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Totally. I played a Halfling Pacifist Cleric in a one shot with only three (i think) players. Add to it the fact that it was first level, and I think overhealing came into play. I'd like to try it again with a larger party or at higher level.

Really? The cleric does not chose the power or the target, why would he then choose any secondary targets or other beneficiaries? Personally I'm in the camp that thinks the cleric is still your ally. In a world of magic, domination is not unheard of. Couple that with the fact that a PC...

I'm no rules lawyer and usually only give my opinion in those discussions. My experience only comes from building one in the CB last week or so, and it gave me the proficiency bonus from just the multiclass feat that makes it a double weapon. That may be a glitch. I will save myself the...

Urgosh is -1 with respect to it's status pre-nerf as an off-hand weapon. Tempest fighters get their fighter bonus only with off-hand weapons. Also, Spiked Chain only requires *one* feat, same as the other double weapons. As it stands, with 2d4 the spiked chain is the hands down best double...

Wait, what? That sounds backwards to me. If your favorite drinking hole has to let one of their folks go, it is because money is tight. I'd imagine this applies to business on a larger scale, only more cutthroat. I'd say if you want your favorite designers to have jobs, buy stuff with their...

So good it's banned in my campaign. I don't play a barbarian, so I'm fine with that =/ Jay

Well, since most PC's do take a short rest after every encounter, this is not a huge problem. And if they are mandated to keep going, by plot or other legitimate means, then they are not getting other bonuses like spending surges to heal up or recharging encounter powers. In that case, they...

Just like other roles. Playing without a Defender is possible, but you have to worry more about your front line and surviviability. You could bet by with a durable melee striker or two, but your healer had better be up to it. You can go without a Striker, but be prepared to grind it out, and...

I was so going to ignore this thread and it's shambling gate, until someone mentioned the DI. Of alllll the aspects of 4e announced, that one I hated most. Stupid, subscribing to a tabletop RPG why? And now I am a loyal subscriber and fan. I don't know what happened, but somewhere between...

Like, a TV costs $100 dollars. You have $100 dollars. But, you could call your uncle to get *another* $100 dollars, and pay $200 dollars. You still only get one TV though. The contention is that while Dazed, you get 1 Standard action, period. Spend an action point, or 40 action points, and...

That is why we have DM's. If the party is resting, and one person is not because he is doing <fill in the blank>, is he trying to game the system, or roleplaying? Just like you should not allow someone to roll a d20 that has every side labeled "20", you should not let someone try to get past...

Exactly. So weapon users sacrifice the arms slot. Implement users sacrifice the off hand slot, at least 13 Dex, and a feat. And the bonus is still not as good, and more expensive. The bone thrown is that the off hand slot can also have another property on it, but there you have a...

So, if your DM is being stubbon about it, and saying that "can be used" or whatever means that you don't get the benefit, then what is to prevent you from saying "Fine, I make a Ranged Basic Attack, and use Eldrich Blast/Acid Orb/whatever." Sure it is a fine distinction, but a meaningless one...

Right. It is a resource use issue. And no, an Urgosh's higher damage die does not make up for -1 to hit. Would you take Power Attack it if were -1 to attack for +1 damage? I can't see that as a good benefit for *anyone*. The loss of the Offhand keyword is what stings more than the other...

I support this message, and all it stands for. Jay

AbdulAlhazred has it right. Your best bet is to use other races as your guide. This might be a good opportunity to involve the player. What froglike aspects of his PC does he want to espouse? I wouldn't let him loose on designing the specifics, but understanding what he is trying to get at...

This is the tough balancing act with such rules. You do not want to create a situation where players can be as effective as either base class, but you still want to give them some of the flavor of said class. 4e has it a little easier in that powers carry much of the flavor, so assigning...

It is the 'offhand' property. So a lot of these are still useful to Rangers and other characters who want to use them, but a fighter is stuck. The fighter weapon talent choices are 1-handed, 2-handed, or tempest. None of the big double weapons will let you use the weapon talent with *both*...

Maybe not a houserule, maybe a rule 0 or a common sense rule. Gaming the system, metagaming, and other garbage like that can be locked down by a DM, and this is just one more example. There shouldn't need to be rock solid legal language spelling out short rests, because if it is being abused...

Not strictly true, since you can take a feat to make the staff offhand on both sides, or you can take a feat to turn the spiked chain into a double weapon. I guess what gets me is that the double weapons used to be better than martial weapons, like an exotic weapon should be, and now most of...