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This. In our 3.5 games, we tended to destroy all opposition without a shred of mercy, but the hapless opponents could still get off a lucky shot with a spell or ability and kill one of us. In 4E (partially due to lack of splat-book induced power-creep, partially due to system change), we're...

Since I have no idea where you are currently registering on the sarcasm meter, I'm just going to go ahead and say that your first post, whether you were sincere or not, is basically 100% correct, is shared by the players who used to play full casters in my groups, and is definitely shared by...

I've noticed that a lot of it comes down to playstyle and encounter design, whether your fights get "boring" or not. I'm in three weekly games right now - in one of them, I'm playing a warlord in my friend's homebrew game - in the other 2, I'm DMing KotS for 2 completely different groups. For...

And to be honest, they're all "pretty easy to drive" - I had a brand-new player last Saturday - rolled up a 2nd level Dragonborn Fighter with a little help and jumped right in. He didn't get his marking ability really figured out until halfway through the session, but he had no problem using his...

I see this brought up all the time - not be accusatory, but have you played 4E for 3-4 sessions? Fighters, Rogues, Wizards and Clerics all play extremely differently - just because they use the same layout in the class chapter doesn't mean they play anything like each other in my experience.

I wake up every morning and thank God that the 3.5 spell system is dead. Once you got to high level, it absolutely destroyed the game for everyone except the guy playing the caster. Our casters in our groups at high-level resorted to purposely un-optimizing themselves to try and make it playable...

Yeah, they do seem a little unbalanced, esp at low levels. I might push that item up to paragon tier, it seems more appropriate there.

Wouldn't even have to be an epic destiny, though that would be a cool ED. If everyone in the group is cool with it, you could just do it from first level - sure, one fight a day is pretty much an auto-win by the dragon player, but if everyone in the group is fine with the game balance...

Hmm - that might actually be doable - play a normal character, but with one additional power: Daily*Special Transform into Dragon X. For the duration of this encounter, use the MM stat-block as your statistics.

Not sure exactly what you're asking for here, but I'll take a stab at it: 1) Are Silver Dragons part of the default world/fluff? Yes, though even if they weren't, it's your campaign, add 'em in. 2) Are there currently monster stats for Silver Dragons? No - rumored to be coming with MM2 next...

Shifting away from the endless "utility powers don't provoke" argument attempts (I'm fully in the "all ranged and area powers provoke" camp, btw, though I understand the other point of view) - if the paladin is up against one opponent, he can use this just fine, because you can't take...

Um - you don't get bonus dmg on twin-strike - 1d10, then add your quarry dmg (d6/d8) on one of the hits. Read it again.

People need to give leaders a chance! Playing the healer doesn't suck like it did in 3.x - I'm playing a tactical warlord in one game right now and it rules. I can mix it up in melee almost as well as our fighter, and I can do all of my buffing and healing simultaneously with laying down the...

1) Druids. Always loved 'em, I'd like to see what a non-CoDzilla version looks like. And please, shape-shifting heavy - spells are what a druid does when ripping his opponents to pieces as a giant bear doesn't work out. 2) Ki power source - me likey oriental-themed options. A Samurai that isn't...

Don't forget that I'm throwing encounters from KotS scaled for 5 players at you - you guys have been keeping up with the threat level despite the "strain", so I haven't been scaling back much. You're just playing a little bit above your level. :) But I do a agree that a cleric is better at...

Ranger w/ two bastard swords? Hey, it's over the top, but whatever. Trying to use eldritch blast on statues to see if they're monsters? Trying to re-charge encounters mid-encounter? Your initial post was correct - those people are ***(deleted for the sake of Eric's Grandma)*** and there's no...

Quoted from D&DI Compendium for clarity: Quoted for additional clarity: Nowhere in the weapon descriptor does it imply that you get to add the bonus from the warlord's magic weapon/feats/etc. That all gets added on "damage rolls" aka anything with x[W] in the dmg descriptor. The power is...

We usually play for 3-4 hours. First session, character meet-up, travel to Winterhaven from my starting town. Mild rp-ing at various inns and camp-sites on the way, one ambush by a Shadar-kai chain-fighter (sowing seeds for my plans after we finish KotS), then the first kobold ambush, into town...

Yeah, me letting you guys pull off that whole "readied ranged attacks if they show themselves" thing helped out a lot. I thought I might have had you for a bit when the wyrmpriest rolled max damage on the breath weapon. Still, I got my payback when the fighter dropped into the pit trap later. :)

3) Says very explicitly that allies never grant cover, but enemies do. So if you're the elf ranger with a bow (E), and you're in a line behind your dragonborn fighter friend (D), an orc minion (m) and an Eye of Gruumsh (G), like so: G m D E Then the minion does not have cover from you (because...