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I'm not trying to bash you or anything. I know it's hard to carry the proper tone over the internet, and readers will often see the wrong tone. I just don't think this experience point system is a good idea. I'd be really hesitant to mess with experience points, especially when it...

I'd say in this case, the rules are vague, the consequences can be high, so you should screw the rules and do what would result in the most fun. Some things to think about: - Will the player miss out on some fun encounters if he lost his stuff, or would he be able to replace them before the...

Who cares about single target nukes when you can shapeshift into a Dire Lion, cast Bite of the Weretiger (OK, noncore and really powerful, but still), and charge for over 100 damage on a full attack - at level 13? 20d6 damage only averages 70 damage on a failed save. If there's one weakness of...

I think 4E should be written in both common language and a (pseudo) computer programming language of choice. That way, we can refer to the more precise syntax when the common language is confusing :D. If will attack(succeeds){ Damage(4d6+21) Blind(infinite)} Else{ Damage(FLOOR((4d6+21)/2))...

Well, the spell duration ends when all beams are exhausted. So shooting your last beam automatically removes the blindness from everyone you've already blinded? That doesn't really make sense. Honestly, there are plenty of permanent ways to blind people, and for a 7th level spell, it's not...

And how would you know they're too powerful for core? Really, I don't see how 4e promotes "power-based storytelling". I don't see anything in the previews that prevents you from doing character-based storytelling. For one thing, powerful characters and character-based storytelling are not...

Wow, I totally forgot "last year" is 2007 :p. 2 months ago should be long enough to avoid any new arrivals who register only to vote.

Not only that, but it's tough to put a bright line on it. Can you link to your build at other forums? Can you link it and say "vote for whoever you like", knowing they'd probably be biased for voting for you? Can you even mention that you had this other build, and you can check it out at this...

The problem is when people post on other forums and places saying "Hey, register here and vote for my build named XYZ please!" Epic Meepo's solution is really the best way of doing it if you want a poll. Otherwise, I think a poll might be a bad idea, or you could pick one "community favorite"...

The WotC virtual tabletop should honestly be free, and they should charge small amounts for miniatures. There are plenty of good virtual tabletops out there like OpenRPG and Maptools, and there are free voice chat programs like Ventrilo and Skype. I honestly don't see myself paying 10 bucks a...

He's in the middle of a charge, and in this case a jumping charge. Can you interrupt your own charge halfway through and do something else? Maybe. Can you interrupt a jump halfway through? Uhm. Also, it's easier than you think to force someone to go down the length of one of these. See...

Actually, Gish /can/ mean any type of fighting + magic combo. That's (in order from most commonly used to least commonly used with gish) fighting + arcane, fighting + divine, fighting + psionics, or even stuff like fighting + soulbinding or fighting + incarnum or fighting + truenaming etc.

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I think Wind Wall might illuminate how Wall of Fire works. I think this lends credence to the single line, no squares placement of Wall of Fire. Otherwise, you can put a Wind Wall on top of a tiny flying creature and they'll just be stuck because they can't "pass through" it. Similarly, if...

Well, it mentions that the "radiation" damage is dealt once per round on your turn, but that sentence is before the part where it talks about damage for passing through the wall. Hmm... that's a workable interpretation. EDIT: Oh wow, placement is a problem :confused: .

So, let's say a creature passes through the wall multiple times during the same round. Imagine the Wall cutting directly through the middle of a slalom skiing course. The poor skier has to cut through the wall multiple times in six seconds. By RAW, does he take damage every time he passes...

And Psionic Body so they get stacking HP bonuses at the same time. I've addressed this in the Balancing E6 thread.

I've just e-mailed part of my entry. I'll be doing the analysis at levels 5, 10, and 15 soon. Please let me know if anything else is required.

Could you clarify this a bit more? Do our Power Attackers have to deal good ranged damage as well? Are they assumed to have some standard teammates around them?

Just to clarify, does the character have to be using/breaking Power Attack at level 5?