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Great stuff! Jinn's charisma-based checks are quite impressive. What level are the characters at this point?

Our group made a similar switch recently. After a decade of 3e and 4e, the simplicity of playing a retro-clone was a breath of fresh air. And it's definitely the right fit for some of the group. But... in the long run, the lack of options just feels unsatisfying to me. 3e and 4e have turned out...

If I had never used the offline CB, I would still think that the online CB is a hideously slow mess. I haven't had any crashes since the first day, but building a character is just painful. Click a button. Wait for options to load. Click on option. Wait for description to load. Click Accept...

Integrated voice chat has it's benefits, especially when playing online with strangers. You don't need to figure out who has what software installed and don't need to coordinate getting everyone into the same virtual audio space. Personally I think it's a bad idea, because as you say, it's a...

Dias Ex Machina

Agreed. The layout is definitely an improvement. However... aside from the previously mentioned issues, the action point box is a confusing mess. Second Wind says "once per encounter", action point does not. I guess I can spend as many as I want? Then there's that little milestone chart that's...

Rogues need SA because their weapon damage sucks. Also, it's conditional on having CA, which means that even if it's available, you may not get to use it. Rangers don't really have either of those problems.

I don't know about that. I think it has more to do with what your experiences (especially early experiences) playing the game were like. For myself, as a kid we played through most of the classic AD&D modules, which resulted in characters overflowing with magic and gold. So there wasn't this...

You right click on a monster. Just like the information panel on the right tells you to do.

That depends on what you're looking for. You could run a fine Eberron game with just the 4e Eberron books (campaign guide & player guide) & the Essentials books. You wouldn't have access to all the common Eberron elements from 3e, but if you're coming back from a 10 year hiatus, you're probably...

3 for each role for each game? Or is it all one big pool for Dark Sun and Keep on the Borderlands? for Dark Sun, I would use the following: leader: human or mul warlord (martial or psionic theme) leader: elf or thri-kreen shaman (primal theme) controller: human psion (psionic theme)...

"Core" for Dark Sun would almost have to include the PHB3 for the psionic classes. And the PHB2 for the bulk of the primal classes. I'm curious about how effective the group felt the seeker was. Forum folk seem to look down on the class, and, on paper at least, the spiritbond seeker seems like...

One of the MM1 epic creatures (phazin? something like that) had an ability that aged PCs. I think that it weakened them, or maybe weakened and slowed them. As good an abstraction as any, IMO.

Does the essentials cleric use wisdom for its basic attack? I don't have the essentials books, but I thought the build was stuck using strength still.

Ah, you are correct. Both are exceptions/additions to the normal conjuration rules. I agree that that stuff needs to be in the power description instead of a sidebar.

Looks like A. It says the target cannot make a saving throw vs the effect on the first turn of the effect, once the target has taken the ongoing damage. That's pretty plain language, and B is reading extra intent into it. So extra saves that happen before damage takes place are fine. Removing an...

No, that would be the shielding swordmage (who reduces the marked foe's damage instead of punishing it).

I find it interesting that this druid gets normal leader HP, and not the higher HP that PHB2 primal characters get. Also, the chart implies that the druid only gets one at-will power, which would indicate that the character's 2nd at-will is the companion's attack (much like one of a shaman's...

Interesting, the magic item rarities are in the update. And almost everything is uncommon. And the CB does not allow you to buy uncommon items (the buy button is greyed out). Makes it a bit harder to create a character at higher than 1st level. You have (item worth=lvl-1) gp to purchase...

I would (a) use a lot of minions, and (b) halve the hit points (and XP) of non-minion monsters. Monsters have the hit points to go toe-to-toe with multiple players at once, and when you factor in only having one player, missed attacks, and the low damage of a swordmage, you're going to want foes...