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For the record, I love the word "acrobacy". That's pretty epic. Acrobatics isn't nearly as much fun. "Acrobacy" makes it seem like a type of magic.

Why doesn't the thoradorian just choose a class that would allow him to do that sort of thing anyway? The Barbarian would be a good example. You can do a lot of stuff, you just need to be willing to choose the powers that allow you to do what you want. Personally, I think that it would...

None of the above. They've stated that there will be no new class in Dark Sun, but there will be some interesting new mechanics. I would assume that they're talking unique options like the Forgotten Realms Spellplague stuff.

I'm DMing for 2 guys. They decided that one of them would be the focus, while the other is the protector. The main person decided his character knew a special dance, and there were others. Over the first few sessions, we started to decide where to take the game and what was important. It took a...

Random idea using Sleep as an example: Normally, Sleep would be an "attack", and the enemy would get a save every round. There's a battle going on around him, and his adrenaline's pumping, and all this other stuff. If it's just a guy somewhere else, though, and especially if he's not expecting...

I don't have a problem with characters jumping from heights. They're awesome. That's all that matters. If they weren't, they wouldn't do the things they do. By higher levels, they're infused with magic. That's why they can make ridiculous jumps in plate armor and survive a crit from a giant or a...

I also really like the idea of the Barbarian Sorceror. Don't forget that there's also a Paragon Path that is like the 3e Rage Mage. Seems fun. I need to spend more time with the Hybrid rules to get a feel for what you can do with them.

Maybe the enemies are standing behind a pillar or wall. The companion is there. You can do your stuff through the companion. Picture a 10 square line. There's a Swordmage with Lightning Lure, an enemy 7 squares away, and the companion another 2 squares back. You could use Lightning Lure to...

4e is a game. As such, I'm not much of a stickler about it. I'm not much of a stickler in any of the games that I play. I'm pretty sure that I've been in an Exalted game and stood in the way of an ally's Death of Obsidian Butterflies. That's not a blast, but it was necessary. There are a bunch...

He should play a Monk of Melora from the same monastery the Avenger came from. Who's to say that that monastery only had Avenger? It could be a friend or cousin. (I haven't listed to the podcasts, so I don't know if they went with the monastery idea.)

4e has a lot of new rules. I mentioned being a Ranger because they are lightly armored and good with two weapons. You do not need to have a pet. In fact, you would not choose the pet option if you wanted to be good with two weapons. If you want to be sneaky and able to steal stuff, you just need...

Figure out what it is that you actually want to do, then build him around that. Don't decide that you want to be a Rogue, and that's it. Do you want to be good with two weapons and lightly armored? Then you want to be a Ranger who specializes in two weapon fighting. Or maybe a Fighter who does...

There is. You make it up. You can go ahead and do the ritual thing. It's no different than spending money to hire mercenaries. If you're talking about things that happen outside of combat, there aren't rules because there don't need to be. In game: You: I spend a lot of time in the keep mixing...

1. The Sword of Orcus, Demon Prince of Undeath, broke on the chest of a slave. 2. The slave was killed. 3. The pieces of the broken sword were put into a closet with the dead slave. I'm going to throw out what I see as the obvious answer: The Sword's magical powers of Undeath reanimated the...

You could give the new Seeker a try. It's a controller. The damage looks pretty bad, but it definitely controls things.

I have the players preroll their dice. The have a set of 10 numbers they can pull from for skills and combat. The also get to add a total of +10 to the set. When it's time for something, they scratch one off and tell me what they have. This does 3 things: 1. It gives the players more initial...

I want to play a Warforged Artificer, a Goliath Barbarian with a Mordenkrad, a Warforged Swarm Druid reflavored into a composite of tiny automata, a Sorceror, a Warden, and a Swordmage. I've done the Swordmage a couple of times. I love the class. There are a few others up in air. I DM now, so...

If you just watched someone destroy 5 of your friends, you're going to try to get that person. The monsters and NPCs don't have any concept of being a minion. The spellcaster just blew up their friends, so the spellcaster needs to die. If it's someone else, like a powerful Barbarian hitting...

That's not a bad idea.

I'm thinking of making a Warforged character a brief Companion for my players soon. I saw this today, and I think that I've hit upon a flavor for it that I like. The Warforged will disconnect into a number of small automata that wander around attacking things. I'll just reflavor everything to...