loose feel than the 3 Heroic modules, which IMO is to its advantage. Rather than a complete the dungeon beginning to end, it is more focussed around foiling a villain's plan and encountering the prophetic ghost. In combination with the FRCG I think this makes for a much...

You can do that with Saga without the need of TFU. Lightsaber's ignore DR. Battlestrike can add +5d6 damage to the Lightsaber's base 2d8. Add in Dark Rage for +6, a good strength on a two handed lightsaber for +4, a critical hit to double damage, Powerful Charge for another +10 and a decent...

The multiclass rules say that if you take the 4 multiclass feats, you may choose to take a paragon path of your second class.