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. . .and what are his race/stats/build choices, and since it appears you are not the player of said cleric, is he going to appreciate your meddling? For reference, this kind of thing has been discussed in the Main forum. Look for the long thread about telling someone their player sucks. Jay

Paladins are just different from other defenders. Some of those differences are good, like their mark. They have no need to remark if they remain engaged, but they can change their mark if they wish. The mark requires *no action* to trigger, so if an enemy breaks the conditions, he takes...

The best suggestion I've seen. This puts it solidly in the not OP category, and gives the DM a bit of control. As an aside, I love things like this. Things that add to the fun of a game, but not necessarily within the bounds set by the Rules as Written (or Word of God). Jay

Yeah, it was kind of an odd oversight to make thrown weapons return automatically (and with no action cost), but to have bows and crossbows still use mundane ammunition and require reloading. It would have little mechanical effect to have magical weapons fire bolts of magic, or to re-summon the...

Mounted Paladin would be very cool. A Necromancer with a Shaman-style spirit would be awesome. Instead of healing, you could use it for controlling. Detrimental auras and forced movement eminating from it. I agree with the sentiment that it should have summons, too, but nothing encounter...

If you really want that, then make a 16/16/16 character and use both powers. If you are Halfling, you can get away with keeping your Cha at that level and just bumping Str and Dex. Their racial defense vs OA's works well with your class ability to give you a steady +5, which isn't shabby...

Yeah. . .if the PC's are expecting an animated Tovia, then you shouldn't deliver. You should deliver in a different way. Maybe several Tovias, or a shade that isn't immediately identifiable as her. Maybe her final moments, hurling insults at the Beholder, colors her raising and she returns as...

A pretty great illustration of rules not trumping fun. How would play have been enhanced had Pcat been challenged on a number of the things brought up here? Probably not at all! This is a big difference between a mediocre DM (me), and a great DM (my current DM). It sounded like a tense...

What's with the burning desire to learn those two languages, by the way? Seems pretty unlikely to come up in most campaigns. And yeah, your quote from the DM seems to betray a lack of understanding about the game. . .either he really doesn't get it, or it was taken out of context, or he is...

It's like every time I post you have to run in and crap all over it. Thanks for being consistent? Without going into lots of boring personal details, the two guys split for a few reasons, but the straw that broke the camel's back was the change in editions. Nobody is angry or not friends...

I'm still mad that my gaming group is/was acting like juveniles about the whole edition thing. Two guys hated it before it was out. Three of us tried to run the game as soon as we had the basic information to do so (pdfs of the preview characters, etc). So, in the end, two guys hated the...

I haven't checked the CB, but the preview wizard at DDXP had a nerfed version of Winged Horde that only targeted one creature. Does that make it easier to not always use that one at-will? Is that what you were referring to? I've seen a few of these in play, and I like Icy Terrain best. My...

Swashbuckler is one archetype, sure. When I think of fast, lucky heroes, I think of Robin Hood! The very image of a rogue, he was a legendary archer and a charismatic leader. If I were to stat him up (Garthanos style), he would have a Charisma at least as high as his Dexterity. He was no...

The phrase "When you make a ranged attack against an enemy and other enemies are in the way, your target has cover." is being misused. it starts "When you make a ranged attack. . .", not "When you are hiding" or "If you want to cheese stealth rules". This rule applies when you are making a...

Unless it has been nerfed, the Windrise Ports background allows you an extra multiclass. You become Doctor Doolittle at that point, with your travelling menagerie. Jay

Is this turning into a meta-edition war? People who hate edition warring arguing with people who hate being tattled on? Of course, this thread was doomed from the beginning with the title it has, so it was inevitible. . .I'm just kind of horrified that there is so much support for the...

Ten dollars a month is much less than I would be spending if I bought all the books I wanted too. I have a very limited gaming budget, and at the moment it is going to pay for DDI. I get basically all the stuff I need to build from all the books available. A while back I was staying in the...

I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing. The bit about properties refers to the magic properties a weapon may have. The 'always on' bits. There is no reason the innate properties of the nonmagic nature of the weapon are ignored. It is the magic that is overwritten. Also, I have...

If you look at their powers, many (most) of their dailies give you a stance. Said stance has a power you can use when someone moves but does not shift. That power is an OA. It uses dailies to emulate the Fighter ability to do the same thing. This means low levels suck a bit, but once you...

Am I the only one, when struck by the generic nature of 'Player's Handbook' that thought it would make a great trap? Like, a book on the cover that talked about how to get lots of women, but inside was filled with video game cheat codes? Or a movie with Bill Bellamy writing a book on How to...