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+1 for making me cackle out loud at the cafe.

Here's what would have happened in my group: Round 1: Natural 2, AP, Natural 1. Round 2: Miss. Round 3: At-will crit, followed by normal rolling. In the last 9 sessions, that happened more often than it didn't, it was actually getting really old. You can't blame the system for awful rolling...

Sounds like you're presuming that I haven't run five solo encounters since June 8th in a standard party. I'm not surprised your experience differs with a party of three. What classes did you say they were, again? No strikers? Do the math. If 5 characters take 90 minutes to take down a solo...

Very. She's the head honcho of Chapter 1. Right now, she's a savage berserker elite. But when the "good guys" turn the tide of the fight thanks to the PCs help in recruiting allies, she, in her frustration and rage, sacrifices her top captain to Yeenoghu, who grants her instant and terrible...

Solos take about as long to kill as 5 monsters, strangely. What's your party makeup? I'm gonna guess paladin, wizard, cleric.

Right. That's why example encounters have solos combined with other things on pages: 21, 76, 77, 79, 83, etc., etc., et al Thank you for your opinion; I wholeheartedly disagree. Luckily for her, she'll be fighting 5th level characters. Also, luckily for her, the weapon that drops her AC by...

Ok, I made this gnoll queen into a level 8 solo using 2 templates as prescribed by the DMG on page 174+. There are no level 8 solos to compare her to, and she honestly looks a lot like the level 9 white dragon, possibly even better. She is using a +2 berserker heavy flail, and its power is...

+2d8 more damage if you're a rogue...

The tradeoff here is you can't Quarry the target you want to hit each time (only the closest enemy), and you are never getting Prime Shot, because you are never closest to your target. You're actually less effective if you just sit in the back and never move around as a ranged striker. There's a...

Keep in mind that Melora's Tide goes away when you are no longer bloodied; when it stacks up to 11 regeneration at 1st level, you really only get one "tick" of regeneration before it's gone. Plus, you do have to burn Beacon of Hope (a daily) in addition to your encounter power that cost you a...

I always thought dragoons/lancers were a lot "heavier" than this class suggests. In FF games, you see them decked out in the heaviest armors available with gobs of hit points. It seems balanced enough, though. I skimmed the powers and didn't see anything crazy. The threatening reach at 5th might...

This is meant to be available to multiple classes. DRAGOON “Leap for the sky and never look back.” Prerequisites: Trained in Athletics; Proficiency with any polearm or spear. Trained in combat by the dragonborn elite, you are a Dragon Knight, or Dragoon. Your trademarks are reach weapons...

My group's been playing 4e since June 12th, once a week, and we've seen the 20 on a death save happen six times (twice was because of items like the symbol of hope and powers like divine mettle). What a great rule. It adds so much to the cinematics of a fight.

I have a strange feeling that the barbarian is going to want F-tons of Con.

Eh. Not to crap on anyone's playstyle, but personally I'd like to play in more than 3 campaigns (and have more than 3 characters) in my entire lifetime. I, too, would like to know why PC is "less enamored" with 4e.

How is Basement not one of the choices? Nearly 100% of all D&D games I've ever played have been in a basement, whether it was nicely finished and furnished, a dedicated game room in its own right, or 4 concrete walls and a 3x3 card table. I have to hazard a guess that I'm not the only person...

I thought 4e is a video game?

It took 16 years to gain 22 levels? :eek:

So if you get pushed while you're prone, it doesn't count as moving, since you can't move while prone?

Makes sense.