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ZombieRoboNinja said and then I said and then you said You need to read more carefully.

If a rogue tries to use Blinding Barrage (Close blast 3), he can hit a bunch of enemies with his hand crossbow, even though it's normally a minor action to reload it. The equipment rules say that What about if he's using his (nonmagical) dagger? Can he draw any needed number of daggers as a...

If he does that, he can't use his TWF-or-archery powers, of which he is almost guaranteed to have at least a few. Ah, that's true, I forgot the paragon paths. Still, it's a bit strange that you need a basically external carrot to make the archery style actually better for someone who wants to...

It doesn't look like the two styles compare well. 1) The two-blade style gets you a feat (Toughness) and a secondary ability you can't get anywhere else in the game (use one-handed weapons in your off-hand), the archery style gets you a feat (Defensive Mobility). Even if you want to be an...

Are we talking about the Twin Strike Ranger Attack 1 At-Will? Because I don't see where it even implies that it allows you to make two basic attacks. It lets you make either two Str vs. AC melee attacks (main and off-hand weapon) or two Dex vs. AC ranged attacks, each dealing 1[W] damage.

A question for people who have played a bit: how often does a character end up using his at-will powers? Say you have a character whose at-will powers you're really happy but his encounters are merely okay; and a character whose at-will powers are okay, but whose encounter powers are really...

How is your sword-wielding wizard built? How come she has +10 with spells and +14 with swords? Any multiclass powers that let her put the sword to better use than just making basic attacks?

I do not want to have to choose. I agree, but IMO fighter/wizards are about swords and sorcery, not toughness and sorcery. Which is why I'd mostly be satisfied with any warrior type with Ritual Caster. But is her sword dealing 1[W] + Str while spells do 2d10 + Int and push 3 and knock prone...

I haven't looked through all the ranger powers, so I might be wrong, but it seems like TWF is at a distinct disadvantage compared to archery. There are a lot of powers which require either a ranged weapon or two melee weapons and allow two attacks. This means that a TWF ranger will have to...

I haven't checked your math carefully, but how much did you need to invest in this? What good is an awesome basic attack if your warlock powers are more awesome so you only use a basic attack in 2 out of 10 rounds in each fight? And they would've been more awesome still if you didn't spend...

Note that you're invisible only until the start of your next turn, so no sneak attacks unless you spend action points.

Does a wizard need to use his staff in two hands to get the defensive bonuses form Arcane Implement Mastery? Or could, say, an eladrin wizard use a sword in one hand and a staff in the other?

I know. I'm wondering if people think this is how the rule "should" work (whether by intent, or by game balance). Wizards pick two daily power every time anyone else picks one. It would stand to reason that this means that two wizard powers with the ability to use only one of them each day are...

Considering that wizards learn two daily spells (one of which is usable each day) each time they get a daily power, what happens when you multiclass into wizard and take the Adept Power feat? Do you get two spells and cast one of them each day as a wizard would, or do you get only one, as you...

At the cost of a feat. This makes your credibility on the subject of damage optimization somewhat dubious. :)

It's -2 to attacks, -2 Ref if you wear armour you're not proficient with. So if you think Combat Expertise for -2 attack/+2 AC is a good deal, try out pull plate, for -2/+8. :D

Not that much in 4E. -1 speed for scale, and -2 skills and -1 speed for plate.

Oh, I'm not saying rogues should be able to use their ninja 7[W] powers with 2d6 mauls by default. But I am saying they should be able to become able to do so, with the right investment, rather than being disallowed on principle. Of course, this is a matter of available feats, which will change...

It seems I overestimated the importance of the masterwork bumps and underestimated the rate at which stats are gained. Also, fighters are only proficient with scale, so that's another point (literally :)) for light, when comparing light armour fighters and heavy armour fighters. Depending on...

Exception based rules. You know this many powers, unless some other more specific rule changes how many powers you know (say, the human bonus at-will, or a multiclassing feat).