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The first thing to do is to decide what the fictional reality behind the mechanics is. Is there one creator who is for some reason (perhaps he wants to give people a chance to side with him, perhaps he is hoping that some of his enemies will rejoin his side, etc) is delaying the final showdown...

You'll need to be more specific than that to get a real answer. The bottom line is this: you can write up a whole bunch of good encounters that are completely different using that setup. The big question is which ones you want to use. Another question that you will need to answer: how...

Staggering Spin is also worth looking into as a way to break up formations and concentrate damage in a party with a strong melee component.

One might also point out the irony that the supposed champions of justice, fairness, and niceness are always the first to start name-calling in an effort to stifle dissent. Sexist. Racist. Ignorant. Stupid. Outdated. Illogical. Whatever.

Of course, if you were looking at the previous set as well, you could take the mighty blademaster--human female in heavy armor with a sword.

I would say that the healing belt is not particularly broken as long as you only have one of them. It is true that it costs less than comparable healing items from the core rules. The rejoinder that comparable healing items from the core rules are over-priced is right on target. Nobody bought...

The disarm function is more for ranged attackers. Archers tend to be the most dangerous opponents for demons like a marilith because they can full attack without having to get in range of the marilith's deadly full attack, they can easily combine the necessary special arrows with a holy bow to...

I won't argue that it is broken. I do, however, think it is a very very bad feat. It is step 2 or 3 down the road to eliminating any conceptual basis from attributes whatsoever. Combined with backgrounds that let you use your highest attribute for hit points, you get I, the Thavian Swordmage...

You can also use the combat manuever version of telekinesis to disarm. It's weak sauce compared to the violent thrust disarm version but no will save is required. Another interesting option if you do do the TK pull on the rogue, or fighter is to use grapple as a defense against archery...

I agree with Frank that unless the marilith is hiding, she should have her unholy aura up. After that, there are a few questions: 1. What is the limitation of the magic circle. The standard D&D fiction magic circle cannot be broken from the inside, but if broken from the outside (by, say...

Thanks. I loved reading the story hour and was glad to be able to finish it after a long absence from the boards.

They haven't. I ran the numbers recently (after spending a few hours working on the formula with my brother and a statistician friend of his) and was shocked at just how bad the numbers are for high complexity skill challenges. In order to get even a 50% chance at beating a complexity 12 skill...

Is it really? In my observation, most monsters seem to have speed 6 or higher while at least half of the character roles (most defenders, most leaders, all dwarves and a few strikers) end up with speed 5. On first glance, that does not seem to present much opportunity for escape.

In my opinion, an overemphasis on PC roles straitjackets players and has directly led to a number of tactical deficiencies on the part of many players. The discussion of "defender" or "leader" obscures what those characters actually do which is far more important. Defenders control aggression...

Given the expanded importance of secondary stats with new classes and builds (battlerager, barbarian, etc), feats (Marked Scourge, etc), paragon paths (Son of Mercy, etc), as well as concept essential racial feats for other races (Draconic Arrogance for example assures that Dragonborn simply...

Out of curiousity, what do you use for those tiles? They don't look like dungeon tiles. If I were guessing, I'd say you scanned or color photocopied the maps in the mod at high resolution and blew them up to 1x1 grid size. Or is it something else?

You mean absent the double sword, double axe, urgrosh, or double flail. The double weapons all have the off-hand quality and double sword is the low man on that weapon die totem pole.

It could make sense with their prayers. (And, strangely enough, it already works that way). With their melee basic attacks, not so much.

Righteous Rage of Tempus, Battle awareness, Improved Inspiring Word, Guileful Switch, Quicksilver stance, reckless weapons, bloodclaw weapons, battlerager fighters, tempest fighters, double swords, quickshot crossbows, cunning weapons, etc say WotC's marketing strategy has not changed.

Overpowered: Battlerager Fighter Tempest Fighter The bard version that gives temp hp every time you bloody or kill an opponent, just for standing there. Underpowered: None, really. Poorly labeled: Warlock. People walk into this class thinking that it is a striker but it doesn't actually...