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I think I remember seeing "vita-radiation hazard" warnings around the serum, too. That geeked me out, hard. Brad

That was a welcome surprise. I thought unflavored elementals were gone the way of the dodo. Woot! Lots of epic-level stuff in there, too, more than I recall from the other two MMs. Brad

Based on my experience, they do. The (suboptimally-built) ranger outdamages my pursuit avenger. The avenger hits about 50% more often or so, but the hits do significantly less damage per hit, more than enough that their damage output winds up being relatively low. Yes, they have extra-damage...

That depends on if the surrender will be honored or not. They may well be angling for an easier time slaughtering the party. If that appears to be the case, no reason to let them have an easy time. Brad

Oh, totally. Particularly Lawful Evil, it would look like, what with all the papers and passes and whatnot. Interesting how a lot of his BBEGs are charismatic and funny. Of course, were they not funny, they'd be boring. Brad

This is one of the better takeaways I've seen. If you see something bad coming, start planning to get out, NOW. Of course, to retreat you need to move faster than the things that you're fighting. Which, in 3e, with the 20'/round movement rate available to dwarves and fighters, was really hard...

The weapon damage doesn't matter as much as one might think, especially when you can add in sneak attack damage almost every hit. Hell, I came within an inch of taking Power Attack, as I was often hitting on a 3 or better with my rogue with Piercing Strike. Brad

Ah. This makes much more sense, then. Thanks! Brad

Indeed. I'm not exactly hyped for it, either. I know people that are, but I never got into Dark Sun. I'm sure that I'll wind up playing it (one of our DMs has already said that's his next game), though, and I'll likely get the book, but I'm not exactly hyped for it. Brad

Stupid question. Don't they already let you use the implements? I see the cleric multiclass feats specifically say "you can wield cleric implements." Brad

Our DM has this cute thing about how we're supposed to start at 1. We haven't started at 1 since, oh, about six years ago. Brad

Oooo, nifty. Much better than those d8-imitators. But back to the subject: Yeah, I'd love to play a monk, but there are just so many freaking auras out there that it makes me think WTF? Brad

The rogue really should be working to get sneak attack in as much as humanly possible. And Backstabber is one of the highest-output damage feats. It's +2 damage/hit on average at heroic, as long as you have combat advantage. If the rogue's not getting combat advantage, then his damage is...

We use poker chips, small ones that just fit under the mini bases. Two of the players (I'm one of them) generally have a set that they use to put under the minis and put them back into place, as the DM's arms aren't long enough to reach all the way across the damn table and do that. Blue =...

It showed up in an issue of Fantastic Four before Civil War, in, unsurprisingly, Oklahoma. The Army had built a dome over it, and Dr. Doom came back from Hell to try and get it. Brad

Addressing in the last quote, below. Staves still count as two implements when wielded two-handed; at least, they haven't fixed it on the Character Builder, which leads me to believe it's OK. Which vaguely surprises me. Obviously, I'm not double-counting the item bonus from Staff of Ruin...

I'll keep that in mind. The wording seems to indicate it only goes against the same target, but I may be reading that too conservatively. It is certainly attractive, though. I'm not *that* concerned about defenses as much, at least, not for hide armor proficiency. :) The original build...

Bear in mind that you're not actually going to be critting so often as to make brutal worthless. Yes, you have two chances, but it's still not like every third attack. I personally prefer the Executioner's Axe, and don't really worry much about the implement (we've had enough drop anyway). Brad

In the Eberron game I'm in, the DM has indicated that when we hit epic level, we'll have a chance to do a switchout. After one too many monsters with auras, I'm thinking of switching my avenger to something ranged, and I've really wanted to try a sorcerer. I went human for the extra at-will...

I can't wait for the inevitable "well, yes, I'm a fun guy, but I'm evil as hell" moment. And one wonders if Hailey's dad is there. Brad