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For the most part, it's pretty easy to convert a standard level 1 monster to level 0: -1 to attacks and defenses, and subtract the number of hit points they get per level based on monster role.

Well, I'd say if tieflings were tailor made for infernal locks, they'd get +2 Con, +2 Int. :) Yeah, Int/Dex surprised me. I wonder if drow will get +2 Dex, +2 Cha or +2 Int to keep them "inline" with the other elf races. Psionic Power introduced a Dex/Con monk and a Con/Dex battlemind. It...

I like themes, I just don't like how there really isn't a meaningful way to make custom themes that are can be incorporated in the Character Builder.

Mearls can ruin things by doing nothing.

I feel your pain. This past Sunday, I rolled a 1 using an at-will power, then spent an AP to do it again (I'm also human, and have Action Surge) but rolled another 1. It sucked. But that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Sometimes you roll a 1 and it's awful. Other times you roll a 20 and...

Mike Mearls ruined the ozone layer.

It's nice, but I don't think it's particularly overpowered. It's basically the same as other encounter powers that allow the PC to make two attacks. It's just that the monster is making them.

I like Returned Abeir and think it's a neat place, but recently I've been thinking that doesn't add anything to FR and it shouldn't have been included in the 4e FR book (as an aside, I don't think Maztica should have been included either). This would have allowed them to devote some more pages...

When I next run a 4e game, I'm going to allow saves for "until end of next turn" effects, allowing them to be cancelled earlier than by RAW. As long as the rule applies to both PCs and monsters, I don't think there should be too many problems.

For me, the essence of the Controller role is to deny options to enemy or, at least, to make certain options more costly than others. Some examples include: -Doing AoE damage to punish enemies for grouping up. -Dealing damage if an enemy tries to make an attack. -Moving enemies...

We've got a dwarf resilient battlemind in our group. He is super tough and does a good job at being a defender. We played with Blurred Step pre-errata and post-errata, although we always used it with the post-errata interpretation. It was very useful in a fight we had this past weekend...

Sounds like a great idea to me. Weapons still can add some fiddly bits (like bonuses to attack, extending reach, etc.), but their impact will be less and it will be easier to keep track of what powers do.

I don't have an active campaign to reboot. However, I was planning on starting a new campaign with some newbies recently and have decided to wait until Essentials comes out before I start. The classes just seem much better designed, and I like how they give a few nods to editions of yore. In...

This is definitely the way to go.

This is a common question! It's come up before, here's my solution (basically, rewrite DC in DS terms): Personally, I feel DS should be the paladin's basic marking mechanic. I'd like to see all paladin marking powers incorporate it some day.

This. IMO, what's iconic to Dark Sun isn't what races are in it so much as the process of twisting races to meet its own harsh and cruel assumptions. Dark Sun is like asking the question "What if?" as opposed to the answers you get.

Here's the Immediate Action entry from the Compendium:

I'd probably let the PC move out the way by using an immediate interrupt to move once square and fall prone. This would simulate them diving out of the way. Yes, by RAW the PC wouldn't be able to move out of the way, and the monster couldn't be pushed through the PCs space. However, I feel...

The immediate reaction is triggered, but hasn't been taken yet. The immediate reaction can only be taken after the triggering action has been completely resolved. If the triggering action results in bestowing the stunned condition, then Lolth can't take immediate actions and can't dominate the...

Yeah, more and more I'm thinking of letting this be the case. No. Neither is "deity," actually.