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I think this class is clearly a Leader, and is written as such, except for the hit points. It even has several armor proficiencies, which is more than any D&D controller has ever received. It hit points are actually really low, I would never use any of the Melee weapon versions of any of its...

Finally getting the Class Compendium feats, great! But what has me really excited is the start of a new series dealing with the little bits of storied locations developed for the Conquest of Nerath Boardgame. I hope it comes with sneak peeks at the new map!!! First up Sarthel, City of Silver.

So there's three main options on who artifacts could belong too: (1) The local government (and most often this is the case), who may allow trained archaeologists associated with museums or universities to excavate or house such artifacts on their behalf. (2) The descendants of the indigenous...

Thank you so much for continuing to update this so quickly. The way I use Power2ool most is to relevel monsters and then reduce their hit points and increase damage for exporting to my adventure docs. I would just use WotC's monster releveler for this purpose if it actually allowed me to edit...

While showing previews of an upcoming edition is definitely something Wizards of the Coast would do, their record would suggest that showing off binders of playtest material would be a big change in how they do business. Material that used to be released only under NDA to select playtesters...

Colour me skeptical. While I can believe WotC doing in-person market surveys at Encounters, doing so while showing your prospective customers works-in-progress of the upcoming "edition", NO. While the direction the OP is describing would be a lot easier to write for and balance classes, I...

That would be nice, except retraining requires the powers to have both class and level. All cantrips are listed as Wizard Utility, hence no retraining for the wizard.

What irks me is there is no way currently by RAW (as far as I can find) for PHB1 Wizards to get the new cantrips (Suggestion, Disrupt Undead, and Spook). I have a player with a tome of readiness Wizard in my campaign would will want to get some of these shadow powers, but will be heavily...

That's pretty close in that case, only off by one point. You have to multiply the average damage by 25 to 50%, and then figure out how that converts to multiple dice. What I do is ((number of dice x die average) + modifier) x 1.25), in this case 1.25((3x3.5)+8) or 23.125, then subtract the...

The best background for the Arkhosian - Bael Turathi wars (there was more than one) I've seen so far was in the recent novel The Seal of Karga Kul. In that novel it details one major battle that took place at a strategic bridge between the two empires. While this book may not be directly...

Also, it put most of the options in that should have been available earlier for the D&D Encounters campaign tab. You can now use the March of the Phantom Brigade setting when creating a Pyromancy Mage, or a Star Pact Hexblade and Fey Pact (Lady of the White Well) Hexblade. Unfortunately the...

Also, a new Unearthed Arcana, Henchmen! Sounds like it will be a good month (has my birthday come early?), but the number of articles seems reduced. Perhaps this is a return to longer articles, like we'll be getting with the Warlord update?

I too was quite disappointed in this absence of features from Essentials articles that should be available by now. In fact, I sent a bug report on this very subject a few days ago, but the response I received implied that I was in error and that these articles hadn't been added yet. They had...

Sorry GameDoc, not yet true. To get access to Themes you need to build characters in the Darksun campaign setting rules, and they are not yet available for the Home Campaign option. However, Kenku as a race is available in the Dark Sun builder rules, but all divine classes are not. Hopefully...

This is not a new mechanic from MM3, its an application of rules interpretations for monster initiative that has been in 4E since the first DMG. DMs can choose to have groups of monsters (usually of the same type) roll one initiative and act together on that number. Its up to DM interpretation...

Plus, the module for the upcoming season presents the material for all 13 weeks in a single volume, rather than sending out smaller packages for each chapter. This is better for the DM so they can read the whole thing and can choose to hide or tease plot points for their players earlier in the...

I've had the same problem with the compendium since Monday. It's made it a lot harder to find the things I was looking for to adapt for my next game session.

Something I feel the need to point out. "Essentials format" doesn't necessarily mean that all the classes will get fewer power choices (like the Knight, Slayer, and Thief), what it will definitely mean is that we will get more description for each power choice and likely the level up chart...

Good job on the Gattai reference SabreCat, one of my players was suggesting a card with a very similar theme just last session, but much less powerful. I like your version a lot better.

The Adventure Tools beta went live tonight, for the people who were already in the VTT Beta. I was very disappointed in what I found. It ran fine on my browser, no crashes, but the functionality is lacking. At the moment, the only customization available is changing the level of the monsters...