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Actually online is also a good method for the "your ally gets replaced by a doppelganger" session. You don't need to take your player out of the room and pass him/her secret notes that clues everyone in: all you need is send them a private message! (Same goes for Spot/Listen/Search/Perception...

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There should be no incriminating posts on me but for the record, I don't like the Vancian Magic system, but for game play reasons (long list of things to track--and I've been the one playing the epic-level spellcasters) rather than "it didn't make sense" (because it's a game!).

Well, they are "magic" items so I don't really need to rationalize that so much. :)

No but you can use Healing Surges to do that for magic items...

I checked d20srd.org and that particular "fluff" isn't in the mechanics. That's a fluff attached by us as readers/players. There's nothing stopping us from attaching that same mentality to the powers in D&D 4E. In my opinion, it's more of a matter of shifting one's paradigm rather than a lack of...

Here's the scenario: you have 4 encounter powers and one of them is coming from your Paragon Path. So basically you're getting 3 Encounter Powers from your class. Taking an Encounter Power Swap Feat (you can't take it multiple times but you can retrain to change it and take a higher level power)...

The quote is valid if you're running a "cinematic" game. Why does Voltron not use his Blazing Sword at the start of the battle? (Or -insert favorite super robot/sentai/anime/action movie special move here-). You're absolutely right, a game is not a movie or a book but there are elements you can...

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I see it more as spending one feat to increase the damage die of a longsword (d8) to d10.

Psionics = Talents Ki = Katas/Kihos Elemental = Focuses, Attunements

Yes, it's based on a popular video game franchise.

Agreed but 1) getting players on the same page can be accomplished by a pre-campaign/pre-game discussion and 2) again, players are free to buy the DMG because they want to read the DMG, not solely because "all the magic items are there". Hey, I want my players to become GMs too (so that I can...

Care to elaborate on multiple play styles? If players want to buy the DMG, they're free to do so. As long as they're not forced to do so because the magic items are in it.

No more players buying the DMG solely for the magic items section.

He added the masterwork bumps but not the AC bonus the base armor gives.

The math is right. According to the DMG (p.184), the Defense of a Monster should be 40 at level 28. Using your calculations, you need a 12 or higher to hit the corresponding defense of a level 28 monster. Mind you, you can get a higher chance if you started with an Int of 20 and put all your...

What Zurai said. Chain is supposed to be inferior to Scale.

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Yes, you are correct. That is why Improvised Weapons do not give a Proficiency Bonus to attack.