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Sounds like you might get your own "Rain of Blows"! ;)

Or Wilson, from Home Improvement.

Wow, that's... an awesome idea. I'll have to give that a shot some time. I'm sure it will be quite the curveball when I tell the PCs to take their stuff off the battlemat so I can flip it over. :devil:

Yeah, I can see it making more sense if it didn't affect close powers, but did affect area powers. Granted, this still has a strange bearing on martial burst/blast powers, but at some point things get too complicated. Flipguarder, I think you might be trying to fit the game into reality, which...

I've played in a group for some time now where my Dragonborn Inspiring Warlord was the only leader, and we didn't have any defenders. We very recently got a Paladin, but I haven't played with him much, so I can't really judge his overall effect on the game. During our sans-defender games, I...

I'm running an extremely high-magic campaign, so buying magic items actually makes a lot of sense. I treat them similar to modern weapon shops, whose quality and exclusivity scales with level. For example, +1 items are available to the general public, +2 require registration, +3 and +4 are...

Good. Now that that's done, perhaps we can get back to discussing the original point of this thread. In particular, I would be curious to know from the OP: which systems did you play that had a grittier wound system? My first gaming experience was Vampire: the Masquerade, so I remember my...

This makes the Scion of Arkhosia PP seem even weaker by comparison. Unfortunately, I don't think it will be updated to reflect this alternative power creep any time soon.

A good place to play. I've played in a lot of places, from smelly basements to comfy living rooms. And as a college student, it was very hard to offer my cramped and usually hot dorm room, which frequently had a laughably small coffee table to support the visuals. As a recently married man, I...

I'm already guessing the answer is no, but I figured I'd ask the rules gurus here... The Scion of Arkhosia Paragon Path has two powers that are variations of the Dragon Breath racial feature. Do feats, such as Empowered Dragon Breath, enhance those powers as well?

I have to second this, especially the Deva part. I usually have a hard time envisioning Devas' place in society, but this one seems a fantastic match.

So, what's the general consensus on teleporting into other hazards? Say into a spot of a known trap that the enemy will trigger if put there? I ask because my avanger used this on a kobold to put him into his own pit trap once. I guess this issue is the same as the ledge one: the DM shouldn't...

Please don't quote me as fuel for an edition war. Goodbye and good gaming.

Yeah, I do wish there was better houserule functionality for the Character Builder, such as a feat-building option whose math would be reflected in the program. At the very least, I'm hoping one of the official responses is to acknowledge the +1/2/3 at 5/15/25 scaling, and allow that as an...

Off the top of my head and without consulting books, therre might be a linguistic difference between "you slide the target X" and "the target may shift X" that indicates whether or not the movement can occur. In the latter case, they are the ones taking the action, so I would say no.

A quick answer to your last question: no, all ranged weapons used with Twin Strike use Dex. The longer answer is that everything is power-based in 4e. Remember that even Ranged Basic Attacks are an at-will power. Technically, the only reason you use Str for Ranged Basic Attacks with Heavy...

My campaign takes place in a sprawling magical metropolis, and I also do the racial pigeon-hole deal. Each of the PHB1 races has their own residential district with its own cultural style. In the case of humans, they tend to be good at establishing and running governments (a task which other...

Another easy way to think about range is to imagine a square surrounding you. For example, let's say range 5. Count 5 squares in each of the 4 diagonal directions from you, and these will form the corners for the square area of your range.

Perhaps it's just because I'm more immersed in 4e than 3.5, but I actually prefer the defense mechanic. The old saving throws usually made me feel that I was attacking myself on a regular basis.

Funny, but overpowered as a minion-killer. It needs to be adjusted unless minions are dealt with somehow.