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Well, the problem is kind of built into the system itself. In order to make the PC:s power curve predictable and... well, even more predictable, the items are both limited and very specific. No sudden "hey look, I can fly" or "hey look, I can walk through walls" surprising the DM (or scenario...

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Shouldn't that be among the cons rather than the pros? Having your powers spread over multiple items just incurs an extra cost, in that you have to get multiple items (at a cost in gp or wish-list picks) and multiple boosting feats (expertise et al). It is kind of like the A- vs V-class...

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Yep, the "love it" votes went from appx 150 to appx 500 over a period of six hours...

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Have played 4E once a week for about a year, and during that time played every level from 1 up to now 19. And I really, really, really hate it. The big problem is that the DM is a very good friend of mine, and we tend to have heated arguments about twice a week, which tends to put a lot of...

Back when I played 1st edition, our DM numbered each round, and kept book on everything with a duration, so that he could tell when spell ended, reinforcements arrived (depending on distance from their barracks) and so on. Major battles, like cleaning out an entire castle, could easily run...

Could you please give me an example of such a power for the bard?

From the Players' perspective, its the usual problem with increasing the numbers you have; the DM has an infinite budget he can use in return. If you increase your skills too much, the difficulties will rise to match; if you buff your fighting prowess, the monsters will just get level-adjusted...

They did get an interesting follow-up problem that had to be solved with pure ingenuity, some chuckle-worthy jokes, a really really cool mode of transportation, and a great story out of it, instead of a pile of worm sashimi... So yeah, that button was pure win! Darn, darn, darn, I'm so jealous....

One thing we noted immediately is the effect of powers that make the monsters attack themselves, such as Fool's Opportunity, Bloody Path, all domination effects, etc...

Neither does the argument take into account save-ends status effect and ongoing-damage effects; the duration of those are not proportional to the defense in the way that it requires. What was it someone counted in this or the parallell thread? Eleven feats that had to be stacked to keep the...

<joke> The obvious solution is to run it like a skill challenge - the player picks one defense to use, and then gives a motivation why that defense is applicable... :) :) </joke>

No, I definitely am not interested in combat optimization - I want to do as much stuff outside combat as possible. Having to sacrifice "fun" for "optimal" is.. well... depression attack territory. Feats and Items at level 16: Feats: Pact Initiate (warlock multiclass) Jack of All Trades...

If I had used the standard array, my STR and CON would have been 11 and 12 (or vice versa), which would have given me 1 (one) more in Fort defense. I fail to see how that would make much of a difference...

I noted this post by you too: http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-rules/267076-making-combat-more-challenging-increase-monster-level-monster-number-2.html#post4977987 Could it be that another reason that higher level monsters are non-threatening and boring that they cannot dish out...

See my math example here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-rules/267173-non-ac-defenses.html#post4977977

Here are the numbers for the bard in question: Lvl 15 homebrew Cha/Dex bard variant Cha is primary attribute, Dex secondary, Int tertiary (since I wanted to focus on arcane rituals) . Str 11 (Start 10, +1 levels) Con 11 (Start 10, +1 levels) Dex 20 (Start 14, +2 race, +4 levels) Int 14 (start...

Self-excluded buffs can even be counter-productive. Let's say you are a leader. You add a new buff to your repertoir, buffing some property X in order to help you party. That can have one of two consequences: 1) The buff does not influence the combat balance. Then the buff is insignificant...