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Combat Challenge only affects adjacent enemies, so reach is not quite as useful for fighters as it could be. I'd think that you'd want that extra +1 to AC from a better Dex, if you're not playing a fighter with a shield.

Or the evil warlock blasts you with his eldritch blast... which is just a ranged attack.

The NPC rules in the DMG1 are pretty clearly intended for NPC who'll only be around for a single fight. So it's good for them to expand on how to use allied NPCs in the DMG2. Healing surges and the XP budget would seem to be the two main things that would need changing (as it stands, allied...

So take Chilling Cloud. Where's the issue? Being an illusionist doesn't mean every spell you have must be an illusion, just that you focus on it more than other schools. In 3rd ed, being an illusionist just meant that you planned on casting at least one illusion spell a day for each spell...

PA is about trading accuracy for damage. So it is horrible for the axe wielding inaccurate barbarians usually directed at it, and instead better for people who are accurate but do little damage. If you hit the monster very easily, PA helps. If you have trouble hitting, PA makes it hurt worse...

There are about a half-dozen ways to make such a character: you could apply a class template onto an existing creature, you could use the NPC creation rules in the DMG, you could reskin a different monster that has appropriate abilities, you could just find a monster that fits the concept, you...

Wands could also be useful for this purpose.

I wonder how much of the difference there is because they changed the rules for solo creatures in the MM2. You might compare the Sharn to the DMG guidelines and to MM1 solo monsters.

Now you're getting the idea. Big weapon + nearly always hits = very good average damage per round. Two attack rolls per attack means you have almost double the chance to crit, so High Crit and crit boosting abilities are very good for Avengers. Those two facts are where the Avenger's damage...

Here's how it works: each Domain is associated with an at-will from each existing Divine class. If you take the divine feat, then it gives you a bonus with the associated at-will powers. (You don't gain knowledge of these powers; you have to pick them at first level just as normal.) So say...

I think you want the "Fan Creation and House Rules" forum

A lot of your scenarios ignore the advantages of Deft Strike, when it could be useful. Maybe, or you could use the movement from Deft Strike to get out of cover, make the Deft Strike at range, then use your move action to get back behind cover, regain stealth and ensure Sneak Attack damage...

I don't see anything in the rules to support this claim. Do you have a citation? Oath of Enmity says you roll twice, and use one. But you still rolled twice, which is all the Lucklender weapon cares about.

Their Strength score has nothing to do with their basic attack. Monster damage is simply determined by role and level. Strength score doesn't figure in there at all. (To answer: Why give him a 32 Strength, the answer is "to know how much he can lift/move/etc for non-combat stuff, how good he...

This isn't the revenant's fault: it's the FRPG's fault. The Genasi feats should have the requirements "Genasi, Elemental Manifestation racial ability" or some such. Which would mean the Genasi Revenant only qualified after taking the proper feat that granted Elemental Manifestation. And would...

It does say "creature", though, and the spirit is a conjuration, not a creature. So the swordmage couldn't protect the spirit companion, because a shielding swordmage can only protect creatures. Now, it's unclear if the Swordmage could protect the shaman from the damage when a spirit is...

Keep in mind that the spirit companion can only be targeted with ranged and melee attacks, not with close or area attacks. This means the enemies actually have to devote resources to hurting the spirit companion, rather than just hitting it with a blast while trying to take out the PC rogue...

Especially with the Transfer Enchantment ritual being available. Find a really awesome flail, but you prefer your Fullblade you spent all your feats specializing in? Put the flail's enchantment on a Fullblade.

If you're having trouble choosing between Wizard and Rogue, then you should consider Warlock and (if you have access to PHB2) Sorcerer. I don't say that to complicate matters, but because those two classes may provide you with options partway between Rogue and Wizard. Warlocks are Strikers...

Wizards released the last few WWGD adventures on the website, I'm pretty sure.