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Wow. I think you made one of my players very happy! Heck, I like a lot these myself... Thanx!

I agree that Boundless Endurance is really good, but note that you lose the effect when you use a different stance exploit. I don't think this is too big of a deal, since all of the stances (in Heroic tier, at the least) seem to be Dailies, but it's worth noting IMHO.

The back of the d20 Call of Cthulhu book (p285), in the section on "Lovecraftian D&D Campaigns".

You know, I skipped both of the "preview" books, expecting them to become superfluous once the core books came out... Now I'm thinking that I have to see if my F(ns)LGS has any copies lying around anymore...

Emphasis mine. I don't think you should get the damage bonus if the attack misses, even if you roll damage.

This. Because the roles defined for monsters include a consideration for hit points, and those are wiped away when the monster is made a minion. From my reading of the DMG and MM I don't think the designers are creating minions as minions, it's a process of converting an existing monster into a...

I think both are cool flavor. Oddly, I think that Owlbears as mutant cross-breeds would actually have "Natural" as their origin and "Beast" as their type. I think really it comes down to the Owlbear being a cool, iconic D&D critter that could easily be reimagined as a creature from the Feywild...

I agree with your sentiments to an extent. However, I really feel that 4E does a better job of making finding a magic treasure important than anything since 1e (and I would maybe say house-ruled 1e at that, since a number of modules contained their share of the Phat Lewts). First of all, the...

This. If my players want to try this trick I would be more than happy to oblige them by rendering the bunnies (what I consider) a legitimate threat.

1st level, area effect Slow spell. What is there not to love? Yes, 4E Slow only reduces movement rate. Movement is really, really important in 4E. Oh, and as an added bonus you might render some of the targets unconscious. If they live long enough to make a save...

So anchor the other to the ceiling? Actually I'm kind of sad I saw this thread. If my players had come up with this on their own I would have let it work at least once. If it became overused we'd have to have the "Why are you deliberately making the game less fun? Does one of you guys want to...

It doesn't, but then I'd suggest that it doesn't give any less, either. Players who enjoy getting creative describing their characters' actions aren't going to stop, and if some of the other players read out the flavor text for their powers in many cases that will be an overall improvement. You...

Unfortunately to really un-nerf Trolls you'd have to wipe every D&D player's mind as to their vulnerabilities...

The DM should be placing items that you can use. There are no random item tables in 4E. To me this includes watching what the players do. If an item goes straight in the bag o' holding for later sale / disenchant, it would be wise to talk to the player(s) in question and get a reasonable...

I can see the potential for problems, but I think that I would to get a fair bit more play in before I come to any significant conclusions on this issue. Ironically, that's kind of part of the issue: the more play, the more likely it becomes that there will be that kind of series of bad rolls...

Still less useful overall; I was thinking that potions would allow the PCs to minimize their surge usage between encounters. Healing Word can still do that, adding an average of 7.5 hp, assuming an 18 Wis. But you will need to take an extra 5-minute rest after each use (if you want to use it...

Ah, ok. That makes them considerably less useful...

Actually if they where acquired early enough some Potions of Healing could very well extend the party's strategic endurance, as could any ability that spends a surge but restores extra hit points. A 1st-level Fighter with an 18 Con starts with 33 hit points; that's 8 per surge or 18 with a...

One of the pages in my DMG is apparently vorpal and now sports dried blood from (at least) three different gamers. Otherwise my books are in pretty good shape. So I guess I'm either really lucky, or... not.

4e is Dungeons and Dragons. Says so right on the cover. I actually feel like 3e was really, really trying to still be 1e / 2e AD&D in some ways. Which IMHO is a bit foolish. 4e does seem like they are leaning less heavily in that direction, which should hopefully leave more room to just make it...