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Yes, it depends almost entirely on how much the DM is willing to grant OAs. In addition, taking HBO may well affect that willingness, one way or another. On the one slimy, ooze-dripping pseudopod, the DM may see that you've taken a shiny new feat and wanting to let you get to do cool stuff he...

I find that yes, most combats should be fairly easy for the PCs, by the standard assumptions of 4e. You're supposed to go through ~5 combats a day, so if you're going through fewer you could run more difficult encounters, but that increases the chances that bad luck will lead to a TPK. Every...

And Owlbears.

I believe "makes an attack" (as here) is triggered by the declaration of the attack (target), whereas "hits or misses with an attack" would be triggered by the attack roll.

If they look good, and especially if they are thematically linked, I'd buy them. I have a bunch of Orc DDMs, but few of them look particularly good (IMO some are hard to recognize as Orcs) and they in no way look like a unified tribe / gang. They're still fine for marking what is where, but so...

Books are portable and don't require a power source or an internet connection.

Enhancement bonus only adds to damage rolls, not flat damage as normally caused by Spirit Shield. I think you would still get the bonus dice on a crit, but I'm unsure if you can add the enhancement bonus to those dice.

IMHO: Rod is more iconic for a Warlock, but whether that's a plus or a minus would be up to you. Staff is also a weapon, which could be nice, depending; but the staff (if I'm thinking of the same mini) is the least visually interesting. Orbs still seem kinda weird to me, personally...

lol, seriously? Astral Seal is exactly what a leader (especially one as healing-focused as the Cleric) is supposed to be doing. Yes, it's a good power; there are definitely worse ones available. But IMO it's not overly powerful by any stretch of the imagination...

I've always seen it played that you normally use Healing Word on a target who has no healing surges left. Healing Word allows the target to spend a healing surge (which regains the target's surge value in hp) and then restores additional hit points. You can't restore the "additional" hp unless...

You could grab a songblade dagger as an off-hand implement and use any Bard implement power. You wouldn't get the dual implement bonus with your dilettante, of course. Or you could grab AIP and use whatever. Already having Bardic Dilettante is an issue with 4e being a growing system, new stuff...

They appear to be "No Action" and a "Free Action", respectively (in brackets under Effect). I'd assume that if they where IR or II it would be indicated in the same place.

I'm not sure how you would manage to get Ardent Vow from a Pally MC, I thought you couldn't normally swap for class features? If you can I'd go for it, and as a DM I might even be willing to cut you some slack because the rug was pulled out from under you by the errata... But I'm a big old...

Classes - Yes, with a "but..." I'm not too fond of most of the PHB3 classes, they seem a bit on the "different just to be different" side of things, but actual play experience could well change that opinion. I would really like to see some options that seem obvious to me for existing classes...

Marshall, I think you're seeing the cup as half-empty, whereas I see it as Half-Elvish. (OK, sorry, that was bad...) I'm going to continue this because the discussion interests me, and you've actually making me think, but I don't think either of us are going to change each-other's minds... And...

I think you have higher expectations of Dilettante than I do. You state that "The implement rules gut the utility of Dilettante for implement classes.", but I don't see that. I see the implement rules restricting a character's access to certain Dilettante powers if the player isn't willing to...

I can see your point - it sucks that some otherwise cool / flavorful options don't really work out that well. But the "eliminated" options aren't gone, they're just not usually going to be a good choice. And the feats you list as taxes will let you use many of these options effectively, if...

Half-Elves can take their dilettante power from any other class, but that doesn't make every available choice a good one. If you pick a power that keys off of your primary (or a strong secondary) ability you don't need to worry about Adept Dilettante (unless you just happen to want a MC feat...

Now I could be completely wrong on this, but the way I'm reading that: 1) You "jump in" when the trigger arises - not before. 2) You "jump in" before the trigger resolves - so you have to process the Interrupt first, before any other results of the triggering condition. 3) The "invalidates a...

OK, this has been confusing the heck out of me... But I think I understand it now. (Hopefully if I do it will be helpful to others, and if I don't someone will point out where I've gone wrong.) Now, my problem, personally, was that between reading this thread, a thread on the WotC boards, and a...