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For my 2nd level character, I use 2d10 for hp, and 1d12 for tracking surges. Once you hit paragon, you'd need to switch to 3d10 for hp... so it might not continue being the best solution.

I think this is a silverlight issue, and outside of the hands of the wizard devs (short of switching to a different programming language).

The old CB was buggy and bloated too. I think the new one is prettier, and I hope the bugs will be sorted soon. The only thing I really take issue with is the 1gb+ print spooling, and printing to a pdf helps with that a little.

I haven't found this to be the case. In LFR I'm playing a Human 2 Warlock|Battlemind. The at-wills I've got are eldritch strike, hellish rebuke, and concussive spike. I typically do the most damage at the table, am as survivable as the defender, and get to have fun pushing enemies around. I've...

This. 4e did away with simulationism. Monsters don't play by the same rules as players. If you want to build an encounter with the risk of a ship sinking, you can just put a timelimit. The pcs have to defeat the enemies in x rounds, or the ship sinks. Maybe combine it with a skill challenge...

You can build an effective swordmage|warlock even if you dump intelligence. It's best to do human for that since it's frustrating to have only one at-will. You can use Lashing Asp for your swordmage daily (no int roll) and flamewall strike for your swordmage encounter (also no int roll). For...

I DM'd paragon LFR for the first time on monday. Round 1: bang flash boom, monster drops. Rounds 2:10 = grind. You can have both problems. In this case, the grind was because the encounter was composed of soldiers and controllers.

They should just run a propcase function on the database. It's better to clean the data than to write slower but more robust code.

Miss is "reroll the attack roll" not "make the attack again" I'm pretty certain you only get to reroll once. Also, the psychic resistance should protect him. There is no exception in the power to say otherwise.

Absolutely! Players should totally be able to play with multiple subnormal stats... but gain no additional benefit from it. If you want to play a total clutz, weakling, pariah, or dunce that's fine. You don't get to be stronger better faster because of it.

In fantasy settings, I think firearms are best used as a one-shot (per encounter) item. Your swashbuckler fires off a pistol and then draws a sword to engage the enemy. Any kind of repeating firearm is far too modern to me, and multiple-round reloads are just too clunky. I like Drackcove's...

Seconded. I'd also combine this with some flavor enhancers! Let's say you have a player who wants the mechanical effect of frost cheese. Instead of "you find a +2 frost weapon", have them fight a difficult encounter against a white dragon or frost drake. Describe the killing blow as the sword...

7 pages, and nobody mentioned attached rods?

A while ago I wrote a python script to rip feat data from the compendium (I didn't realize it was against ToS). My entire reason for it was the lack of a linux based character builder, and I was hoping I could put together a parser that would let me reproduce that functionality. Pipe dream was...

It goes against the spirit of what a minion is. Minions are there to fill the battlefield and make the PCs (specifically controllers) feel useful. Switching them to two hit with a thresh hold makes strikers the best to deal with them. So where do controllers shine? Also, increasing the number of...

I don't like the two hit rule at all. The minions I've seen so far in LFR that I like are the "crazed human rabble". They slide pcs who start near them, and one they die, they deal damage equal to x times the number of rabble next to the PC. In the last session I ran, three of them moved next...

Essentials seems closer in spirit to the D&D I grew up with, and the class mechanics seem more fun and better thought out. I'm not a fan of how items work. Personally, I would have liked to see inherent bonuses become the norm, with armor and weapon special abilities being the only thing...

It's an interrupt. Let's say B is the trigger for C. A. B. <- trigger. Now the flow goes to: A, C, B If it were a reaction instead, it gets resolved as A, B, C For the orc, the trigger is the damage, not the death. The interrupt happens before the damage applies. As a side note, this...

Standard action to tie the rope. This is a moderate thievery check which gives a +2 bonus to the subsequent athletics check. There is no penalty for failure. (This represents a better harness being made which allows the person in the pit to help by walking up the sides) Standard actions to...

1. Hit Orc (which has 8 hp left) 2. Roll 10 damage. 3. Interrupt charge triggered. 4. Charge provokes opportunity attack. 5. Opportunity attack hits. 6a. Roll 10 damage. 7a. Orc already used interrupt. 8a. Orc dies. 6b. Roll 6 damage. (Orc has 2hp left) 7b. Orc continues charge. 8b. Orc hits...