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Agreed on points 2 and 3, and the first half of 1. The "thus" you put in there, however, is not as clearly cut. It's the entire point of the thread whether or not it's true and sorry to say, but I don't see a lot of arguments to support your conclusion. The power essentially says "on your turn...

While FireLance's interpretation makes sense, that's arguably not what's in the RAW. The first sentence appears to provide a mutually exclusive choice: either you engage or you challenge somebody else. The second sentence clarifies what "engage" means, and the third sentence provides the...

Presumably, for the same reason why a level 1 minion who was missed by 10 Fireballs is alive, but his regular monster buddies aren't. I should point out that I'm mostly playing devil's advocate here. I have no great need myself to make minions more sturdy, but the argumentation being levied...

When global design goals clash with personal end-user goals, why assume the former has supremacy over the latter?

Not that creepy, the progression falls entirely within the structure of the 4e system. It's a logical extrapolation. And I do the same, except minions get a flat amount of +1/+2/+3/+4/+5/+6. I don't think minions really need a chance to suddenly deal that much more damage.

In two games I'm in the fifth member is leader. One is warlord/melee bard, the other is ranged bard/melee cleric. Despite what people might insist about this kind of setup, it's worked very well for us. I'm keenly aware of what a striker would bring to the table instead yet I'm unconvinced...

Ongoing damage, by itself, doesn't make a power very "controller" flavored. I think it's inherently more of a neutral element that can fit with all roles. And it's not as if classes need to rigidly stick to their role at all times. There's also leader and striker powers that mark, for example...

One of the "problems" with WHFRP 3e is that their innovative dice mechanic is in fact very similar to the ones used in the World of Warcraft board game, as well as the Descent board game. I mean, 4e caught some flak for looking like a board game, but Warhammer wants to take it up a notch. There...

Rollin for initiative. There's something quite odd about everybody waiting their turn in order to seize the initiative.

But is it really so terrible if epic level monsters hit more often than low level ones? Damage per hit doesn't seem to scale up that much, while healing and save-granting powers become more and more available by that time. So it might just balance out. Of course I haven't played at epic level...

I've introduced two new gamers to 4e (one boy and one girl, in case you wonder) and I play with a third newbie (another girl) in a group who was introduced by her boyfriend. And she's not the kind who just does it to please him, because she now also plays in an Anima game I run where her...

A 'No True Scotsman' fallacy? Really? I thought ENWorld was better than that... :.-(

Wow. The drowining ghosts are highly accurate, yes. They have +16 against every NAD, compared to the banshrae dartswarmer (also lvl 11 artillery) which has +16 against AC. So in that respect the ghosts are more or less costum made to hit anybody, making it no surprise they could hit the ranger...

On the other hand, I'm sure their market research indicated that most people weren't exactly thrilled by 3.5 when it was published. Quite a few people gave up on buying D&D products, while 3.5 itself wasn't a high incentive to start buying if 3.0 didn't already do it for you. Obviously I don't...

As an aside, does anybody have an idea which kind of masterwork plate armor is "better", the high AC ones or the resistance ones? Specifically I speak about: * Layered plate or Rimefire plate? * Warplate or Specter plate? * Godplate or Tarrasque plate? The former types have a higher AC and...

Pretty much. Of course this does require you to never miss on the OA.

No, that is wrong. He doesn't need to be adjacent to you. Quite the opposite in fact: You make the OA when a non-adjacent enemy tries to move adjacent to you. But OAs are interrupts and will take place before the action that triggered it. So he becomes slowed before he reaches you.

If a creature gets slowed in the middle of his movement and already walked more than 2 squares, he immediately stops. So somebody rushes you. Then you make an OA, which interrupts the trigger and thus takes place before he reaches you. If you hit on the OA, he is then slowed. Which probably...

Only creatures have a speed score. A spirit companion is a pimped up Bigby's Hand. Tell me, would you also assert that the Mage Hand cantrip can only crawl over the floor? Or do you think it can float up to a shelf in order to pick up a jar or book?

It seems to me as if some people have confused the assassin with some kind of fictional ninja who is clad in black, kills because he's told to, and slices open his target in a single moment. But all it really means is somebody who's going to kill some prominent figure. You could casually...