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Um, that's not "it". It grants you an action point and forces you to spend that action point before the end of your next turn. It's the logical consequence of a specific power forcing you to do something that a general rule prevents you from doing. On a different tack, if you don't let the...

Starshadow... there are three levels of obscurement, and obscurement can grant concealment or total concealment depending on its level and whether or not you're adjacent to the obscured target. The thing is, Shadow Walk doesn't have anything to do with the obscurement rules. It skips over them...

I like the idea that the processes used to create masterwork armor would destroy the leather or metal if it weren't being reinforced by magic at the same time. And, conversely, the magic required to get a +4 or higher is so intense that ordinary materials can't hold it, and it quickly leaks out...

4e does encourage dump-statting. At least the dump stat isn't always Charisma this time. :)

So like, masterwork heavy armor gets a bigger boost than masterwork light armor, to compensate for the increased Dexterity or Intelligence the light-armor classes will have at those levels. What does this mean for star-pact warlocks? A starlock will probably start out with a decent Int, but to...

Yes, but... the post you were saying is wrong says that too.

You rule, Lore. I mean, I already thought that based on your work in Brunching Shuttlecocks and Lore Brand Comics, but this confirms and emphasizes it. :)

Um, what does the example on page 275 have to do with it? That example features a fighter wearing +4 warplate. Nobody's disagreeing about what kind of AC boost a character gets from +4 warplate. The example does nothing at all to prove or disprove the existence of +4 regular plate.

QFT. +1 to hit is better than one step up in damage dice, even taking crits and multi-[W] powers into consideration. Two steps up is a much better tradeoff, so really, rogues are best with daggers or rapiers, IMO. Short sword is kind of the red-headed stepchild of light blades.

You're quite correct. This is turning out to be a common stumbling block in the rules, though.

"All characters are proficient with cloth armor." - PHB, page 212. The only way a character could lack proficiency with cloth armor is if he's only disguised as a character and is actually a cabbage or something.

Halflings can use short swords and rapiers just like any rogue. And don't underestimate the value of the +1 to hit with daggers.

Definitely a minor action. It really wouldn't be up to snuff with powers like Elven Accuracy and Fey Step if it were a standard.

Um... two standard actions is what spending the action point is for. (Well, and for bonus damage from the Pit Fighter feature, but that's in addition to the extra standard action.)

Ah... yeah, for some reason it hadn't occurred to me that you could concentrate on Dex alone and spread your other attributes out for feats and skills and stuff, but I can see that working now that you've pointed it out to me. :)

Why would you want to not boost up your secondary attribute?

Why do you care so much about quantity of racial features without regard to quality?

If in a year or two the wizard is being outdone as a controller by other classes, then we can start thinking about what to do about it then. Trying to come up with a fix now based on a vague prediction about what'll happen in future supplements is not productive.

The problem is that Careful Attack is all about hitting an enemy reliably, and Twin Strike already does that quite well. Careful Attack doesn't just need a tweak, it needs to be replaced with something else entirely that isn't covering the same ground as Twin Strike, IMO.

It's still an extra 2d6 damage if you hit on both turns it's active. (It lasts until the end of your next turn, so if you activate it before spending your standard action you can have it for two of your turns.) That's pretty nice for a feat that also gives you training in any of several useful...