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I've been looking over the Marks, and many of them provide non-combat spells. Several of them are now Rituals, and many aren't even in 4e yet. Maybe we could make acquiring the Mark a feat, and create the powers as Rituals (of various levels). But these rituals would require the Dragonmark...

I don't have a whole lot of 4e experience yet, but 22 points in the new attribute buy seems a bit stingy for really heroic characters. Lots of 11's and 12's, maybe 1 at a 16, 2 at a 14. A single 18 pretty much ensures your other stats will be only average. 3 more points isn't a lot. It's...

Good idea on the Tieflings, and I was thinking along the same lines about "Points of Light in Eberron". The war was far more devastating than the 3e Eberron book let on. Many people were killed, and each country fielded "Weapons of mass destruction", from Warforged to undead legions to...

Here's my quick and dirty sorcerer: Wizard/Warlock: Sorcerer – A Sorcerer is a Wizard who was born with the natural ability to cast spells, rather than learning and studying them from a spellbook. They are treated as a Wizard, except they get the Class Skills and Proficiencies of a Warlock...

I think I'd like to run my 1st 4e game in Eberron, but it's going to take some work to adapt Eberron to 4e, and vice versa. Anyone else working on this? Here's what I've got so far: Eberron 4e Rules Attributes – We’ll use a 25 point buy, slightly higher than the 4e main rules, to give a bit...

Just houserule it... I already did.

Yes, but is that the range of the order to "Attaaaack!" or the range of your party member attacking the target? Edit: Darn ninja beat me to it!

+2 is fine, +5 is too much IMO. First, there's an additional 10% chance each time of not getting hit. That could happen multiple times if you are lucky. Toughness just gives a single, flat 5 hp. Second, many OAs may do much more than 5 points of damage. A powerful hit could do 10 or more...

Interesting! One point, though: Why does the relative number of successes needed drop as party size increases? In a 2 person party, you'll have 6 rolls over 3 rounds, and 5 are needed for total success. That's 2/3s of the total number of rolls. But in a 5 person party, you'll have 15 rolls...

Not all encounters involve orcs in a dungeon. Most of our party encounters have been in the city, with a corrupt (turned out mind-controlled) Baron, lots of social encounters, and mysteries. We have maybe 1 battle every 2 days of real-time game play. What good is a scorching burst then...

He still has his usual at-will and encounter powers from his class, so trading a bonus at will-as-encounter power for 4 level 1 utility powers is not hurting him at all. In fact, it may be a little too powerful IMO. I'd probably let him choose 1 or maybe 2 of the Cantrips to use, not all 4.

I don't think it's ever specified that a Staff Implement is in any substancial way different from a quarterstaff. They have identical stats, cost the same, etc. Apparently any wooden staff, costing 5 gp and weighing 4 lbs can be used as a staff implement, and can also be used as a...

I consider the bonus on criticals to be an inherent part of the Enhancement bonus, since the number of bonus damage dice is directly determined by the Enhancement, so yes.

How is it expressly forbidden? It says you may not retrain "feats" that are a part of your class, path, or destiny, it doesn't say race...

Not necessarily. I would rule that the Eladrin ability is equivalent to a free Skill Training feat, and that if he wanted to retrain that, he could choose any other skill to train instead. The language under the "Retraining Skills" section applies only to class skills chosen when you began...

JUST the Enhancement bonus (+2 for example)? Yes, that I'd allow. I see it this way: Staves have general enhancement bonuses that help whether you use it as a weapon or an Implement. A Wizard can use the Enhancement on a Staff of Frost, and a Fighter can use the Enhancement on a Staff of...

If a feat or ability gives a character a skill or feat he already possesses, he may retrain one of them to get a different feat or skill or whatever. That used to be a problem in 3e, but with retraining at every level in 4e, just mentally add "If the character already has this feat or skill, he...

IMO, weapon properties on staves affect melee attacks with the staff only, not any spells cast using the staff. However, I think this is something each DM will probably decide for themselves, and there may be some cases where a DM might allow a weapon property to affect a spell.

Very cool! I think I'd take out the "Swarm up the Haft" power... I picture that for smaller creatures like spiders or beetles, not monkeys. Other than that, I'd use it!

No, he said it was a maximum of 1 point at Heroic, 2 at Paragon, and 3 at Epic level, and it couldn't exceed the Primary stat in any case. However, for comparison, I came up with a Weapon Finesse feat that allows someone to use their Dex in place of their Str for making attack rolls when using...