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EMERGENCY UPDATE!!! The Cleric will be gone, and the game starts at 6:00! He just e-mailed me saying he's sick. I've given it some thought, and there happens to be a Dragonborn bodyguard who will be with the players on the caravan anyway. Will it work to give him NPC stats and give him a...

Out of curiosity, which classes would you say are MAD?

I know this has been discussed before, but usually in the context of the Rogue's MBAs. I'm not proposing a feat per se (I've already made up my mind on that topic), but I want to discuss the philosophy behind the Intelligent Blademaster feat for Swordmages. For those of you unfamiliar, it allows...

Whoo... good question. After poking around a bit, I'd ultimately direct you to PHB 271. In the "Close Attack" shaded area, under "Origin Square," it says, "A close blast uses a square within your space as its origin square." Thus, I would say that the origin square remains in the monster's new...

It's all good. Thanks for indulging the digression.

Lol, fair enough. It's not an official name or anything, though, just how I chose to say "I'm a psychologist, and therefore trained in statistics" at the time. Glad you liked the explanation, though.

Yup. The short answer: psychology uses tons of statistics in their research, so psychologists need to know statistics. The long answer: 1) Psychology deals a lot with concepts called "hypothetical constructs." Take one of these constructs for example: let's say, inhibition. It's hypothetical...

... Thanks for the apology, and apology accepted, but my general experience is that it's usually bad form to immediately follow an apology with an insult, even if in jest... I'll assume you know what I actually meant by "statistically trained psychologist."

If you're actually posing the question, I'm not saying every character has to be optimal. And yes, D&D is about fun. But I wasn't discussing fun just then. I was addressing an optimization issue, which is a completely different topic in my mind than fun. In fact, I was agreeing with those who...

Excuse me? Perhaps I've been busy with other stuff and simply forgot or overlooked a previous post. But as a statistically trained psychologist, I wholeheartedly object to your assertion that I brought up 100% of anything as a figure. Please either correct me or correct your post.

I will chime in that I'm disappointed the Paladin is so MAD. Any ideas on tweaking this? Like letting Divine Challenge benefit from Strength OR Charisma?

I dunno. I have to admit I'd hook up with a 4e dwarf chick. I think they're the most attractive female dwarves illustrated in D&D to date.

Ooh, the Gensai discussion is nice. I think I might combine the Gensai stuff with my Swordmage idea for my next character. And here I thought I was gonna play a striker next!

Gotcha. Doable, but I wouldn't say optimal.

Fair enough. I should have qualified my statement a little better. And I should consider that defenders' penalties (MBA or radiant damage) should come up now and then. Action points and such may be some of those judicious circumstances I have to consider. But those are the exceptions to the...

Well, that's the thing: some of us WILL be playing a game with complete strangers. The group I'm with started out as a Craigslist ad, and people come and go as life leads them. It's also helpful since we rotate DMs, since new DMs haven't made the DM/player preference considerations from that...

I've never bought the AC argument. It strikes me as just plain metagaming on the part of the DM. Monsters don't know the AC of the party, just as the party doesn't know the AC of the monsters. I will DM my first 4e game tomorrow, and if the Paladin marks something, I intend that something to...

One thing I've been contemplating but haven't yet tried is making a Wizard of the Sprial Tower (that's the longsword one, right?) multiclassed into Swordmage and taking the Intelligent Blademaster feat. Add close attacks, and you've got a good close-combat Wizard. You'd make a fine companion to...

Then in your case your Warlord does have high strength. Not as high as intelligence, but still high. The point being made is that strength is not and cannot be a dump stat for Warlords*, unless you forego many of the powers at their disposal. Hammer and Anvil, for example, requires Warlords to...

Agreed. While there are a handful of powers that don't require the Warlord to hit (and therefore require STR), Hammer and Anvil is not one of them. I might be able to change my mind if someone posted a non-attacking Warlord build, but I just don't see it.