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Make one up! keterys had some good ideas, I thought. Or, give the character both items (instrument + weapon) in treasure. If you're using parcels, throw in an extra one for the bard, knowing that the extra item isn't really making the character more powerful than the others. Well, maybe it was...

A bard without a magic instrument is what I said. Not that there's anything wrong with poet or singing or interpretive dancing bards. It's about a 50/50 split in PHB2, less with the ranged weapon spells in Arcane Power. As others have noticed this is true of many if not most classes. If you're...

Alfsair spear, lvl 3/8/13/etc.

A fighter (or any melee character) certainly benefits from also have a magic ranged weapon. Druids and other pure-implement users don't need magic weapons at all. A bard with all weapon attacks does not need a magic instrument or implement. A bard with all implement attacks does not need a...

Well, in 2e defiling destroys plant life (and the potential for plant life) all around the caster, and that's what devastated the land. But killing plants wouldn't have much of a mechanical effect (except vs plant monsters), so I am assuming they just left that off the 4e ability description...

Monster attack bonuses vs AC are generally fine. Where it breaks down is attacks vs the players' Fort/Ref/Will, which don't scale as well.

Well, there are two options available to you: Multiclassing: play a swordmage (ensnaring swordmage from AP looks the most controller-y) and take feats to gain wizard spells. This is very costly feat-wise and won't give you that many controller-style tricks. First you need a feat like Arcane...

What boar said. Additionally, it's a way to get shield-benefits (with TW Defense) for characters that have a decent DEX but a low-to-average STR.

Great cast + Robert Rodriguez? I am intrigued.

+xp for bringing up Torg! :) I basically agree with the OP. Aside from cutting down hp/boosting damage, I am planning on simply not using the battlemat for mook fights. Can the player justify whatever tactical position they want? They have it. That should cut down on a lot of the combat drag in...

After DMing 4e a bit, I put a limit of 3 different monsters per encounter for myself. I found that keeping track of more than 3 was too tough, but on top of that I do not think that it's needed. Most foes are nameless targets; they don't all have to be special or unique. I ran into the same...

I like how you apparently must be able to talk about hating other games. That right there is the crux of the problem, IMO.

Head over to rpg.net's D&D forum. Seriously. You don't have to live in edition war land. I rarely come by here anymore because of the endless trolling and bile that creeps into a lot of general rpg threads (and I don't blame the ENWorld moderators - the communities are simply different, it...

The nine alignments, and especially alignment languages. Cleric magic being identical to wizard magic, with just some slightly different effects (and many overlapping effects). Clerics being trained melee warriors and full casters at the same time. Pre-3e cleric weapon restrictions. Thieves...

Which is why a lot of people refused to tinker with it. The idea that DMs shouldn't make houserules was prevalent in 3e, too - not just that it was "the first edition of D&D you don't need to houserule!" but also the idea that everything worked together made many skittish. Change one bit, who...

A ran a 3e Eberron game that got to 20th level. For the latter levels I had them confront serious world threats: stopping the release of a tarrasque-like creature, repairing the Gatekeeper seals, defeating a massive aberration army massing in Khyber, stopping an attempt to free the fiend in the...

Gulthias is the harbinger of Ashardalon or something. I don't recall much of his motivations in Nightfang Spire, though, other than him being an evil undead thing doing evil stuff. I think he's trying to bring Ashardalon back through the reanimated dragon heart. In my Eberron campaign (I only...

In addition to feats and whatnot, be on the lookout for a Holy Healer weapon (adds enhancement bonus to healing done), Healer's armor (adds enhancement bonus to healing done), and Gloves of the Healer (+1d6 to all heals). Might be some other misc items that I've missed. A holy symbol of the Holy...

There were barbarian and monk classes in 2e? Must have happened after I moved on to other games. I seem to recall a 1e psionicist class from Dragon. The 2e psionics class was also called psionicist, not psion (which is the 3e & 4e name of the class). 2e Dark Sun had gladiator, templar, and...

Dual Implement Spellcaster, as mentioned back on page 2.