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Creatures get 2 + dexmod + 1/2 level. Level 1/11/21 skirmishers have a dex mod of +3/5/7. If you do absolutely nothing to optimize initiative, creatures will beat you sooner or later. I think most people get this figured out by paragon, though, and do something to fix the initiative situation...

Consider asking the player to hang on and just wait until level 21 for the Archlich Epic Destiny.

Let the party live and die by their own decisions. Sometimes we need to throw away the notion of scaling encounters to PCs, particularly if they've decided to press the issue with an NPC that they know to be powerful beyond their ability. If they somehow pull out a win, it will be truly epic...

Hell yeah. Rob Bodine is working on a version of this using his modified encounter & creature design system for dungeon crawls. I've played through his adaptations of The Ghost Tower of Inverness and White Plume Mountain, and he does a faithful job of capturing the flavor of the modules...

That should be a nasty surprise. I always like to run with people who can consistently make monster knowledge checks, to increase the likelihood of finding out something has an MBA that targets a NAD before I find out the hard way.

If the ranger is a striker and has Twin Strike, then Clever Strike is a waste of a standard action. Doing things like making the elite brute prone is fun and all, but using it to lockdown is a situational ability at best. Anyway, being prone isn't a big problem if the monster is not also dazed...

If you're nigh-unhittable when making ranged attacks, then you don't typically need to provoke by moving. Also, Battle Caster Defense and Defensive Mobility stack. Your friend could be rolling around with a +10 vs. OAs provoked by shooting. At that point, one can safely taunt the DM by provoking...

This is an excellent suggestion. There's no reason to go with the Archer Fighting Style other than the Battlefield Archer Paragon Path, which the OP will not be taking anyway. Also, the Battle Caster Defense is better than Defensive Mobility, if one's concern is defending against OAs provoked by...

Did you read the rest of my post, where I talked about "more interesting feats"? My specific point about the tax feats is that they should be taken first. Actually, if the OP decides to go with an Essentials Hunter, then there's no real need to go after Weapon Focus until much later, if at all.

If you're using a bow, the basics are Greatbow proficiency, Bow Expertise, and Weapon Focus (Bow). With a human, you should be able to have all of those by level 2. There are a couple of nice things you can throw in there after that. You can take Hobbling Strike and World Serpent's Grasp, and...

Has he otherwise maxed out his bonus to hit? That is, is he using a +3 proficiency weapon, have at least an 18 to start with in his primary stat, maximizing opportunities to get CA, waiting for the leader/controller to buff/debuff, etc.?

A suggestion: Ring of fury: +2 item bonus to intimidate; Daily free action triggered when bloodied: make two basic attacks Also, many-fingered gloves are a hand slot item. It won't replace your Iron Armbands of Power, which are an arms slot item.

It is both a light blade and a flail, so you can take advantage of both aspects. Basically, the main hand is a light-blade/flail with the stout and reach properties, and the off hand is a light-blade/flail with the off hand and reach properties. I might be bothered to find the CS messages where...

Is there a similar list of primordials & demon princes, anywhere?

Ghost Legionnaires: they have a Reliable dominate, and they have a shared hit point pool. Focus-fire doesn't work well on them.

So, after re-reading the rules and consulting with CustServ, I think you guys are right. I can't find any rules-based reason for denying the interrupt while the entire attack is still being resolved. This should be interesting the next time I hit the LFR table with my ranger.

I think it is telling that they differentiate "targets" from "attacks" and "hits" in triggers. It is very frustrating that they have conflated what they mean by "attack", but I think it's unambiguous in this case. That being said, people should play Disruptive Strike however they want in...

From the online rules compendium, in the entry on immediate interrupts, emphasis is mine: "An immediate interrupt lets you jump in when a certain trigger condition arises, acting before the trigger resolves." Disruptive strike interrupts the attack, not the hit. Once the attack is resolved in...

The worst part about that is, due to Rule 34, we know there's a market for that kind of thing.

A huge floating head with snakes instead of eye stalks. Two eyes, but one of them is tiny, stunted, and motionless. The other is gigantic. The head has two tiny, feminine arms and shriveled, pointy breasts hanging down from it. Ugh.