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I feel like you could just as easily say that a Rogue can sneak attack the magic binding the golem as he can't. It's magic! Who knows how that would work. Maybe there are points of magical weakness ala 'Shadow of the Colossus.' Besides, rogues are adept with dealing with magical traps, they...

Think you could scale that down a smidge? Also, is that a lego man?

Didn't notice that, but that's cool. I think it would be funny/cool if the paladin could take Cleric (STR based, most likely) dailies as well as their own, to give a nod to Paladins of 3.X and before using cleric spells as they leveled. I doubt they would do that though, for balance issues and...

I noticed a problem with companion characters as written, though, in the DMG2. I used 3 of them and found I was arbitrarily increasing various factors (AC, HP, Damage, etc) They're just not nearly as good as PC's, yet they demand an equal share of the experience points. For this, and other...

Why isn't the cavalier Martial and Divine, like we saw for the essentials ranger? I was sure it would be both especially after reading "Paladins are well trained with their weapons and armor, but they augment that skill with divine powers that allow them to shield their allies and smite their...

I disagree that pulling a character up is a 'cheeseball' approach, people would do it in real life if it they had to or it was just easier that way. Why wouldn't anyone do that? People take the elevator instead of stairs even if it's only 1-floor and thus time isn't really a factor. Maybe that's...

Oh lordie. The ship is already immobilized, the water is constantly applying a PUSH effect to the ship every round causing it to move. You'd have to RESTRAIN the ship to stop forced movement. (EDIT: Similarly, characters don't slam against the wall from being immobilized due to the spinning of...

As a DM I say stay with what you have because I don't like player's changing characters. Just just changing your class and leaving everything else the same is much better, but if the DM was lining up something to do with your Warden class he'll have to change that. That said, I think Fighter is...

@DracoSuave Making it uncommon makes it out of the player's hands, so making it rare was unnecessary. I agree, I have no idea what 'new' rare items will be. But I know WotC reads these forums, and maybe there's a chance that this opinion among many will matter. Hopefully, my opinion will be...

I disagree that it fits what Mike Mearls said perfectly. I cut his article into portions I think contradict your statements, and bolded particularly interesting points. Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Magic Item Rarity) So first they get feedback that high...

He said level 4 adventurers, not the players of level 4 adventurers. I imagine for the characters in the setting, finding any magic would be at least a little bit of a thrill, even if only to sell it.

Well, I think they should be closer to artifacts. Rare items are a once per tier sort of thing, just like artifacts. Artifacts are completely in DM control, just like rare items. Anyway, the issue for me isn't the power level exactly, it's just the interesting-ness of it. Something like a...

EDIT: Link http://wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ex/20101015 My thoughts: moderately disappointed. The item is no doubt pretty good. +1d10 damage on radiant powers is pretty darn good; seems more like the ultimate weapon of clerics and warpriests and whatnot. Unless getting all radiant...

Are you just saying you want hard larger covers instead of soft smaller ones? I'm not sure how you can say you Miss 4E when you say right in your original post that Essentials is 4e. So you're not really missing anything. If it's just about the hardcover vs. softcover thing... I'm not sure...

The PC's get a job to chase down a Mul into the desert who fled from a noble. On the Mul's way out, it managed to kill a guard. The PC's might talk to the Watch, the guard's family, or the Noble. The Mul was actually exacting revenge on the guard because the guard enslaved him to begin with...

It has potential I think. The acceleration/gaining momentum thing seems needlessly complicated. It doesn't sound bad at first, but when you have 9 of those things, and the marked player is moving every round, that means you have to figure it out again every round for each creature. I'd say just...

Zaran Huh? What is this business about appeasing two crowds? We know that the essentials books stop at 10 and we get other stuff afterward, like Mordenkeinen's Maginifiglorindous Emporium and the Shadowbad box set. Besides, is it really a bad idea to make and sell one product that will only...

Yeah, I understand you here. I'm thinking it's the Minion effect going on, where level 20 minions shouldn't be minions to level 1 adventurers. To a level 4 group, Lividius is a level 4 solo. To a level 8 group, he's a level 8 elite. To a level 12 group, he's a standard monster. I just made...

All the better to make you accidentally buy two of a book, and ideally, sigh deeply and gift it to a friend rather than return it. All part of the plan...

Kamikaze Midget Yeah, at GenCon Mearls acknowledged that making classes just to fill a power-source and role slot is a bad thing, so I think you're on the money there. As far as your point, well, I don't see it. You could keep bringing it back to say you should only choose Fighter or Mage. Or...