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Have you heard of scrolls and wands? In 3ed both are easy and cheap to create when dealing with low level spells. That means spellcasters more or less have unlimited use of utility spells if they want it.

And the answer is: Artemis Entreri is a fictional character in a series of novels. Not a game construct in 4ed D&D.

A hard parry, jarring your arms and shoulders. A twisted knee as you throw yourself desperately to the side. A strike that doesn't penetrate your armor but knocks the wind from your lungs. A brief moment of grappling where your opponent manages to pummel you with foot/knee/elbow/shaft or flat...

BAB +5 Weapon focus +1 Enhancement bonus +1 Two weapon fighting -2 Sum +5 So they need to find a +5 bonus somewhere. Do they have a 20 Str or a 20 Dex and weapon finesse? In that case the numbers seem about right.

I let one of my players have a heavy warhorse with some extra HD and the Celestial template as a cohort. It worked out great. The horse could survive the dangers of adventuring (like stray Fireballs) and could contribute to some effect in combat. But at the same time it wasn't really an...

I would only allow Leadership as written in small games (2-3 PC's). As actions are the most valuable resource in D&D, that feat alone nearly doubles a PC's power and impact on the game. At the same time it also slows down the game for everybody. I have on occasions let players have it in...

As far as I can tell the pretense of all monsters being easily balanced as player characters has (rightly) been dropped. So I don't think it will be impossible. But I do think the individual DM and player will have to do more work themselves to make it balanced in their campaign. No more LA's...

For a 4th level PC the tactic of running up to a Hill Giant and start beating on it will only result in being smashed to a bloody pulp. Unless the characters are significantly tougher than the D&D default even a fightertypes will be dead in 2-3 rounds, other classes in 1-2 rounds. Giants are...

You think its reasonable that Lord Death, 20th level fighter, terror of the Known World is four times more likely to fumble his Vorpal blade +5 in the span of six seconds than FarmerJoe, 1st level commoner armed with his rusty mace of punyness? IMO that is the exact reverse of what I would expect.

Exactly. And what's even worse is that a lot of people don't even realize what their physical capability should be like and thus think they are in decent shape when the truth is that it is something like 50% of what it should be. People who have to use their body all day long for hard physical...

Strength, dexterity and constitution are obviously dump stats for many, if not the majority, of modern urban people. The physical ability and stamina, even of young people, are generally quite appalling.

1. None. 2. What makes you think the now evil and DM controlled npc werewolf will even cast spells/remember that it can cast spells. I'm totally on track with Caliban, this is a curse, when in wereform the player don't get to control his PC (unless he is willing to play it as a murderous...

4ed: 1 extra action once per encounter. 3ed: Haste. 1 extra action per round. Do you see the difference?

I would say that in your game the lifespan will be exactly what you (or the DM) would like it to be.

I just don't understand the "it is to expensive" or "I don't want to spend X dollars a month" argument. In my experience most recreational hobbies are more expensive than role playing games. And many hobbies have a monthly cost. Virtually any sport I have ever participated in on a regular...

Given that 4ed seems to go the way of cinematic fantasy I'd say Hell No, we don't need realistic rules for fire. It should be treated the same as the other possible energy damage types.

Giving out the toughness feat at every third level seems to have almost the exact same effect as increasing its HD by one step (over the entire 20 levels there is a difference of 3 HP). So why not aim for simplicity, ditch the toughness feats and increase the class HD to d10?

I seem to remember our groups three main fighters putting out around 150ish hp per round in 1ed. That would be at about level 9-11 and all of them with 18 something in strength and usually two-weapon fighting. Lets see, my own character had +6 damage from strength, +2 damage from specialization...

Here is the basics of a bard. It is already a great at social interaction, can attempt to use ANY skill with around a +10 modifier, decent at spell casting (vs. living foes) and fighting. From this framework it could be taken in many directions; elf archer (by choosing archery feats)...

Because they don't have any LA and get an extra feat (both the bard and the mystic theurge are feat starved).