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Something's gone horribly wrong with this strip when only two weeks have passed since V cast that spell. Strip #639, more than 200 strips ago. Talk about glacial pacing.

If your players aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong. Note that not everyone games in order to overcome challenges and deal with a rough lot in life. Some folks just want to blow off some steam and escape their lives for a few hours. Also, in addition to hating being locked up, some folks...

It really depends on the specialty priest. The ones in the Complete handbook were pitiful compared to the standard cleric. The standard cleric got major access to most of the spheres, all armor, decent weapons, turn undead, and the 2nd-best THAC0. Aside from tacking on lots of special class...

Well, there is a resource silo for the AEDU classes between at-will, encounter, and daily attacks. It's one that is necessary, I think, given the structure of 4e. If a character could select all daily attacks, which are stronger than other powers, then the character gets X rounds of "going...

Fighter: 4e Cleric: 2e (specialty priests) Rogue: 3e/4e Wizard: 3e

My D&Disms are: * easy to find a group * not too rules-heavy, should be accessible to casual players * capable of running a fantasy game

The scroll contains three separate 1-use spells on it. You can cast each spell once.

Something may have changed with the monk, but my recollection is that they can use any weapon they are proficient with as an implement. As for using a weapon through your ki focus, there are some feats and powers (for Iron Soul monks) that require the use of particular weapons. You don't get any...

Your monk can hold a sword in hand and not actually use it, mechanically, to make attacks (using the ki focus instead). The only time proficiency would enter into is when making basic attacks, or if you wanted to use the sword as an implement instead of the ki focus.

Meh. IME, not being able to easily identify items leads to items getting bagged until the party gets back to town, where they can safely ID everything. That or lots of identify scrolls.

If you allow Ready actions outside of combat, then everyone (PCs and NPCs) has Ready actions at all times when conscious (I mean, why not? it doesn't cost you anything when you're outside of combat rounds), and then there's really no point. You come down to rolling initiative to see whose Ready...

I don't hide it (my books are in plain view on my shelves) but I don't bring it up, either. Generally I am uncomfortable talking about gaming with folks who aren't gamers themselves. But lying to your wife about doing what you enjoy? Ouch. That's a rough life.

4e generally assumes that you're spending your gold on consumables (potions, holy water, etc.), rituals, ritual components, and gear upgrades. Mounts and (at higher levels) fortified homes are other good uses for money.

The groups I've been in have played it by the RAW. But then, the (different) groups that I was in pre-3e played the same way (roll initiative at the start of combat, or maybe after the surprise round is over).

What's so compelling about that ED? +Int mod damage to tagets granting combat advantage doesn't seem so incredible, especially for a ranger.

Just to back up Moorcrys, Brew Potion was changed to be a level 1 ritual. There is only one level 1 recipe I believe, the potion of cure light wounds.

In all of history? I'm sure there have been a few. They probably didn't die of old age. In legend and myth and fantasy? Happens all the time.

Another option is a hybrid barbarian / fighter. The whirling slayer barbarian build (from Primal Power) is a dual-wielder that uses Strength & Dexterity. The difference between barbarian and ranger here is that I believe barbarians get some powers that mark their target, which could then trigger...

That doesn't work. You might be looking at a pre-errata version of Throw and Stab that says make a charge attack. The current wording is "Effect: You move up to your speed and make a melee basic attack against a creature other than the target."

Not quite, and yes you get Toughness. Normally you can only wield a weapon with the off-hand property in your off-hand. The ranger feature allows you to wield a one-handed weapon in your off-hand, instead, like a longsword or a war axe. It doesn't actually make the weapon an off-hand weapon...