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Warlocks get implements just like Wizards, and with all the debating over the raw damage advantage of the Ranger vs the Warlock, I thought a perfect way to add a slight buff to the Warlock would be to give him a form of Implement Mastery as well. What do you think of these ideas? Warlock...

No, he's right, there are some powers that are flat out better than others at what they do because they are the focus of that character's role. For example, if 1 character's role is "provide healing" (Cleric), his healing powers are just plain better than other classes, who may still get an...

The poll is confirming what I thought... the pdfs are nearly useless for actual play at the table, everyone who was going to buy the books still is buying them, they just want to get a head start on reading them because they are excited. And it might well convince at least a few people who had...

Hmm, no, but it also doesn't specifically say that you can't... Looking at the beginning of the Feat section, however, it says, quote: So maybe you aren't allowed to unless it says you specifically can. But as weak as they are in the R.A.W., I don't see any reason why it would be unbalanced...

Anyone else recall the 4e talk about how Races would gain powers at later levels, and how they would have Racial Substitution powers for certain classes, so that a Dwarf Fighter would gain different powers than an Elven Fighter, for instance? What ever happened to that? I don't see anything...

Well, let's see. Under the rules as written, if you were to take the Multiclass Feat at 1st level, Novice Power at 4th and 6th, Acolyte Power at 8th, and Adept Power at 10th, you'd have the 1 additional power at a reduced frequency, gained with multiclassing, and 2 of your 3 Encounter powers, 1...

You are correct that many Warlock Paragon Path powers rely upon the Warlock's Curse to work. For the Doomsayer, 1 of the 3 abilities and 1 of the 3 Powers requires the Curse. In the Feytouched PP, 2 of the 3 abilities and 1 of the 3 powers requires the Curse. For the Lifestealer PP, 2 of...

I have the books, and it is not correct. As written, a Warlock multiclass character gets the Pact Power, NOT Curse. What's more, you CANNOT get the Curse through Power Swap because a) Curse is not a power, but a class ability, and b) it is an At Will ability and you can only swap an Encounter...

I've been thinking about Grackle's suggestion too, and it wasn't made just for half elves, but multiclassing in general. And I agree with him... I had been trying to find some way to make the Power Swap feats worthwhile, when in fact eliminating them and just giving their effects to the initial...

I've been giving the Half Elf some thought, and I think 2 changes would help: First, allow the Dilettante power to be an Encounter power of another class used as a Daily instead of an At Will used as an Encounter, if the player chooses. Encounter powers are significantly better than the At...

Here's the Warlock solution I came up with: • Pact Initiate (Multiclass Warlock) – Many of the Warlock’s abilities rely upon the Warlock’s Curse to function. Therefore, a Pact Initiate must make a choice upon taking this feat: He may either gain the standard Warlock’s Curse as an Encounter...

All good points... what if they had a choice of taking either an at will power as an Encounter power, or an Encounter power as a Daily power? I think that would be more useful...

As for half elves, I'd say they are a little weaker than some of the other races. Their bonus to other people's Diplomacy, which we heard about a long time ago, is not only silly, it harms the Half Elf's own niche (since he gets +2 Diplomacy and a Charisma bonus, he's ideally suited to be a...

IMO, the 3 multiclass power swap feats (in which you trade a feat and a power for a power from another class) are too weak. I'll be houseruling them almost definitely. Current thought is to allow them to give an additional power 4 or more levels lower than your character level, rather than...

I thought about that, actually, though a slightly different variation. A feat that you would take when you are allowed to replace a lower level power with a higher level one, that would instead let you use both. However, I think additional powers for a single class character are more...

Multiclassing Feats – When you take a multiclass feat in order to gain a power from another class, it effectively gives you a bonus power above and beyond those you normally receive. You may only take each feat one time. • Pact Initiate (Multiclass Warlock) – Many of the Warlock’s abilities...

How about this solution: • Pact Initiate (Multiclass Warlock) – Many of the Warlock’s abilities rely upon the Warlock’s Curse to function. Therefore, a Pact Initiate must make a choice upon taking this feat: He may either gain the standard Warlock’s Curse as an Encounter power (which includes...

Personally, I think multiclassing seems too weak as written. Normally a Feat will give you some additional ability, or improve an existing one. If all the powers are theoretically equal, doesn't merely exchanging 1 power for another at the price of a feat mean you gain nothing? Right now, I...

I have to second what Syltorian said, and I voted for Eberron too. Besides all the things he listed, there are just so many cool ideas in the setting, like the Dragonmarked Houses and the magitech, as seen with the Artificer, Warforged, Lightning Rail, etc. I'm a sucker for magitech, and I...

Please, get rid of ability scores and just use the adjustments! Why should you have an 18 Dex and have to remember that, in every situation, what you really have is a +4 adjustment? Why not just say "I have a +4 Dex" or "I have a -1 Cha, it was my dump stat"? It's far easier to use and...