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I would definitely expect the PCs to do that, but how does that change my argument? If the PCs are the only thing blasting the undead back, how is only one character going to hold them back? If my PCs were exploiting the "full heal", then I would have the undead launch a larger assault in order...

There's definitely work arounds for this too. For instance, how much of an advantage will the undead have when your party leaves? If they were doing most of the protecting for the village, it will likely be overrun in the 6-8 hours it takes to sleep. However, if the PCs have set up a defense...

It seems a lot of people don't like it because you'll be able to seemingly heal after every encounter. I'll just say this: if you can find safety in a dungeon after every encounter, there's something seriously wrong with your DM. If you're fighting a bunch of orcs in a castle that they recently...

I can think of a few uses in which Alarm would be useful in the middle of dungeon where you don't have 10 minutes. Placing it in a hallway when you're being chased for example. I have to agree on the more gp though. It seems like for the same spell it should have the same requirements. Maybe...

After reading most of the material, here are a few thoughts I had regarding it. 1. They really made ogres and trolls powerful didn't they? With such ridiculous amounts of hit points, it seems clear that their "dangerous at any level" sentiment is coming through. Additionally, the AC of PCs...

If you think about it, what is the difference between a club and a mace in real life? In all honesty, both do the same amount of damage to a body, and both are similarly easy to use. The only real difference is in the material. Therefore, as a house rule, decide that clubs have a chance to break...

I wouldn't recommend it. There are some daily powers that are absolutely essential to the class (such as barbarians) and would destroy the class if they were removed. However, there are also some classes that have absolutely beastly encounter powers, and giving them essentially double the amount...

I agree with all the people above: getting rid of dailies is not a good idea. You're essentially killing druids, wardens and barbarians, as most of their power relies on dailies to get through encounters. I don't see how the system has to change that drastically to make it less meta game...

So I am currently playing a level 17 Rageblood, almost pure DPS Barbarian, and naturally I started thinking about what my Epic Destiny was going to be. Sadly, when I started looking up destinies on the compendium, none of them really seemed to apply for my character. Sure, there's primal ones...

Two words: difficult terrain.

Seems really cool. I'd like to throw one of my horrifically overpowered PC characters at it sometime, just to see if Kefka could do some decent damage.

I usually try to be as flexible a DM as possible, but there are times when I draw the line. For instance, I wouldn't let someone take the dwarf stats and apply them to humans, because it simply doesn't make sense in the context of my game. Dwarves are more resilient than humans, but less...

I think you are thinking in too "game-y" terms. What I do with my players is have them do whatever they want. If they want to go find an airship, fine, that's cool with me. If they want to go explore the Giantsreach mountains, that's fine too. But then I always have some sort of quest that I...

That seems kind of needlessly restrictive to me. How would you explain that in-game? I could see how it would affect people like wizards (because in previous editions they would forget the words to a spell they just cast) but for martial powers? A daily exploit for fighters is something that...

I've never used a grid while playing, and it's not really as complicated as you seem to make it out to be. I really just keep a grid in my head and go from there. I'm not sure the whole movement liberty thing is totally necessary. If someone is 35ft away, and your characters have a speed of 6...

What do you mean by daily exploits? Daily powers? And how would you change them depending on the quest?

Haha, whoops. The power is supposed to read "teleports to a square adjacent to the target after each attack."

So, getting to Cyric is a long story, but I'll just sum it up with this: My dad converted a 2e character to 4e, he was too powerful, had to make the most epic boss battle ever. He's fighting with Elminster (30th level wizard, but no clerical powers) to stop Cyric from breaking the crystalline...

My dad has had this idea for a monk that specialized in using a katana, so I wrote up a paragon path for it. Any help with balancing would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and by the way, it's pronounced Shart, like Sharp. Shaartre Warrior Path Features Blade Mastery (11th level): You gain...

That's some very good arguments. Nytmare's explanation was I think the best, but erik the guy had some compelling reasons as well. Perhaps there could be a compromise between the two. Maybe by blocking the blast with your shield, or ducking away from the worst of it is an explanation as to why...