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I was fiercely pro from the moment we first heard 4e was coming. I've loved ever bit of flavor we've heard (I seriously can't get enough of the new planes, partly because it's like WotC snuck into my head & grabbed ideas I'd been tossing around, then superchanged them). The early crunch (elf &...

Heh, I know someone who has a dog with that name (gamer, obviously).

Except for your analogy to work in the real world, it'd have to be something more like this: 'Stand up in the room you're in right now. Move forward two steps, then back. Measure the distance. Now move diagonal two steps, and back. Measure that distance too. The diagonal distance will be the...

This is my concern as well. I've seen something very like this in an MMO I play, EQ, in the transition from the first version of it (spellcasters cast spells, melee just hit things) to the second version (spellcasters cast spells, melee use 'combat arts' - which are basically just spells for...

Mage Hand can be sustained indefinitely - so every wizard who selects that cantrip has an always-on minor telekinetic effect. Hrm. That's pretty neat.

Conjectural rules gleanings: Scouts get healing surge 6+<Con mod>/day Defenders get healing surge 9+<Con mod>/day Controllers get healing surge 6+<Con mod>/day Most classes get 4 trained skills. The example Warlock is trained in Bluff, Insight*, Streetwise, & Thievery. The example Fighter is...

What mechanics exist for a character to be trained in additional skills (INT increase, feats, other)? (6 is way low for a rogue IMHO)

Are there more than 8 classes in PHB1? If so, we fully expect you to take a drunken WotC employee hostage & extract the name(s) of the super secret class(es) from them - with feathers if necessary! Feathers of dooooooom! :p

For Warlord, what about buffer vs. debuffer?

A ruling isn't needed, because it is in the spell text (3.5 version): Now whether that means an autofail on the spell, or the wall zigs around the blocked square is up to the DM.

Well this, obviously - I mean, what's not to love in that image? In fact, I'd put the baby chimera in the middle of the corpse, innocently chewing away (not its faulty they hatch hungry)... & have it look up at the paladin & say 'Ma-ma?'

I am SO having a 4e low-INT rogue named Bar-Bar Jinks now. 'Me-sa have GREATS plan!'

Oooh, got it - he inhales (not like that), & the victim feels their lungs squeeze tight as their breath is drawn forth in a glowing cloud that moves quickly from their mouth & into his. After checking out Spell Compendium, I'm now leaning toward specialist (or even the UA variant) necromancer -...

Thanks for all of the suggestions so far! Keep them coming! irdeggman: I had a look at the fey stuff - good power, but it just doesn't fit the character's backstory or theme, unfortunately. Good to know about for future builds, though. I definitely like Fearsome Necromancy, & it is on the list...

I'm building a character for a game set in the Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign (my first time playing it, so no spoilers, please). Healer & tank roles are covered, & I'm going for a change of pace away from my usual rogue & into blaster. My design process has been rather different...

In addition to what others have said, I would consider thinking up just 1 or 2 tidbits to give to anyone who takes ranks in an appropriate Knowledge skill.

I played in a game (English-speaking) where one player started speaking German when were fighting some kobolds and his character was trying to negotiate with them in Draconic. When my character (typical 'dumb brute' barbarian) started copying his, I played it out by repeating what I could manage...

*sigh* Madagascar... Antarctica... & a 1st posting of OotS. Someday... someday.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0529.html Am I way behind, or did I actually get 1st post on one? (I'm betting on the former.)

You could also turn it around - what if the PCs were at the facility (some as scientists, some as sailors there on a delivery) when disaster struck? Horror, shock... then word comes in of survivors in a remote area - survivors who will starve once the canned goods run out (probably gives a...