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Any weapon-using character (defender or no) who spends a first-level feat on a superior weapon (especially if that weapon is a two-handed weapon, even moreso if that weapon is a brutal weapon) is going to seem super-powerful at level 1.

I started a new 4e campaign about a month ago, and last week a couple new players joined. One of them is playing a Wilden Swarm Druid- I'm more or less familiar with the Druid class, but as I don't have Primal Power yet, I know next to nothing about Swarm Druids. After two encounters, I have to...

Well, if I'm not mistaken, the -5 to invisible opponents only applies to melee and ranged attacks- so when using a melee or ranged attack while blind, you'd suffer a -5, but if using a burst or blast, you'd only suffer a -2.

I really don't see how, in 4e, having a ton of potions could become a problem. In 3e, sure, it was easy for players to have a hundred potions of Cure Light Wounds (a mere 50gp) for tons of healing between encounters, but in 4e, most (all?) potions spend a healing surge, typically for a lesser...

Gotcha. Thanks!

Alright, I don't think I was being specific enough. I don't mean "Tell me what feats are so good every player will take them"- I meant "Tell me which feats seem to have been implemented purely to make up for the disparity between player bonuses and enemy bonuses at higher levels." You know, like...

So, I've recently started a new 4e game, and, having heard so much about the so-called "feat tax" commonly associated with the Expertise feats, I've decided to take an approach that I've heard others use. As I agree that the feats were most likely made to adjust the differently-scaling enemy...

Hmm, I dunno. I guess in my experience, the rogue's squishiness is enough of a factor that even though he can deal lots of damage, the Fighter has enough on his side (HP, abilities that can heal, his own ways to get combat advantage, etc.) that even though the rogue may often get his bonus...

Alright, that's what I thought... I had just never actually read the power before coming across this thread. That's just yet another rule that player's flubbed. (He used to insist that he got an AoO anytime someone entered his threatened space, that his mark reduced the target's AC, and that...

I can't imagine any rogue build being very effective.

If the Fighter in question were a Dwarf, would Inspiring Fortitude still be a standard action? The reason I ask is that I was recently in a low-level game where one of the players, a Dwarf Fighter, used Inspiring Fortitude a couple times. The way he was describing it, it sounded like it was a...

So if Arnold Schwarzenegger and Peewee Herman both come walking down the street, wearing the same suit, are you saying that the average person would look at them and have no idea which one would be better in a fight? To put things better into perspective, would a person who's a hardcore...

Also, it's up to the DM whether said PVP is considered an "encounter" or not (for purposes of reaching a milestone).

Did it never occur to you that maybe that was unintentional? Let's say there's some artwork showing two orcs, both armed with greatswords. But, in their statblock, one is armed with a greatsword, and one is armed with a longspear. Does the artwork take precedence over the mechanics? Of course...

Although it is a buff and can indeed be taken away, the bonus only matters when making an initiative check- which typically only happens at the beginning of an encounter. Think of it this way- gaining combat advantage doesn't make last round's attack hit, and losing combat advantage doesn't turn...

You seem to be missing one fundamental truth about minions. Whether you like it or not, the following statement is 100% truth in 4th Edition: Minions ARE WEAKER AND LESS THREATENING than non-minions of the same race. Minions, no matter how you want to imagine them, go down in one hit...

Ooh, sweet. The Ravenloft maps from the Map-a-Week archive are exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Incredibly powerful? Hardly. It takes a standard action (which deals no damage- 1d4 is hardly noteworthy), costs money (not even the most powerful daily power costs a single copper), and all it does is immobilize the target. The only time this would be remotely useful outside of very, very rare...

Hello, EnWorld! I have an NPC I've decided to include in my current campaign, but just in case he becomes a major NPC, I'm going to need some resources. Long story short, the NPC in question is a Vampire Lord- in particular, the very first vampire in the campaign world. He's been around for...

If he gets beat up a lot, have him take Toughness. It'll give him more HP, which will in turn increase all of his healing surges. And it scales every ten levels.