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One thing that's always puzzled me about the Insight skill is how easily it can pierce illusions, namely a changeling, doppleganger or oni's ability to assume another shape. One of the reasons those monsters are so terrifying is because they blend in with the rest of society. But to see through...

Before I launch into the rest of my post... yes. Humans rock for swordmages. That extra at-will makes the game so much more rich and exciting for me... even though I pick the same three every time. Swordburst (to cut up swarms something fierce, and possibly to beef up with stuff like Solid Sound...

I like the various Player Handbook's. I'm okay with the setting books having unique classes and races, too. I was okay with Martial Power, Arcane Power, Divine Power, etc. because it gave them a chance to beef up weak classes (the paladin and wizard, for instance). But I have to admit, things...

Yeah, it seems to me like if you want to get any mileage out of light resources or darkness/dim light obstacles, you need to neutralize sunrods somehow. I once had a great idea for a dark dungeon filled with a bunch of zombies shuffling around randomly... you could sneak by them, but had to...

There's already lots of good stuff here, but I thought I'd think up some more, and let you pick and choose what you like. I'm a wannabe poet, so excuse me if these get a little flowery or grandiloquent, heh. Wrath, Anger, Spite, Promises of Power -Your footsteps shall be thunder. Your hand, a...

As an aside, this is one of the reasons I've always preferred fantasy games or way-out there sci-fi to realistic, modern settings or "hard" sci-fi. I'm bad at research and know surprisingly little about the real world, so I always feel like I have to slog through a billion questions of "realism"...

That's actually really great to know. Thanks.

With no steady income, I really can't afford a monthly subscription, even if it's only $3. But that's fine, that's my problem, not the website's. And I wouldn't mind losing my signature; I barely use it, and it's one of those small vanity things you might expect from a subscription fee. But...

Question: what's a "ghetto crit?" I feel like it's what happens when you roll max damage on an attack that was otherwise not a crit, but I can't remember where I heard that, and I could be wrong.

Any thrilling conclusions in store?

Indeed. We need to come to an accord here, people. I love D&D just as much as the rest of you, but I think we all need to agree that hot dates will always trump roleplaying sessions. This is what separates us from the stereotypes.

That's the trouble; 4e hides its fluff. It has great fluff, but finding is like a scavenger hunt. I think Divine Power had the most Dawn War awesomeness per square inch.

Yeah, I agree with. Minotaurs are not particularly powerful, but they're another option for a Str/Wis race. Which is nice, as I've never been big on Shifters.

Quick question... I'm sure this is answered somewhere, but I can't find where. If you're playing a human and choose ardent, psion or battlemind, how is your extra at-will treated? Is it still augmentable? If so, seems like humans would be the go-to races for these classes, even if only because...

Really now? I've heard pretty much exactly the opposite.... that heavy armor users couldn't match light armor users with high Dex or Int in terms of AC. Although I do admit to never thinking to ask those who claimed so to prove it...

I want to make a Monk so I can kick people in the NADs. I have to say I just really don't like the way the Ardent, Battlemind and Psion are set up. Getting only 3 At-Wills and no Encounter powers just doesn't seem as fun to me. I just feel like it would get tedious to play. Which is too bad...

Zombies are a given. Hordes of zombies just rule. If you find yourself getting bored with zombies, then you're doing zombies wrong. I prefer horror zombies over fantasy zombies, though... they're so much scarier with some means of propagation. I have a soft spot for liches, too. In particular...

Eww... we already pay for a DDI subscription. Now you want to charge us more for additional items? No thanks, WotC. No thanks.

Sorry, but what nerf are you talking about? I just checked the errata, and didn't see anything about the swarm druids. The CB entry is identical to what was printed in Primal Power. Did they change another rule that effected them?

I more or less like the 4e engine (or, rather, it seems to work better than any other system I've encountered so far), so I will in all likelihood be checking out Gamma World when it debuts. I'm excited for it; brings back memories of the Fallout games for me. I'll be sure to check out some of...