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I've got a paladin in the group I'm DM'ing and I'm inclined to rule the same way as Jonathan_Moyer - does anybody care to comment opinion on whether that is overpowering? The player in question has been sorta complaining about having to optimize five attributes (Cha + Wis for the paladin-ly...

Ooh, sadly, that's true. Perhaps its "add weapon's enhancement to any knowledge skill check which you spend ten minutes considering." With flavor text indicating that, honestly, by the end of the first minute you had your answer, but you spent the other nine minutes web-browsing at random...

Blast! I read that as burst 1. D'OH! :erm: In that case, I agree - affecting 1 creature for a delayed 2[W] is too weak. What if the "trigger" square stays a 1x1, but the effect is actually close burst 1, from that origin square, once triggered? Fully agree. Yeah, I loved that idea - the...

I was guessing your playtesting had been striker-based - the at-wills I was complaining about probably felt balanced when compared with the other rogue/striker damages. :) (In fact, I didn't spot problems with them until I decided to come at it with my evil-PC-of-exploits hat on.) The amount of...

I think you're on the right track with this - but I don't think it starts with any Daily powers. Instead, I think your characters have to download Apps for it .. the magic mapping app, the villain database app, and of course some game apps for the bored "I don't sleep" character who is always...

Though, as a DM, I'd be inclined to allow it - requiring the party to contribute the gold difference, of course. In fact, it might turn out to be its own ritual that the party "discover" as they try to do it.

I suspect its a bit of a can of worms to allow it and then try to un-allow it later. I think you're much better off stating "See PHB 294 and the errata which clarifies same". Here's why: When you allow it, at Level 1 it doesn't feel game-breaking. I mean, seriously, who cares if the Assassin...

Mmm... 4[W] + Dazed seems vastly overpowered to me for a Level 1 Encounter power. By the time you're into the Level 15 powers, yes, that feels right, but I actually very much liked "Shock Pad" as originally written. It affects every creature in the burst; with a defender appropriately clogging...

First reaction: the "token" system feels like additional bookkeeping that doesn't add to the "fun". Considered reaction: vastly vastly overpowered. Needs to be toned down throughout and heavily playtested over multiple base classes, levels, and encounters. Specific points: Distracting Noise...

Just to let you know, Cam, I'm still working on this - may have somethin' worked up a bit in a day or two. Erik, I totally agree; I think I figured out the "key" there, as allowing the Trapmaster to pass through his triggers without triggering the trap turns out to be a huge advantage (and...

Oooh! I love the idea! ... Hmm - from a balance perspective, that looked/felt decent to me at first. The at-will's are very similar to existing powers of the same role at the same level, which is a very good sign ... though I think your Daily winds up doing 6[W] over three standard actions...

Hmmm - group initiative has a drawback, too: An encounter featuring several Gray Wolves (L2) and one Dire Wolf (L5) is of a much different difficulty if the wolves all go at the same time - you get this "okay, the first wolf moves to get Combat Advantage. It hits; now you're prone. Every other...

Um, sure - I yoinked Kiznet's re crib sheet, linked from the opening post of that thread, and found the second page of Alasomorph's crib sheet (4th page of same thread) for conditions. For the "skill check actions", I wrote my own - guess I oughta PDF it and post it to that thread, huh? :D

Here's what our group has found helps: 1. Dry-erase markers, a draw-upon battlemap, and minis Its quicker and easier to calculate things when they're visible. 2. Dry-erase whiteboard upon which to track Initiative order, damage dealt to bad guys, ongoing status effects, marks, etc. We're at...

Very bizzare, MarkB - my experience matches Oompa's, not yours! Though, to be fair, we're printing from CB on Windows/Vista, while printing the PDF from a Mac.

Yoink! Great work, and it very well fits the theme I'm going for in my low-magic campaign.

ZetaStriker, I ran a very similar skill challenge in our last session - again, the theme was a chase scene, though the circumstances were quite different. It could be boiled down to "way too many enemies to fight are trying to track down a character or the entire party, while the party is trying...

For feats, I've definitely become a fan of "planned retraining". So, I'd consider the following: Arcane Reserves (human, arcane) +2 dam for at-wills when out of encounter powers This is totally useful at first level, as you have one encounter power, which you will usually cast in the first...

... So we're pretty much settled on this, then? Its a free action with a trigger, so its only going to happen to each creature once .. so its basically become: "On the start of its turn, any enemy in the zone must make a saving throw or it takes 1d10 damage." ... When I word it that way, it...

And I used to work at a game-development company, so we were actively expected to install games on our PC's. :cool: I use CutePDF as well, but we do have the same trouble printing. Its not that the sizing is rubbish, but that the borders are incorrect, leading to the top and left edges of the...