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Sacrifice to Caiphon only works on encounter powers. I don't think they've added miss effects to any of those, just dailies.

Empty Palm seems better than pretty much any other Monk at-will. In particular, it is superior to Dragon's Tail in pretty much every way. Even if a Monk is normally using an implement-weapon, it's pretty easy for them to have a hand free, so IMO every Monk would take this power. The feat is...

As for how to use the Compendium, just select "Classes" or "Races" under the search tab, leave the actual search field blank, and click on "Apply". You're basically just searching for all Classes or Races that way.

You can use the Compendium to list all races/classes (with sources) without even having a DDI membership.

I guess I see it this way: I see this update as a chance to fix things that don't work as intended. But I don't think the Cha/Con starlock was ever even intended to be a viable build. The two OWarlock builds are Cha/Int or Con/Int, period. Starlocks were supposed to choose one of those and...

Just to join the overwhelming chorus: Yes, PLEASE, make Dire Radiance use Con or Cha. If they're already changing so many powers, I don't see why they didn't make this one. I think it's really by far the largest flaw left. I don't think Starlocks need an AC boost, because IMO they should all...

The previewed monsters seem a little generic, but I like some of that once in a while. Mechanically they look very solid, and they're pretty easily refluffable into whatever you like. The mage in particular is pretty nice; controllers can be tricky to get just "right", and this guy has a great...

I'm imagining the hunter spinning from nearby target to target so quickly that they get dizzy and injure themselves. Still silly, but hey.

I always read this as "no". If they intended what you think it meant, I think they would've worded it as "Trigger: an enemy hits or misses you with their first attack in an encounter". Since it doesn't say that, I think it triggers the first time you're attacked, period.

Animal Master really seems like something changed mid-development. It's like the original concept was for a basically non-targetable non-combat animal... but then someone decided to mix in a combat power or two. The result is something that doesn't seem to quite work as intended. Given that...

I liked themes in DS, but I'm a little surprised to see people criticize the lack of feat and PP support for the new themes. 1) The theme feats were kinda cruddy. Almost all of them provided buffs to the theme power, but this is generally a worse choice than a feat that'll buff all your...

That "set things on fire" ability does half damage and some ongoing damage even on a miss. Unless the dragon's to-hit chance is 70% or more, Immolate Foe will on average deal more damage than two claws (assuming the ongoing hits at least once). It's a pretty viable alternative, especially...

If by "arguably" you mean "at level 10". I find it telling that a heroic pyromancer is still quite likely going to want freezing burst over scorching burst. +1 damage is not very special.

Well, to me, "rituals as powers" is pretty much covered by skill powers. Which in principle I like, but somehow never wind up using. So maybe more martial-oriented skill powers would be nice, but I'm not sure I'd be too excited about it myself. IMO, the whole point of rituals as rituals is...

Bard is what springs to mind to me too, but as an alternative, what about some flavor of Warlock? Buried negative feelings, prone to vice, overcurious, and fully committed to a cause are all traits that could apply to a Warlock. And the stat array would be some combination of Charisma...

The ship sailed from the start, as LFR allows fanatical devotees of Erathis in the same party as fanatical devotees of Melora. "Tame the wilderness" and "protect the wild places" are not exactly easily compatible goals. The solution is the same as it's always been: don't be so fanatical, and...

As a follow-up: I realized I should've taken into account that the Binder also really did just roll badly. Bad luck can kill any fragile PC. Echoing Dirge is actually nice as an at-will since it multitargets without provoking OA, so there is that. As for the leaderlessness, I gave everyone a...

I realize anecdotes don't really prove anything, but I ran my own little exercise... I put a first-level Shade Vampire (yes, really, and without Durable, but not gimped otherwise) through two near-TPK encounters, along with a Vryloka Blackguard and a Revenant Gloombinder. The first encounter...

Grasping Shadows has been errata'd, make sure you check that. Scorching Burst and Ray of Frost are generally regarded as two of the worst at-wills... Heroes of the Fallen Lands added a new build (which you can ignore), but also added some new at-will powers to choose from. Freezing Burst is...

I actually tracked ammo at first, but soon realized that it was a lot of bookkeeping with no clear purpose. As long as the party's within a day of civilization, 30 arrows/20 bolts is enough for 3-4 encounters (i.e. a full day) even if you don't allow recovery, and if they venture further afield...