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I've followed this guys's comic for a couple of years now. I found it through his excellent session writeups. Unfortunately he doesn't do the writeups any longer, but as part of his comic he has posted two parts of a fictional evil campaign in writeup style. I want in. It seems like such a...

Looking at sorcerer builds, and I have one right now with Blazing Starfall as an at-will. At low Paragon it does something like 1d4+20 damage in an area. Enlarge spell would be awesome for this spell, since much of the damage is static, but for a Sorcerer to take it they need to invest 13's...

During our game on Tuesday, we used the Sending ritual a couple of times. During it's use, a debate arose about the '25 words' limit. Compound words and other things were discussed. One of the players brought up other languages. I only speak one language, so when he says that German works...

Dear ENworld fellows, My home computer is currently out of commission, meaning I have no access to the Character Builder. Often, when I have what I think is a great idea for a PC, I'll build it up and see what it looks like at 1st, 6th, 11th, etc levels. I like my current PC, but accidents...

Just like the title says. I see this quoted as truth all the time, but I do not recall there being an explicit rule that says all encounter effects last only 5 minutes. Does it exist? If so, where? Thanks, Jay

I've been lurking this board for a few days, poking around to see if there is any advice along the lines I'm looking. I haven't found any. And since I know the posters at ENWorld are such a creative bunch, I figured I'd post and see if I could get some help. I'm currently not in a good place...

I've seen this sentiment expressed kind of a lot here in the Main forum, and a bit in the 4e rules forum. Rituals Suck. I don't really follow. I do see that the time factor limits usage, but the other complaints I'd need some convincing on: 1 - They cost too much. 2 - They are bland...

Traveler’s Harlequin (Dragon 382) My DM is already on board, so this is not an approval seeking post, just an. . .evaluation seeking one. I would like my currently 6th level Kobold Assassin to take this PP. I'm not really too fond of the Assassin paths already presented, there is no Kobold...

I stop paying attention for a few days and these are no longer General Forum appropriate? Having read the article, I was looking to comment. I guess this post will suffice, though my threads usually have such a short shelf life: Kind of odd to me, an article tailored to the Infernal Pact, and...

These six races have racial powers that present some balance problems: Bladeling, Dragonborn, Duergar, Genasi, Drow, and Minotaur. Each of them can use a power one time per encounter that has an attack bonus of only Stat + *something*. For all but the Drow and Minotaur, that something is +2...

I've been messing around with the Character Builder, trying to build a Sorcerer I *like*. The current incarnation is a Dragonborn Sorcerer with some Barbarian flavor. One build uses hybrid rules to get this done, and I was surprised when I went to look at the power cards that the Character...

A few of the threads on the front page right now are discussing the defenses of PC's, the issues with Masterwork Armor, and game balance. One thing that bugs me about the discussion is the assumtion that one's FRW should be all around good. Several suggestions have been made about allowing 3...

I am looking at putting one together for our current campaign as a backup. I like to have one ready so that if I bite it there is less downtime. The first one I built I went all ranged and took Greatbow Proficiency. It works okay at first, but there were an increasing list of implement...

A Pacifist Cleric, an Illusionist, a Battlerager, and a Feylock walk into a bar... Seriously though, Divine Power introduced options for Clerics to do little or no damage. Arcane Power did a similar thing with Illusion powers. A Battlerage Vigor fighter who takes all of the Invigorating...

I was pretty fascinated by these in 3.5 (because they were better than good). I think the odds are not great that these will ever be a PC race, but if you *did* want to make them a 4e PC race, what would they get? +2 Dex +2 Wis +2 to Acrobatics +2 to something else! Some other racial...

In the Compendium there are two: It looks like they are almost identical, but does the second one really let you use the oath of emnity until the oathed target dies? The lack of that line looks like the only difference. If so, wow. What fighter *wouldn't* take this. Or ranger. Jay

I am playing an illusionist in my current game. Now that I have played a few sessions, I feel qualified to make a judgement about them. They are wonky. I am trying to stick to only illusion powers, and if you do that you notice that both illusion at-wills are single target, but so far every...

I've been thinking about this lately. I have noticed myself in a rut, so to speak, with character creation. I will choose 18,14,11,10,10,8 or 17,15,13,10,10,8 almost exclusively when building a character. Has anyone else found what they feel is an optimal stat array? Jay

Martial Power has a paragon path called avalanche hurler. It is made for rangers who wish to use thrown weapons. I like this paragon path. I do have a bit of confusion, though. Heavy thrown weapons use Strength when thrown. Ranger powers all specify: Strength vs. AC (melee; main weapon and...

This has come up twice in our games. When a mob is blinded, do all of the targets have superior cover even vs bursts? What this means is that even though a dragon's fear has nothing to do with it seeing you, would it still take a penalty to hit you? Or a caster power that emanates outward...