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Another thing to keep in mind is that having an embedded ranged weapon or implement is basically a slightly weaker version of 4e's Quick Draw feat. With Quick Draw, you basically are assumed to have whichever weapon you're attacking with ready as part of your attack action. So a wizard with...

It's a large part of their benefit as a race, so I'd say it's ok for them to let them use an implement hands-free. Being a construct gives them: Not needing to eat, drink or breathe, which is more of an RP benefit than a gameplay benefit in most 4e games, it seems. So that leaves the benefits...

It makes sense to me. A DM should be able to pack in more stuff on an adventure at the end of a tier, to wrap up loose ends, ramp up the plot or transition from the Heroic levels when going to Paragon, or from the Paragon levels when going to Epic. If you think of each tier as a volume in a...

Granted, it can be tough at times, but the OP has mentioned a very fertile source of inspiration for this very thing - the Thief video games. Go back and reread the part in the DMG about borrowing liberally for your campaigns. Seems to me that once again, the solutions are right in front of...

I know you're getting hammered here for this, but quite honestly you're being silly and perhaps a bit stubborn not to see what's in front of you, so I'll add my own voice to this: I would think infiltration would be more like the example you cite (Thief: TDP, Thief: TMA, etc) under 4e as you...

I'm really happy with these, as well. I wish they could have spared an extra two pages or so to add them to the PHB, but at least we have them now. It may not be the greatest Daily, but Phantom Chasm made me smile an evil little grin. As a daily, too bad it's not Burst 2 within 10 rather than...

This post threw me off because up to the point where I cut off the quote above, I thought this was going to be a "Horay! Everyone got to play a class they like, and no one was forced into one class to fulfill a role." Or "Yippie! No more trite polytheist fantasy religions forced down the...

I'd say you have to look at why flanking is beneficial if you want to go down this path: flanking works simply because a combatant's feels threatened from both sides, and his attention is divided between foes on either side, so he can't raise a defense as well against both. Now, we all know...

I'm in total agreement that terrain makes 4e combat (much more) fun. In addition to terrain, combine encounters with traps more often with a ranged group if you're having a hard time challenging them, particularly traps that "shoot back" or can affect mobility or limit (or perhaps even...

Come to think of it, that statement doesn't make much sense regardless, as "now" has never been an option on the table for Psionics. It's always been a minimum of about 12 months from now. I'm assuming that what he means is, "Do you want Psionics when we planned to release them next year, or...

You might be right, but I'm almost afraid of that... soon, we'll have entire "War" adventuring parties: Warminds being led by Warlords helping to make sure that Warlocks don't get hit.

Assuming they're relying on other books for the Swordmage (FRPHB, we already know) and the Bard, and their minimum ideal for putting out a power source sourcebook is three classes in the source (as it is with Martial Power), I suppose they could still squeeze in Psionics. In keeping with my...

But "Eldritch Bolt" would work just fine, I think. There's definitely something strange with 4e wherein they weren't afraid to get rid of old concepts, classes, races, skills, and so forth... but they kept a lot of the same names when something better might have worked. They killed sacred...

The classes don't exist in a vacuum, I think that's important to remember. They have to plan the release of products around the release of classes, with their current plan for "splatbooks." It's a fairly safe bet that they want to get the Arcane Power and Divine Power sourcebooks out there as...

I'm actually finding that the characters I'm making seem to turn out stronger when I pick a race that increases secondary stats, and just pay for the primary stat all-out. In the standard point buy, it seems like 2 secondaries at +2 for race are about equally effective, say if you put a 12 into...

For the couple of Star Pact characters I was working on, the pact's powers made the most sense. And going strictly by the rulebook, for At-Will powers you only get your Pact's at-will and the Eldritch Blast. You can do CON on both of them, but then the Star Pact's encounter and daily are CHA...

That would make Star Pact an even worse option. But it does say the bonus is cumulative in the description.

Why is it that if you stick within your pact powers, a Fey Warlock gets powers that all derive their attack from Charisma, while an Infernal Warlock has gets powers that all derive from their Constitution, but a Star Pact Warlock has to keep up both Charisma and Constitution to get by if they...

Thank you! This is great. Only two issues I've noticed so far: :1: On the second page of the character sheet in the racial features box, it will show the Halfling racial bonus to saves vs. fear as +4. It's +5 in the PHB. :2: Also on the second page of the character sheet in the racial...

I'm developing a campaign setting where dozens upon dozens of civilizations have built up empires and seen them crumble. The land just seems to resist order on any large scale for any length of time. Bad things happen to those with imperial ambitions. Various ancient empires had items or...