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The idea of sacred ritualized one-on-one combat has been around a lot longer than your distaste for it. :) And remember, the deity is not punishing the paladin's opponent. Paladin powers don't work like that anymore. The paladin is using the power they were irrevocably granted by a deity and...

To quote William Gibson a bit, science fiction is about what is going on in the world right now. That is, it is a vision of the future if the ideas present in the world at the point in time of the authoring of the book do not change greatly over time. Fantasy also is not really the opposite of...

A minotaur race posted here yesterday had +2 STR, and +2 WIS or CHA. I would recommend that. Perhaps allow prehensile tail and feet to have a -0 in its place. Could definitely lead to some cool stuff.

Briefly, I would never use 3d6. The game is not setup for it. As said above, it changes the game too much, and favors modifiers much more heavily. Which is not always bad, but... anyway, for 4E, consider the effect on brutes -- they would become nearly pointless. PCs generally have similar...

Personally, I'd say tell him something more along the lines of -- "It sounds like you're not going to have fun in my game from what you've said. If you really want to play and you can keep your opinions to yourself, you're welcome to play. Gaming is supposed to be fun, and I don't have fun...

I do not understand where you got the -9 to attack from for level 30. In the example, she just rolls Str vs. Fort, with no negative to attack. The -15 to damage I understand.

I have a PC playing a doppleganger in my 4E game now. No rules about research or anything.

It doesn't stack.

Neat stuff. Glancing through, remember, literally nothing in the game grants threatening reach to characters. You might want to rework that paragon path power.

Battle courage says +5 vs. saves against feat rather than fear. Minotaur weapon training should be +2 rather than +3 if you want to stay close to original intent. They will get extra damage due to oversized already. Maze immunity is a terrible feat. Nothing in the MM uses maze. Hulking...

Ew. Back in '02 looks like I voted die rolls. Wouldn't dream of it now. Had too many people get exceptional rolls... and in 3e that meant they were 1-3 levels higher than everybody else. Bah to that. Probably not as bad in 4E though really.

If you've ever sat around waiting on the druid and his zoo to act in 3.5, you already understand. And I don't think having summons be sustain standard / etc is remotely out of line or unbalancing. It can be balanced by making the summoned creatures actually as powerful as a player character...

The DMG advice is to, for a 2 person party, play a defender and a leader, not a defender and a controller. Healing is more potent with two characters. The 3 person party recommends dropping the striker or the controller... not the leader.

Gotta say the cleric. The change of healing to a minor action, or being part of a strike, is a huge step up. Plus, sacred flame is awesome -- blast your enemies, and give your friends a shot at shaking off whatever horrible condition is on them. Great stuff, and a big step forward from the 3E...

Another thing you could do, is tell the players the passive perception of the enemies they are fighting. *While someone else starts their turn,* the stealther rolls stealth vs. this passive DC. They tell you if they failed, or simply keep track of it themselves. Alternatively, they could also...

Divine Regeneration is on p. 175. It is a level 26 demigod utility power.

Heck, I don't think the fighter should be able to conceal it. Visually to me, the fighter is fighting close with and harassing enemies he has marked, boxing them in and such. If they try to shift away, he cuts off their escape with his body and harassment, and if they go through with moving...

Bah. I ran it this way in 3E. 4E is a large step up. Anyway, if you read the rest of the system, it actually is already balanced your way. Magic items sell for, or disenchant into, 1/5th of their value. So, if you want to create custom items, you're burning 80% of your magic item...

For comments about the system waiting until the end of play -- absolutely! Not much brings me down as a DM more than hearing "That rule is stupid." Hopefully people can respect that. I've had a lot of trouble in the past with balancing out combat heavy players versus story heavy players...

The quote is great advice. If the party does choose to split up, make sure the city encounters go quickly -- alternatively, the sage could offer to meet them outside the city, presuming he is not prejudiced himself, if the encounter with him will be more than simply sharing information.