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Or it could be something like "The Warden multiclassed Barbarian, power-swapped for and is using Storm of Blades (encounter 13), and you're not playing by the rules update on it." If so, there's an easy solution to that!

Yes, I am aware of that. However, this implies a recommendation for "Wintertouched + Lasting Frost + a Frost weapon." Perhaps Nifft's recommendation of those feats should be seen to imply "and a Frost Weapon/cold powers as well"; if not, I wanted to point out that those feats would be of no...

Huh? You need to take a Frost Weapon/cold powers as well for the feats to do any good! Wintertouched Benefit: When attacking a creature that is vulnerable to cold, you gain combat advantage when you use a power that has the cold keyword. Lasting Frost Benefit: Any target you hit with a power...

I could assume the character started with 18 Str, but didn't go Demigod, and end up with him needing a 17 to hit. I fail to see why Dwarf is such a bad race from to-hit perspective. Any +2 Str race starting with a 16 Strength would also end up with an 18. A Con Barbarian will typically want...

To add a similar point: as more monster books are released, the need for more monsters decreases (ceteris paribus- as people get to epic levels the need for more monsters might be increasing because there are fewer published epic monsters). So this cuts in favor of higher quality (fluff text)...

Hail of Steel, by far the best level 17 Warlord encounter power around. I think several Paragon powers (but few heroic ones) grant basic attacks as opposed to basic melee attacks.

Runescribed Dracolich (level 29 solo controller, AC 45) versus level 27 party. Said Dwarf Barbarian, with 16-starting Strength and a +6 weapon, would have +13 level + 6 enhancement + 2 proficiency + 6 strength = +27 to hit AC. Assume 18-starting strength or Demigod and it's +28 to hit, enough...

Gold prices on items increase significantly faster than the benefits received. To the extent that you can replicate bonuses using multiple items rather than a single item, you can get the same bonuses at a lower gold cost. This is often limited by the limited number of slots you have, daily...

In these cases, though, the overall chance of success for the PCs is so low that unless the survival of the party is riding on every PC succeeding, it's not even worth taking feats to boost your party's chances of success. From 2% to 2.5% isn't much of an increase. Fortunately, the skill...

This is pretty much a waste, though. Once the player is up +11 (and winning ties; or +12 and losing ties), he wins 91% of the opposed checks. Finding +8 more so you always win has really run into diminishing returns. Of course, if several enemies are trying to spot you at once and you only...

The Dwarf fighter in question has Hammer Rhythm and Rain of Steel, which means that the build does a lot of auto-damage even if it can't hit. Also, the soldiers attack AC, so the fighter, who is Con-based, gains extra surges but doesn't suffer anything for low Reflex/Will. Try this with a...

I wouldn't take feats in common as a measure of "power creep." Power creep on existing well-built characters is essentially inevitable. As more material is released, the weakest existing abilities are replaced by stronger new abilities. It's obvious that power creep is happening with this...

Edit for clarity And if this is the case, then there isn't power creep? If characters have more feats than this in common, it's an indication of power creep? If characters have fewer feats than this in common, it's an indication of "power decay"?

While "an assortment of builds have more feats in common than they used to" might be a sufficient condition to indicate power creep, it doesn't seem even close to a necessary condition.

To add to keterys's point about a Guardian fighter being a better test: Battlerager fighters were introduced in Martial Power, and then almost completely rewritten in the June rules update. It's strange to avoid including recent material but include the (entirely new) BRV fighter.

Re-flavor the creatures. This should keep players unaware of what they're actually facing. For example, here's an alternation of a Wild Hunt Hound that I saw on WotC's forums: A pack of screaming demons descend from the sky like locusts. Flying with a pair of batlike wings, these black, scaly...

The original post indicates that there's only one PC casting the ritual. If so, 6/3 is a long challenge to coincide with a combat. The PC might fail the ritual in a short number of rounds, but chances are that the PC can't succeed on the ritual before the combat ends. In this case, the skill...

If you're only really concerned with heroic tier, I'd say: Human, 8 Str/18 (+2) Int/13 Con/13 Wis. Take Staff of Defense, Cloud of Daggers, Scorching Burst, Thunderwave. Feats: Leather Armor and two of Improved Initiative, Action Surge, Toughness. Orb of Imposition isn't good until Paragon...

The Battlefield Archer's ability is quite unclear as written, but the official FAQ for the Player's Handbook says: See FAQ for the Player's Handbook!

This is vastly overstated with respect to the Warden. Some Wardens don't even take Form of the Winter's Herald! As I mentioned above, Form of the Mountain's Thunder is also a great level 1 Daily power for Wardens.