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It definitely isn't the case that all spellcasters can do this automatically. I have a half-orc cleric that gets 1 skill point/level, so his concentration check isn't looking so hot. :)

Given that it's exactly modeled on two existing +6/+6/+6 skill invocations, it's clearly balanced; I'd be extremely surprised if anyone said anything to the contrary. Hurray!

Please retitle the thread, since right now it lures one in with the promise of a complete 4e monster list. :) (When really it's a request for a list of monsters announced so far.)

Multiple slots wouldn't work very well for things like permanency. A simple solution is just to get a reserve pool of XP each level, which can be used for crafting/spell casting. If you wanted to throw non-casters a bone, it could also be used for buying action points.

I don't think there's ever been a case in my current group where the players strongly disagreed with the DM about stuff like this. If something seems a bit cheap or out of place, it's generally pretty obvious. All of us are interested in what makes for the best game, not just what gives our...

I've found the main rules to be mostly ok; but as mentioned above, there's almost no point to resisting grapple when it comes to the larger monsters. (Random thought: having the size bonus only apply on offensive grapple checks might kind of fix this.)

I'm amazed at how many people are proposing huge, sweeping changes to the game in this thread... :) I can see it's going to be a nuanced and productive discussion. Anyway, here are some mechanical areas that could be fixed: Streamline natural attacks/unarmed attacks/grapple interaction. Codify...

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A lot of epic feats are substantially worse than the upper level stances. (A lot of epic feats are hideously underpowered in any case.) I'd say that restricting it to light melee weapons makes it pretty balanced, considering the other stances out there.

That's actually a horrible hack. If the monk/soulknife loses the 2pp granted by the feat, they can no longer obtain psionic focus! And there are several ways to cause pp damage. It should just be explicitly stated that the class can gain psionic focus, if it's needed for class features. :)

I'm glad you like it, but beware of the fact that it's never (that I know of) been fully playtested. :) I'd really like hearing how it works out in practice. It's in the general spirit of making monk class features optional. You can effectively recover this ability with either of two...

My group rarely plays with a grid in any case. Even when using minis, we're just approximating the distance. But if you're going to bother to keep track of distances exactly, you might as well do it the correct way.

All this makes me wonder if a consortium of third party publishers might band together to release a kind of "next edition" SRD: not based on 4e D&D, although perhaps drawing inspiration from the things that seem to really work), but of their own devising. Having a common rules framework doesn't...

Well, yeah. That's what the word open means in this context. Certainly the law gives you a say in what's done with this. But unless you agree not to assert this right, your product is less open because of it.

Is anyone else a bit bothered by the "aura" style bonuses that are appearing all over the place in 4e? It seems like these would be a pain to keep track of...

Obviously not, if you look at what was said. :)

Eh, an easy houserule could be to give two fractions of each large group a +/- 5 vs. each roll. I'm thinking of the DM just eyeballing the numbers in each group, not a complete set of complicated rules for determining exactly which monsters get the bonus/penalty.

The force damage part is mitigated by the shape: it's a 30' burst, with a 30' range, so it will always be overlapping an area in front of you. That means that if you're casting it at bad guys, either there's nothing between you and them, or your allies are going to be hurt as well. It's more...

I noticed that Races of the Dragon has some sorcerer only spells, a couple of which seemed pretty good for a PC of mine. I'm a bit concerned about the balance/rules for them, though: Wings of Cover: This is an immediate action spell which provides momentary total cover, the idea being that you...

The "oral dication" thing is dead on. If the DM is somehow showing the dungeon to you visually, it wouldn't be too bad to map it, and probably would help with the immersion. But the DM describing every last detail of the maze? Not interesting.