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I'll second that. The archery ranger characters I've constructed turned out to be better rogues than my rogues skill-wise (it turns out that Wis and Dex help more traditional roguish skills in 4e than Int and Dex - dungeoneering, perception, insight as opposed to... none, unless your rogue is a...

Yeah, it's a bit odd that there aren't actually any Rules in the Rules Compendium, vis a vis things like flanking, combat advantage, concealment, actions, conditions, and so forth. It's a character choices compendium, more accurately. Without the already released errata, or the "rules"...

I'm really disappointed with the insistence that Sorcerer will be just another arcane controller. If you look at the (admittedly brief) history of the sorcerer in D&D, it's a class that had fluff indicating that its powers were derived from a natural connection to magic and the elements, often...

Of course they've wandered into "elementalist" territory, I have them as using the Elemental power source! In the Al-Qadim setting, all native wizards played off of elementalist themes. An illusionist, necromancer, or even a force-based evoker would be an Ajami - an alienist wizard. A native...

In many cases, rituals reduce adventurers' costs, secure valuables, or provide opportunities to find treasure and make money. Having them free would allow adventurers to avoid costs. Buy new equipment or Make Whole? Rent or buy enough pack mules and a cart (or enough henchmen) to carry around...

Honestly, I leafed through the 2nd edition reference last night, and I think you could do almost all of these kits as build options / recommendations. Much as you say above with the martial classes, "all warriors would be appropriate." Skill selections, multiclass feats, and skill training...

In addition to the denial-of-move action and combat advantage benefits, it's fun. It also seems as though it would be a natural consequence of slamming into people or launching forceful attacks against them, and it's somewhat cinematic in terms of visuals. More so than merely standing around...

I'm probably not the best person to answer, but as I'm working on an Al-Qadim-related class right now I'll try to answer. In terms of common use? What you have there might be a good guideline, however very large knives and machete-like blades are common enough in the setting that I'd leave in...

A couple of minor changes: The flavor text of the water at-will was changed, as it was clumsy for the effect. (It might be in the market for a new power name as well.) I did change the skill list to include perception. The Sha'ir is typically a shrewd character, and in many tales such a...

If only to show what 18 CHA is worth "under the hood." In all seriousness, cloth armor is different than clothing. Cloth armor is layers upon layers of clothing. Robes, vestments, cloaks, vests, hat, hood, and so forth... all the fancy stuff that wizard types typically wear. It doesn't...

Mixing and matching answers to those questions above: Sorry. I like knocking things prone for some twisted reason. It makes me giggle. :D Seriously, although damaged and knocked prone is nothing new, I do like The Ground Trembles if only for its ongoing effects, which I think are a bit...

Very nice. I've been working on a campaign setting of my own where there all of the fallen empires of the past had their own empire-enhancing devices, or doomsday devices to take out rivals. They were each powered in turn by captured mystical energies from the devices of the first empire...

I've been doing simulations with characters I've pregenerated in anticipation of a possible game with some completely novice players. There are three of them, and I've been trying out fights with three PCs against various encounters. Mostly to get the encounter balance right. The one thing...

Yeah... it does seem kind of weird in a way. When my mother was around, she used to do pretty much the same thing... "just make me a list of things you want and I'll get some things from it." It was nice in a way, but then I almost always knew what I was getting and I was just waiting for a...

And Durkon's... although not necessarily as imminent. Maybe I wasn't too far off in the last comment... a total party kill could be what he's going for... or a TPK less Haley and Elan, who have to get back together, build up a new party to eventually get everyone raised from the dead, and/or...

Individually, the strips are good and I'm very glad that Belkar finally got smacked down. More than anything, he just annoys me. I understand the type of character / player he represents, and why he's there in terms of the narrative, but, I'm glad this happened to him. But am I the only one...

Thanks. To be honest, the mechanism for using the Gen was the main reason I started the class. I suppose it shows. I haven't done very much with Leader classes so far, focusing instead on the Wizard and strikers. Damage felt too low, and I was trying to avoid letting "controller" effects...

Sha’ir Elemental Font The Sha’ir draws both beings and matter from the Elemental Chaos, and can produce a small amount of raw elemental material from the Elemental Chaos as a minor action once per encounter or every five minutes. He can produce flame up to the size of a campire, in an...

Yes. Just assume that once the encounter is over, the characters have the opportunity to stop, drop and roll. Post-encounter is a rest period, unless you throw another encounter at them immediately. Unless they're going to calmly sit down to catch their breath and drink coffee while they're...

3) Spectral Hound isn't really there. "...appears in a square you designate within range. The Spectral Hound does not occupy that square...." If it's not really there, then you haven't conjured anything. 2, 1) The effect doesn't necessarily last longer. That depends entirely on the...