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Yeah. I agree. Something like arcane lock to seal off a group is cool, but without that option, you can instead conjure something in the door's space, get the rogue to lock it with thievery, apply a padlock (can you buy them? *shrug*), get the fighter to put his back to it while he fights, get...

And much more importantly, rituals don't need to be memorized. It's not a question on whether or not they memorized it, it's can they find a way to use it. Thus, switching from prep to play.

House Rule: Rituals take a single standard action to cast. I wouldn't use it, but man, that's an easy change.

What I meant was that 3E style spell-casting doesn't necesarily equal creativity while 4E style is the opposite. Creativity in encounters is good, but that does not mean the incredible power of 3E casters is required or good; that's what I meant by separating the goodness of creativity in a...

Keep in mind the word challenge. Is it okay to cast a single spell and the combat is essentially over? Is that still a challenge? Two spells? What if it's the same spell every encounter? Does it matter that non-casters are left entirely out of the equation, or in other words, does it matter to...

Separate 3E casting and player creativity and I'm right on board. There's nothing inherently creative about spellcasting. You can cast spells creatively, just like you can do any action creatively; that's the greatness of having a DM. If it's otherworldy effects you want in order to be creative...

That was... quite funny. I'm not sure if it was meant to be, and I think I'm happier not knowing. If you find the time, I would appreciate more of these 'classifications.'

What? I played 3E before 4E. I 'button-pressed' because it was the best choice most of the time. Solid Fog is an amazing spell, huge controlling opportunity, probably the best a beguiler had at that level (Level 8? Level 4 spell.) But not every spell was used in combat, for instance the zone of...

What's the difference between creative utility and tactical utility in combat? As creative as I felt when I first cast 'zone of silence' and 'invisibility sphere,' I just punched the rogue who'd been training in stealth and move silently hilariously in the face, and I spread it around to the...

What do you mean? What does button pushing game mean exactly? And, if you could, include rituals in your description of how 4E is necessarily "button pushing" and how 3E is not necessarily "button pushing."

Yes! All my game! Stay away from it! I have both games, thank you, and though I don't want to play 3E anymore, I had much fun with it in its time. If you were wondering my point, it was that the particular issue the quoted poster had with 4E also exists in 3E. Hell, I still enjoyed casting Solid...

Fireball is bad, in the face of save or suck/die or no save wonders. Your 'creative use' just means finding the best options. Why use fireball when you can insta-kill enemies by running them off a false bridge? Creative use for me was casting Solid Fog just beyond the melee line, effectively...

"Dying: When your hit points drop to 0 or fewer, you fall unconscious and are dying. Any additional damage you take continues to reduce your current hit point total until your character dies." p.295 4E PHB. Don't see anything there about bleeding to death. You are choosing to flavor it so that...

In my game, the BBEG of the adventurer was a Ankheg refluffed as a paladin of the Silver Flame. Yeah.

Ideally, more than without the feats. Certainly not less than if they didn't have the feat.

...right, does anyone go to any good gaming conventions in Texas? Specifically, around either Austin, Houston, San Antonio or Dallas? I haven't been to one, and I would definitely be interested.

Cool, but check out Mortaneus's Combat Utility, to make sure you aren't reinventing the wheel. If your idea is different enough, it still may be useful to check it out. http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/DnD4eCM Here's the thread for the program here on ENWorld...

Well, I meant something that would be compatible with the Character Builder, but I downloaded it and it seems fairly cool. It doesn't seem to have some newer stuff like PH3 classes and races, so that is annoying.

It's not specific, but I feel discouraged as a 4E DM to create house rules and custom items, feats, powers, classes, races, etc, because there's not a good way to put those into the character builder. If 4E was restricted to paper, then it would be the same as previous editions. It's a silly...

@Samursus That's an interesting idea. I think artifacts would only affect the experience players get if it acted on its own, not if it just being used. Unless, one character with the artifact is approximately equal to or better than two characters, then maybe it should take a share of the...