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What I really wonder is what's going to be worth buying in the DMG 2. Traps, hazards, templates, and artifacts, okay. But we don't really need more DM tips, we don't need more sample towns or dungeons... what else is there?

I voted Wizard, but it's a close decision for me. The wizard is the class that least involves just hitting things over and over again. The other classes have various flavors of hitting things, but it's still mainly just hitting things. Wizard controller powers are much more exciting, IMO...

1d8+3. Damage bonuses apply regardless of whether there's an ability score involved.

It's the Hammer Rhythm paragon feat. Str 15, Con 17, if you miss with a hammer or mace and wouldn't ordinarily deal damage on a miss, you deal your Con mod in damage. It doesn't stack with Reaping Strike.

Not necessarily true. A javelin has an impressive 10/20 range and is Heavy Thrown. Str is all you need there.

Can someone with the books confirm or deny this? I'm not sure whether WotST only lets you mimic an implement you have mastery with, and whether Arcane Initiate gives you Implement Mastery.

I would actually suggest a warlord instead of a fighter for that archetype--anyone who spends as much time in combat "telling people stuff" is very warlord-like. But yeah, it looks like History is the only "knowledge" skill you can pick up as a class skill--although a 3e fighter would have been...

Something like that. Post in the Tavern and someone will help you out.

Click on the link in my sig; we'd be happy to have some volunteers for playtesting our upcoming 4e rules.

Monsters get half their level to initiative too. +3 vs. +5 is exactly the same as +18 vs. +20 in that context.

All right, fine. Say the concept is an eladrin army officer, an experienced commander, who is also trained in the arcane traditions of his people as part of his "breadth"-based education. Or a half-elf warrior-champion of Asmodeus, able to smite with his blade or call down power from Hell...

Both of the sample dwarf fighters fail to do this. Kathra, for example, does 3d10+5 damage (3[W]+3(Str)+2(Feat)); it would be 3d10+9 if the feat went inside the brackets.

Better to swap out your weapon, IMO, unless it's more important to make AoOs than gain a defense bonus and be able to draw the weapon for free next round. What if you're none of those? Like a half-elf paladin/warlock, or an eladrin warlord/wizard? Those should be viable as well. Is there any...

Nope--you roll one attack roll per creature, but one damage roll total. So a grand total of 122 rolls.

@Jack99: Tide of Iron requires a shield. Question for those who have the books: Do implements have to be class-specific? E.g. if you're a wizard/warlock, do you have to use wands, or could you use an orb for your warlock spells? I have two ideas for a warrior/wizard in mind. One is a...

Except that multiclassing doesn't get you Implement Mastery.

[ts] is pre-print jargon for the multiplication symbol. So it means 1d6 times your Wis. Also think of it like Careful Attack: you get an additional chance to land one attack, and thus add your Hunter's Quarry damage. Between getting +4 to one attack or getting two attacks, I'll take the latter.

Immobilized != unable to act. It means you can't move, but you can still attack, teleport, use any powers that don't involve moving, etc.

True, but if you're using a vorpal falchion with a power that does 7[W], you're looking at an extra 9 damage or so--plus the sheer visceral factor of getting to roll more d4's than most players even own (I know I'd have to buy some more).

They're a little weaker than they look on paper, because 2 of their racial abilities depend on Con, which increases their MAD in most cases.