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All this reference to Predator is unfortunate, there are better examples of invisiblity out there. Harry Potter had an invisibility cloak. IIRC, he was still careful to not get caught. He left footprints. In the 6th movie he was caught by Draco and roughed up, despite his 'invisibility'...

I'm sure if you look back a couple pages in the forum you'll find the last such discussion on this subject, which was pretty heated if I remember correctly. I think the DM is the final arbiter of what is an enemy, and the 'bag o' rats' guideline should apply. If you *are* the DM, just try to...

High Crit Vorpal Fullblade? With RRoT? And a . . .3[w] Endounter power? 9x12=108, add some static bonuses (leader bonuses to damage, etc), and it is doable. Jay

I. . .agree. D&D is a game of near misses. The orc attacks with his battleaxe, and hits your armor, your shield, the ground. . .but never actually cleaves into you. HP's would be single digits if that is how things worked. You might get nicked or sliced, but nothing serious. I have a hard...

I don't think this is 100% the case, but it may be really common among the more avid fans. Since they are the ones most likely to frequent message boards about D&D, it may *appear* to be more prevalent than it really is. In my game, we have every character with a race class combo that makes a...

Um, I'm not Japanese, but I could see that being a little offensive. . . The Banner requires a Standard action to plant, but afterwards the healing done happens with *no* action. That one standard action can, with the right cheese applied, be the best spent action of the game. I think that...

Wow, no need for any kind of attitude. . .just suggestions is all. I played in a monsters only one-shot when we were still getting the hang of 4e. Minotaur, Gnoll, Undead (warforged), and Changeling try to storm a castle. It was one of the most fun sessions of D&D I have ever played, and it...

Wow, thanks for quoting me! For the record, this type of thing happens all the time, in all walks of life. I did not like sushi the first time I tried it. Or the second. I don't even *like* fish. But I tried it again, and found something about it I liked. The first time I watched a...

I had this discussion with my group. The power has the Encounter (special) thing going on, and at the bottom it says that you can use it twice in an encounter. Note, the feat is very specific about once per day. If it had wanted you to use it in one encounter per day, but get the two uses...

Kind of, because many of the powers with save ends conditions will apply that same condition until the end of your/its next turn. Which is effectively the same as if it makes its first save. For it to count as anything other than moar damage at least one missed save is needed. Plus, doesn't...

Still not to sure what build he has, but it seems like Wisdom fits best. . . Astral Seal as an at-will solves a couple of his problems. It is +1 to hit over his other powers, and it heals a small amount in addition to its debuff. You don't have to be a pacifist to take it, but if you do have...

It only does that with a feat. . . Jay

PHB4. I want Shadow/Elemental/Whatever power source, and I want it now. Jay

Did we establish that he *was* doing this in 4e? I think 3.5 has a lot more tools, and a lot more interesting monster races. We did this campaign (it never took off, but the first few sessions were awesome). Consider giving a few levels of 'free' LA or HD. We had 4 levels to spend on just...

If you read that thread, you'll find 10 pages of one guy insisting that his broad and erroneous interpretation of the rules is correct, and 10 pages of the best rules lawyers in the thread correcting him. Not a good example. IME, the stealth rules work just fine. As for the strength/plate...

At least you played it before you critiqued it. Many of the folks with the same opinion about it have judged it from just reading about it. Of course, you went in to the game with your mind made up. I'm not sure any experience could change your mind if you had already decided what you had...

This is one of the reasons I try to avoid (save ends) powers. I'd like to control a little more of what my character can do, and a save ends powers relies on 2 die rolls to apply and be worth it (1 to hit, 1 to fail at least one save). Hobgoblins are far from the only offender. Elites and...

Why make them save if you are giving it a one round duration? This is 100% a house rule, but one round of dazed effectively equals a surprise round. If the enemies already got one of those, you are kind of penalizing your players for nothing. Maybe apply this penalty in an endurance...

If my first reply sounded snippy, I'm sorry. I had a familiar that allowed me to speak Supernal, and it didn't really end up being any more useful than any other language. Probably less useful, actually. Just don't see the need for a banhammer in such situations. Your DM frightens me! Jay

Without endorsing the vitriol, I agree with the kernel of your point. The game will run much smoother if everyone pays attention to the game and takes their turn quickly. To be honest though, this was a problem in other editions too. The difference was, folks who were only paying attention...