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For me, what I want is simple: Each chapter (and preferably each page) should answer the questions: * what distinguishes this campaign setting (or region within the campaign setting) from others? * how does this affect the game at the table? History and fluff is fine, as long as it always...

One aspect of madness might be to make tactically awful decisions. Or they take high-risk / moderate-reward actions. * Try to grab the PCs and pull them off cliffs * Repeatedly draw opportunity attacks trying to get past the defender to the weaker PCs * An example power for a shrieking madman...

The way that I see this playing out is: Round 1: "ok, I'm dazed. no big deal.", fails the check Round 2: "I'll probably make the save this time", fails the check Round 3: "I'm sick of being dazed. Anyone willing to be attacked?", possible free action attack vs defender, might make the check...

Yes, good point. Don't want some evil player repeatedly stabbing an ally until he's dead. The +2/-2 shifts would be too little for my tastes, since they'd only really matter 1 out of 5 times. But +5/-5 really means that it will affect your chance of making or missing the save 50% of the...

An idea I have for a witch that the PCs will be facing. Rather than dominate the character and make the character betray the party, I want the player to be the one to willingly betray the party. Insidious Betrayal Over and over, the voices tell you to kill. And you know they'll stop once you...

I envisioned someone not standing still when a more tactical position was available and relying on others a bit more. But yeah, it has some defender-ish leanings. Could even be applied to a leader class character that's always where he needs to be. Non-strikers are often more interesting, IMO.

One idea that comes to mind: Grizzled Veteran / Battlefield Survivor Probably a striker, the guy who can hold his guts in with one hand and attack with the other, takes advantage of opportunities as they present themselves, and who knows when to flee and how to find a way out. Some power ideas...

I buy some stuff at my local game store (minis, tiles, softcovers), especially when I play some D&D in-store. But for the more expensive purchases (hardcovers, box sets), shopping online saves me almost 40% including shipping, which works out to 65% more purchasing power. Unfortunately for the...

I really think I'll need to see what it's missing from DMG1 & DMG2 before I decide whether or not to buy this. I frequently use my DMG1 & DMG2 for Monster Themes, Monster Templates, Divine Boons, Artifacts, Hazards, Weather Effects, etc. I've read only once or twice most of the sections on the...

I actually like vulnerabilities and weaknesses a lot, and not including racial penalties is a critique I have of 4e. Adding them to a new general purpose race intended to be balanced against the standard races would need to be carefully done and playtested. But in a given campaign, a DM could...

Brainless Courage: steps on the toes of Halflings, who have the same power Lifeless Brutality: neat, but does "Lifeless" imply that they are undead? or should they at least have the Shadow Origin property like Revenants (or Shadar-Kai) Unnatural Balance: you could probably rewrite this as...

Not sure if this is what you're getting at, but in my neck of the woods, we have Crowsnest Pass, Dead Man's Flats, the Rocky Mountains, Field, Longview, High River, Twin Butte, Stand Off. If you're wondering about double-vowels and apostrophe's, there's also the Tsuu T'ina Nation just down the...

I'm just about halfway through the Creature Catalog (not in page order though), but there are some really inspired monsters in there. The Eladrin (simple but evocative), Silt Horror (tentacles, woo-hoo), Wight Thrall (passing on their strength), Dune Runner Wight (running curse), Oath Wight...

Unnatural Balance: "Easy DC" could be annoying for the DM (who has to open the book and check pg 42). And since the scarecrow gets a bonus to Dex & Acrobatics, it would be at least a "roll 10 or higher" situation (i.e. a save). If the character is trained in Acrobatics and has a decent Dex, it...

Yep, there's a lot going on. In my experience, I'd describe Mystara adventuring as episodic. I suppose there was some metaplot later, but we never really got into that. We would fight dinosaurs one day on the Isle of Dread, try our hand at thematically linking that island with Fire Mountain...

Yes! This puts into words what I had on the tip of my tongue. In my head, I've always picture its inhabitants as cartoony and exaggerated. And more than a little influenced by hundreds of quarters fed into Tower of Doom & Shadows over Mystara. I've been thinking for a while that a more...

This is something that I'd like to see too, and I'm placing my bet that this will be the type of setting announced. I wouldn't be surprised if it had pirates & ninjas (& dragons), either (Iomandra & the Dragon Sea). Al Qadim wouldn't suprise me, although that might be too much desert. Then...

I'm not familiar with the original source, but I'm getting a picture in my head of an interesting arcane ranged defender rather than a martial controller.

Since there is the precedent of requiring at least one hand free in the Grab RAW, I was surprised not to see it in the rules for Swim or Climb. Does anyone know if it is written or implied anywhere that you need at least one (or both) hands free to swim or climb?

Always. And they can come back to life as soon as they change their character a little (see below), so it's more like instant reincarnation (or as someone else put it, like Dr. Who's regeneration). It can be in the same encounter if they're quick enough, or more likely during a short rest. By...