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Fighter - the best with all weapons and armor - Choose between offensive / defensive / leadership / ranged path - Good at athletics, horsemanship, leadership Thief - top-tier martial ability (sniping or fencing) - good at scouting or good at social skills Cleric - decent martial ability or...

steeldragons: I'm sorry, but you already lost me at rolling for hit points. I know "this is how we did it back in the 70ies", but I just don't see any advantage in play. It makes meat shield characters a hit-or-miss to generate, it encourages player whining or cheating, it makes "come back next...

This is why the game needs combat roles. Without them, you end up balancing apples against oranges. If you define the illusionist as a controller, his damage output becomes secondary, and you look at how good he is at misleading enemy attacks and creating terrain effects. Then you can compare...

Funny. Before the 5E announcement I was fiddling with a little RPG project and of of the ideas was to replace skills with a generic "when X roll twice on ability check." For example, Rogue types get a "skill" to roll twice on dexterity checks for sneaking and hiding. The big advantage of such a...

4E solved the Fighter issues other editions had. I have no idea why they are now regressing the class to a previous state, with all its well-known issues. Makes no sense to me. The only criticisms I've heard is first, that people don't like that there is no in-game explanation for encounter /...

The spell names are quirky, but in a good way. Sure, there are other settings... But these can just invent their own iconic Wizards and spell name. Wouldn't mind an Elminsters something something in the Realms. In fact, it's rather surprising if there is no spell named after the guy. And it's...

I never understood why Turn undead isn't just a spell. What's so horribly different about it that it doesn't fit the same framework as Heal, Summon Monster, Gate, Flame Strike, Animate Dead...

In 4E... * halfling is a top choice for Paladin (no, really) * goblins rule as sorcerers, but goblin wizard isn't bad, snobbishness optional * (half-)orcs have an iconic rogue build, and are really good at it (no, really) * some half-elf builds, like the twin-strike avenger, are f**ing broken...

See, and this is why 4E had powers that fit on a card.

Nope. He isn't, he is spot on. And really, maybe gaming can teach you some tolerance. RPGs are a social hobby. Deal with it. If everybody would learn to accept other people's chosen race in a game, they might even learn to accept other people's born race in real life. And that would make this...

[Tordek]: Prove it. Seriously. What made you think so?

Even if you notice a monster with Perception, you still have to defeat it. By itself, it's hardly game-breaking. Now, some groups are very good at changing the odds of a battle in their favor, by scouting, setting traps, and preparing buffs... It's a question of play style. It's not wrong, it's...

Meh on splatbooks... 4E rather has too many feats and powers by now... What I really want? Republish PHB1 with all errata! Yes, I know it's not going to happen, they thought about it but pulled it :.-( I still think that the 4E PHB1 is a great book, but the rules are rushed and unpolished in...

As DM, it's your job to make sure everyone has fun. But it's not your job every PC is optimized to the max. Your player even said he wants to figure it out himself - let him! As a DM, you have so many things to worry about - How do I create an interesting plot? How do I make sure the PCs get...

The important part is to understand that Leaders are more than Healers. Yes, you can heal, yes, it's important to bring your teammates back up when they are down, but there is one problem with a total focus on healing: Either the fight is easy, then in-combat healing isn't necessary because the...

Did the test... 75% Storyteller 58% Tactician 58% Butt-Kicker 50% Power Gamer 33% Specialist 33% Method Actor 8% Casual Gamer I'd say that describes me reasonably well. I used to be less Tactician / Butt-Kicker, but 4E changed me because those Defenders are a hell lot of fun! I also have...

The weird part wasn't just crit confirmation, it was also the weird dance around getting rid of it with a feat or class feature. It was just not possible, all you could get was a +4 on the roll IIRC. 3E just had too many fiddly bits in all places. It's like one of those swiss army knife with 30...

3 Goblins attack Lee. All take 10. Lee rolls for defense DC 15 three times. Opposed rolls have the advantage that the DM can forego the roll on his side any time, speeding up the game but leaving the dice rolling fun for the player. It also makes it easier to implement parry, riposte, shield...

Sounds cool. This would help a lot in bringing back some of the ecosystem they lawyered themselves out of. Of course, it would require the insight that a sold pdf is revenue at low cost. However, not selling pdfs does not prevent your products from showing up on torrent sites.

I don't care. I think people get way too hung up on this caster / non-caster, power sources and what not. Don't want your PC to be a caster? Don't describe him that way.