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He's also a PoL character and a Planescape character. He can be a FR character if you wish. Or some equivalent. Such as creating a Lich named Vecna who does the same thing. Such as the Bane in PoL that's not the Bane of FR, but he does exactly the same things so he might as well have the...

Vecna's hand and eye came about during his period as a lich, before his godhood. Simply make these artifacts the property of Lich Vecna, as opposed to god Vecna.

Technically, the characters must know who the redshirts are. If the bad guys didn't know the redshirts were unimportant and meant for him to kill to stress a point, he'd just as likely kill Kirk instead!

Minions, minions, minions. For NPC on NPC combat, flip a coin. Heads, it dies, tails, it lives.

The rules for 1st level commoners specifically point out that they're unable to read and thus, no ritual scrolls.

That sounds more like a desire for published adventures, not more extensive stat blocks. Needing to make up plans of that nature to defeat a bad guy isn't the bad guy per se, but the entire adventure that surrounds him. It's the age old question. Did I step in that hidden pit trap because...

You're missing that the Ritual Caster feat has a prerequisite.

But he does have training in rituals themselves. So, what's the problem? He's got an easy to read do-it-yourself instruction manual and the feat that allows him to read it. And since he doesn't have Arcana training, he must at least instead have Religion training, which includes an...

Rituals = Bookshelves Once upon a time only carpenters could build them. Then someone had the clever idea to box up the parts with instructions. So, now all it takes is those instructions (the ritual), the components, and the knowledge of how to use tools (Ritual Caster feat). Some may come...

4e has no rules for sleeping in armor, it's A-ok. It would just be a pointless screw to ambush people who needed it when they weren't able to wear it.

It's not rule 0 to create monsters with abilities the players don't have. Monsters don't follow the same rules.

Use the NPC creation rules both ways. And you needn't keep the stats the same for both scenarios.

If by "enough smarts" you mean "the right PrC, class change, or supplement." Example: Fighter

Why does a newbie DM have so much to write on the subject? *suspicious*

Because it's totally arbitrary for people to want to take breaks.

I generally frown upon requiring a bunch of anti-social gamers to try to play out the charisma of their characters. That's usually when the games I attend end up being about who can make the most fart jokes. Because funny knows no awkwardness.

Not really and you're not really presenting any rational for "why." It's a magical bolt. Any magical bolt should be just like any other magical bolt made the exact same way. A bullet from a experienced cop isn't distinctly more damaging than a bullet from a 11 year old who found his dad's...

It would make sense. However, it does not necessarilly follow.

I'd make a Tempest Fighter and just say he works for the church.

I'm not seeing the argument. This isn't a scientific test. We're not talking truly about science. We're talking about disregarding particular aspects of science for simplicity and magic. We can consider the earth a priveledged frame for the purpose of using magic (teleportation, immoveable...