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1. Incorrect many things that are not "terrain" are difficult terrain. 2. Define "terrain". You're defining it as "stuff the dm makes and only the dm makes" and not defining it by its actual definition of "the area" Since the rules were put into the book for you to use. I mean, you're...

Wait, where does it say that a pit is hindering terrain? A: It doesn't, ever. Your reading requires that terrain be specifically labeled "Hindering" in order for that to occur. If you're labeling player created terrain as not hindering but DM created terrain to be hindering then you're just up...

By your reading of RAW there is nothing ever that can be hindering terrain because nothing ever, even pits, even the things that are explicitly given as examples of hindering terrain, are specifically labeled as Hindering Terrain. Hindering Terrain is not a keyword, it is not a terrain type, it...

At no point is the distinction made between magical fire in the terrain and non-magical fire in the terrain. There is no distinction made between DM made effects and player made effects. The only distinctions that are made are whether or not its damaging. Getting a save does not prevent...

He is wrong. It meets all the definitions of hindering terrain and any other definition obsoletes the entire concept of hindering terrain since it can never be used anywhere ever for anything and doesn't actually exist.[It in fact cannot then exist by any definition that excludes damaging areas...

Zones count as hindering terrain.

Only +2 over the dwarf, and only +1 when using the battlerager ability.

If your enemies never shift, never attack anyone but the dwarf(who then pumps his AC) and never make OAs(so your allies can waltz around without shifting and getting CA from using ranged in melee) then all the better for you.

The answer is actually not a half-orc at all. Its a dwarf, with Devoted Challenge. You pick up a waraxe with Dwarven Weapon Proficiency and you're sitting at a whole bunch of damage to your CC attacks. Now, you aren't going to be striking as well when its your own turn, but that won't matter...

Extra Damage on one target is typically worth more than an equal amount of damage on two targets. IIRC, the efficiency break point is around 3/2. I.E. if you're hitting 2 enemies you need to be doing roughly 50% more total DPR in order to make it valuable.

I do not mind either way. The conversation is pretty over unless APC comes back anyway.

You should also take into account how well attributes scale. E.G. All of the bard powers are Arcane, so a sorcerer gains his damage bonus on every one. Ditto Sorcerer/anyone with large amounts of sustainable continuing damage(such as a wizard)

I absolutely agree, i was just pointing out that the claim "its good against minions" isn't really true since its only good against a single minion with none other around and if there is only one minion in range and no other enemies then you're not really worried. Especially since the value of...

1. Yes its marginally better and its margin is increasing. That is the definition of exponential gain. 2. You do not offset the potential gain by the possibility that you would fail to be able to use it. Remember: As you "exactly calculated", the chance that you are unable to use the power is...

The fighter indeed gets his CC in this instance. It interrupts the attack and and then the attack goes off. The fighter also gets an OA on the ranged attack triggers

That is only mathematically valuable if there is only one minion. Once there are two minions, or one minion and another enemy there, you can cleave the second enemy into the minion, killing the minion automatically. If there are two minions then you get two for the price of one with...

It only makes sense if you think you're going to be making a lot of MBA's. I've a fighter whose taken it(Dwarf, 18 wis, 16 strength... why not? well, because it doesn't scale and the other options might be better) but i think that is the exception rather than the norm.

Some tips for marking people: 1. Get a distance heavy throwing weapon 2. If you're a half-elf pick a controller AoE at will. Not because you care what it does or because you think you can hit with it, but because its a ranged burst 1 "mark all" power. This is enhanced by the new paragon tier...

Maybe. But that is the way we're running it. Though you are right that you could use a regular old move, making my argument moot(can't make OA on your own turn) Nimble strike and charge are mechanically equivalent in this instance. If you nimble strike from behind cover and are hidden even if...

No, its not. You're looking at the marginal percentage chance that it goes off and not its marginal value. You're also ignoring the diminishing marginal returns on increased hit points and the the diminishing marginal returns on actions. You're also ignoring the opportunity cost of blocking an...