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    Ranger should have been Martial Controllers

    There are some controller-ish things you can do with a martial concept. I think part of the problem is that the controller role is a bit hard to pin down. Here are some martial ideas for 'controlling' Using nets like the roman glatiators (retiarii). Setting snares. Using javelins or arrows...
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    Why Dragonborn fighters should have low Con

    Ok, I was a little too aggressive in my statement. I do think that con is not *necessary* for the dragonborn fighter - especially if the player wants to choose other options requiring a higher wisdom/dex etc.
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    Why Dragonborn fighters should have low Con

    I've been seeing people post all the time that dragonborn need a high con to make effective use of the breath weapon. I'd like to pose a different way of looking at the problem. Take your dragonborn fighter. If you maximize his strength, that stat will be used for the attack roll for the...
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    What kind of PC game do you want from 4E?

    Exactly. I'd also like to see a real-time strategy game (better than dragonshard though)... And... I don't know if anyone remembers Stronghold (1993), but I want a remake of that game. It was basically a D&D city builder where you could send your residents off to fight monster strongholds...
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    Magic Items and their resale value

    This design decision actually seems to fall more in the camp of 'realism' than 'balance' to me. Anytime you go buy something in a store, how much do you think it's marked up from what the retailer paid for it? I'm not in that business, but I always expect that it's something like a 400%...
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    Excel DM Screen - legal help?

    I'm currently compiling relevant tables from the 4e core rulebooks into an excel sheet for my own personal use. (I've bought the books) I think that the sheet could be of use to other DM's who have purchased the core rulebooks, and I'd like to make it available. I don't want to step on...
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    So, what monsters should be Elite and Solos?

    On the subject of dinosaurs... things like Ankylosaurus or Stegosaurus would be possible solos - a tail sweep attack to deal with multiple opponents.
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    Minions and Temporary HPs

    Giving hps to minions defeats the purpose. If anything, I'd rather that they get something like if they get 5 temporary hp, it takes a hit that does at least 3 damage to kill them. No tracking.
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    D&D 4E Piracy and 4e

    Look, I'm trying to be respectful of other people here, and I've put myself out on a limb by disagreeing with the widely accepted viewpoint. My point was that regardless of whether or not it was ethical to pirate the material, the piracy acted as advertising that later paid off, and thus, in...
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    D&D 4E Piracy and 4e

    How is it lost? They still have it, own the rights to it, and can sell it to other people.
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    D&D 4E Piracy and 4e

    Obviously I (and a few others) don't see things the same way as you do. To me, "piracy" is vastly different from stealing because a copyright violator does not diminish the possessions of another when he acquires for himself. If he would have otherwise bought the material, then a sale is lost...
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    D&D 4E Piracy and 4e

    I pirated everything in 3e because I didn't have any disposable income. I've preordered 4e because I do have disposable income now. I know I'm not necessarily representative of the whole population, but my suspicion is that piracy will be exactly as much of a problem for 4e as it was for 3e...
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    Bloat already?

    This actually goes a long way to assuaging my doubts. I'm not entirely content, but... that was a good point.
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    Female Dragonborn - No longer have breasts?

    It would have been more interesting if they had just made the dragonborn asexual. To reproduce they lay eggs which grow without fertilization. Oh well.
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    Bloat already?

    I've been really excited about 4e... and EnWorld has been my only source of information about it. One of the things that made 3.5 start to bog down after a while (to me at least) was the insane variety of classes, prestige classes, and races available to players. It seems like people are...
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    Will different core settings be geared toward a particular "tier" of play?

    "You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Sorry for the quick derail. It's just that the word looked like a real one, and I just *had* to know what it meant. So I looked it up to find out. Did you mean uniqueness? It's also sort of like 'ubiquitousness'...
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    IF a PDFs of the 3 core books were leaked, would you:

    I think the issue is that in most cases fo downloading, you are also redistributing at the same time. (Peer to peer filesharing, at least). As for PDF's being portable.. I think the word is a bit misleading. If I remember correctly, pdf stands for portable document format, meaning it can be...
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    instead of Bard spells, Ritual songs?

    Not to be childish, but... OMG YES!!1
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    D&D 4E 4e and Computer Games

    Clarifications: Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II were 2e. Icewind Dale II was 3e, and decent. Opinions: Planescape: Torment is the best crpg of all time. (Followed closely by fallout/fallout 2, and then Baldur's Gate II.) NWN2 was a disappointment. The story was much better than NWN1, but...
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    I've solved Power Attack!

    2w + str + knockdown (if same size or smaller) or knockback (if larger) would make me consider using it at the risk of opportunity attack. I think the -2 to attack is irritating and not necessary though.
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