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I was thinking of the interaction with Inevitable Shot, actually. As you wrote it, you can't use Clever Shot for your Inevitable Shot, because IS calls for an RBA and Clever Shot isn't itself a "use as RBA" power. I thought it would be nice to have Clever Shot also work as a way to make...

Make the above Clever Shot usable as an RBA, and you've got a pretty strong Bloodbond Seeker. Spiritbond Seekers really badly need a free proficiency in some decent weapon. They don't even get handaxes out of the box. They might need help beyond that, but I've never played one. I think...

I think Rituals suffered neglect because they were never really directly integrated into any character class. I think maybe every PC needs a "ritual/skill power" slot that fills up like the utility power slot does (Wizards can get extra flexibility just like they do with dailies). Maybe then...

Yeah, if there had been more support in the past I can certainly understand how it would be confusing. But there's currently only a single feat to mechanically distinguish Sun elves from Moon elves, and even then it's just that they get a slightly different benefit from using Fey Step. I don't...

I haven't seen any clarification of this. When the question's come up before, though, the consensus seems to be that Hybrid Psions get the "utility-like" discipline focus power, which for the Shaper seems to be Minor Creation.

Interesting article, but like Zephrin, I don't think it addresses the really difficult question: how do you actually design a class so that the "default" is as good as any custom version? Further, how do you ensure that it stays that way, even as you inevitably add more and more customization...

And I would disagree that it's close to a foregone conclusion that the party will have a Wis-primary Heal-trained character. There are six Wis-primary classes (Avenger, Invoker, Seeker, Druid, Shaman, Cleric) out of... what is it now, 25 total classes? At least that many. It's quite easy to...

Uh, you realize that Haunting Strike and Punishing Strike have been Cleric powers for quite a while now, right? No resources spent, and the Strength Cleric is better at hitting than the Fighter (at least twice per encounter). The truth is, there are resources spent: the opportunity cost of...

The level 10 warlock with a background in carpentry knows enough to contract the furniture detailing out to master-level Imps. The level 20 warlock does the same thing, except with Bone Devils. Turns out due to the whole "lack of flesh" thing, they've become really good at making comfy chairs.

Is Dark Sun content allowed in LFR? (The character creation rules I found were out of date.) The Sorcerer-King pact warlock is full of powers that are usable both as melee and ranged attacks, and they're all usable with either Con or Cha, so you're good to go there. The fluff even kinda fits...

I think the dejada is better than a sling because Dark Sun tries to encourage simple "primitive" weapon use. And the sling is generally a pretty subpar weapon, even with the damage upgrade. With only d6 damage, some form of crossbow is pretty much always a better option, and anyone with ranged...

I'm honestly having difficulty understanding your problem, or understanding what you want WotC to do about it. Did they force the fighter's character sheet to change mid-battle? Did they forcibly take away the Cannith Goggles? You are completely free to control if and when errata take effect...

I haven't played with it much, but I put together a half-orc sorcerer/monk once. He took advantage of the quirk that with the Hybrid Sorcerer, you can choose to use Dex for the Sorcerous Power damage bonus even if you take Dragon Soul as your Hybrid Talent. So while he has decent Strength from...

It's not explicit. But the DMG made it clear that monster attacks/defenses are supposed to scale at +1 per level. Whereas over the course of 30 levels, PC attacks/defenses get +15(level)+6(enchancement)+4(best ability scores)=+25 as scaling bonuses. In PH1 you can really only squeak another...

If I remember correctly, this DID come up before, and you can add Arch-Lich as an Epic Destiny. Possibly also even the ritual (intended for NPCs?) that makes you a (plain jane) Lich. So you can be an undead vampire vampire lich, and possibly an undead vampire vampire lich lich. And as people...

I think you're using a definition of "instead of" which is strange. It means "in place of". You cannot gain a +2 to AC in place of adding your Dex/Int modifier to AC if you are not adding your Dex/Int modifier to AC! Sure, your Dex and Int modifiers are still there. But if you're using Con...

I think in the settings that have "active" gods their most important use is as an easy way to drive epic storylines, more than anything else. You can indeed remove gods as active forces, but note that the settings that do have alternatives for epic-level conflicts (such as sorcerer-kings...

I think the utilities are nice and useful for non-monks, but why would a non-monk take this theme? The starting feature isn't worthwhile unless the character has melee at-wills usable unarmed, which leaves out every weapon-using class. For example, say a Fighter takes it and applies it to...

It's kind of a mix of new and old, but... I've been playing around with a drow PHB Cleric that uses a bunch of the powers from Heroes of Shadow, and basically fluff all her powers as sucking life-force from enemies and redirecting it to heal allies. I don't think it's even the most effective...

No Ki Fist, but with your at-will every monk's going to be using a Mountainfall Ki Focus anyway, so they can get a +2/+4/+6 damage vs prone/immob on every attack. My point is this: monks have Ki Foci to replace the loss of weapon properties/powers. It may not be a totally even trade because of...