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Certainly! (Sorry for delay, was going out) It denies them power usage. Why? Because the Power Point scaling for the powers is meant to be that, at the full power point usage (that it includes a half-power usage is pretty much gravy), that it equals a non-PPUP classe's encounter power. Thus...

One of the players in our Dark Sun game started out as an Oassassin, and was reasonably effective. He then, at a rebuild point, hybridized into a ranger||assassin, and works very nicely now. Brad

Certainly they wouldn't switch out, because then nobody would play the classes. At least, not without further houserules addressing the scaling of the damage and effects. Brad

Yes, yes, a thousand times. I found, with my brutal rogue, that the ability to nearly auto-hit by attacking Reflex (via Piercing Strike) or another NAD and inflict Sneak Attack damage was far, far more useful than going for high-[W] powers. You're kind of dependent on having a good defender...

At this point, they're probably thinking of a quarter, with a +/- 2-3 quarter splash radius. Brad

My parents first learned that I could read when my mom saw me reading a Star Wars storybook by myself. I also read a lot of the Marvel Star Wars comics, some of which, thinking back, were pretty darn sophisticated. The first book book I got myself was the Chronicles of Narnia, bought with...

Or ask questions and find out how to make it work. Mostly, I'd like people to be able to contribute at any point. Not necessarily all be the best at everything, of course, but at least be able to sort of contribute/back up. In Shadowrun, they should be able to do *something* in a fight, and...

I could live without an AP2, or maybe an AP2 that didn't have wizard builds. But I'd love me some more sorcerer and avenger builds. Long time, even. Brad

+1/tier, same as the other new Expertise feats. And it's untyped, so it stacks with Weapon Focus, Dwarven Weapon Expertise, and Goliath Greatweapon Prowess. Interestingly, it also stacks with Spear Expertise, as both bonuses are untyped, and therefore stack. Brad

I like to threaten to key the DMs' cars. Now that I'm GMing a Shadowrun game, I threaten their characters with headshots. One of the DMs even cooperated with this by playing the party mage, which gives me an excuse to actually focus fire him. (Of course, all this is in good fun...I'm still...

That seems fine. I think it'd go especially well with survivability feats, too. Brad

Hrm. With feats, there's: Not that that's very much. I don't see any attack powers that do that. And, frankly, it's not like runepriests are going to be likely to overheal much. There was a belt that allowed you to keep overhealing as tHP. I forget the name. Brad

Also, asking the players to both take prisoners and dispose of them properly while simultaneously making sure that they do not have time to take a break from the dungeon else the Big Bad's nefarious plans will inevitably succeed will usually result in the prisoners getting the shaft. If there...

I think the *intent* is to let you get your Oath double roll even while those are adjacent. The problem is the wording of "only enemy." Obviously, target can be multiples, but it's hard to get around "only enemy." Brad

I don't. I might play an a$$hole, but not to the point of actually being evil. Unaligned is great in 4e that way. Brad

Depends. Some are let go, some are recruited (unlikely, but has happened), some are given a trial and executed, some are executed in a state of grace, and some realized we were done with them when the avenger gave them a lobotomy with her axe. (If you behead them, they might survive for a...

It's funny, the Samurai is a good match for a rogue, and a Yakuza is a good match for a paladin. Brad

I'm kind of in your boat, Mirtek. I really prefer things to disappear into the calculation so I can get on with play and not remember "dammit, I coulda done that two rounds ago!" This applies more to item daily powers, but I tend to choose bake-in feats over much more fiddly ones. One thing...

Looks cool, too, especially if you make some sort of Holy sword with it. Brad

Hrm, looking again at Piercing Palm, it's really only useful for a monk who's eschewing light blades, or a thief, because most rogue powers specify that they need to be used with a light blade, hand crossbow, or a sling. Very, VERY useful for a thief. Original rogue? Not so much. Brad