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Sure, glad to! 10 base AC +5 (elderhide armor AC) +6 (elderhide armor enhancement bonus) +2 (heavy shield) +10 (Intelligence bonus) +15 (level modifier) +1 (armor specialization feat) +1 (staff implement mastery - used with longsword because of WotST) --- 50 AC In addition, there are...

To be fair, since most of the posters seem to be lining up with his perception of encounter powers, maybe the assumption is on your part? From what I've seen so far (and I admit my 4E actual play experience is limited, being that the rules have only been out a month), you're meant to use your...

It does in 4th edition... :D

Originally posted on the WotC boards - those boards are so unreliable that I thought I'd repost it here. I'm still fine-tuning the idea, and feedback is welcome. ---------- The Iron Mage (WotST build) (or, Who Says Staff Wizards Are Useless?) Race: Human Class: Wizard/Wizard of the Spiral...

I'm having the same problem. At least I copied down my post on their boards before they went down (so I can repost it here).

Icy Terrain shines in many situations, but the best use is when there's a chokepoint on the map that your Defenders are holding. If necessary, ready an action to use Icy Terrain right before your defenders act - that will ensure they take advantage of the enemies being prone. Likewise, if it...

Even Navy Seals need to reload their guns... I disagree. If they wanted to discourage the refreshing of encounter powers, they wouldn't have made a short rest only take 5 minutes, with characters allowed to take as many short rests as they want. Now, daily power refreshes are discouraged, by...

I plan to take Psychic Lock ASAP for my high-AC human wizard build (who I plan to use as a secondary character in LFR). It really depends on your build and your goals. I don't think it is as rare as you feel it is, but we'll just have to agree to disagree. True, but it's still there, and it's...

You know, I did an entire post showing the math on this, and you're still going back to your 6% number, skipping several things. There's the synergy with Psychic Lock (which becomes a no-brainer if you have a psychic at-will power), the value increases when you target a foe weak to Will...

Which is the biggest draw of the power, and Scorching Burst is still going to be a better overall minion killer, because you can hit multiple targets with it (especially once Spell Accuracy comes into play and you can drop it on friends safely). Of course it does more damage...because that's...

Yeah, you can only rant...but it was a very entertaining rant! :) I've been consistently impressed with the quality of EN World, which is why I finally signed up for a Community Support account yesterday. (By the way - any chance it can be activated soon?) (chuckle)

Which is why I would rate it a D, not an F. Some minor use, but subpar in the vast majority of situations compared to the other choices. I was a C student in high school. Granted, a C student with a 1280 SAT who was on our school's Academic Decathalon team (there were two each of A, B, and C...

An Eladrin who spends 3 points to start with a 15 Dex can meet the Dex portion of Heavy Blade Mastery at Epic without further point expenditure, which can be really nice.

Honestly, it IS mediocre in that case. You only get two (or three if a human) at-will powers, EVER. No matter how many sourcebooks come out with more powers, the only thing that matters to a player is what the top two or three at-wills are in their eyes. For example, I would rate Priest's...

Brutes are a common foe from level 1 all the way to level 30 - they're easy to run, and considered "baseline muscle" per the DMG. Artillery, Lurkers, and Skirmishers are, on average, also good choices to target with Will. Now, part of the reason you have multiple at-will powers is to match the...

Update: they finally took the forums down for 'emergency maintenance', to clear up some corruption in the forums database.

I actually prefer the letter scale, because in the end, this is a fuzzy rating system. With the numbers, people get too hung up on the exact score (is it a 7? 7.5? 7.3702?). The letter grade is easy, and intuitive. Everyone remembers it from grade school, and I expect less arguments will...

Wizard Encounter Powers (1st level) One problem that I've recently realized with Burning Hands and Force Orb is that they're nothing besides damage...and the damage difference between them and Scorching Burst (an at-will) isn't all that huge. Burning Hands does 1d6 more damage (+3.5 average...

Are you going to convert these to letter grades like you did with the At-Will powers?

Yeah, but now you get milestones every two encounters... :D Seriously, though, that was a pretty awesome module. Even if you had to wipe off the drool from the table after the paladin got his hands on the +5 Holy Avenger...