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A while ago I posted a bunch of things I'd been working on. I thought I'd repost with updates in case any DMs here found stuff I've been working on of any use to them. I've been working on my mod for ... I guess around 2 years now? Still not done. Anyway, there's lots of cool stuff on here...

With that 3rd option in mind -- how will you deal with moves that magically sleep, or polymorph? What about moves that hypnotize or dominate? Stun isn't the only thing that can neutralize a character for a round or more. I just don't see how this makes sense -- they take actions but with big...

I think a lot of the powers a warlord gets greatly stretches what a 'melee power' class can and cant do in the purview of 4th ed. Even the rogue gets abilities that are hauntingly similar to magical fear effects. A STR/DEX/CHA based melee class sounds like a lot of fun, where their STR...

After reading your headline, i came in ready to tell you a Gladiator class would be redundant to a Fighter class, but now I'm pretty intrigued. Its true a lot of the fighting abilities a Gladiator would have would be similar to a Fighter's, but I really like what you're arguing with a Gladiator...

@Brainstorm: People have attempted that before -- not noticing that granting Combat Advantage already really addresses this in a much more efficient manner. I think Mesh made a REALLY great argument just now about stun and daze, where really we should be looking at it as "STUN" and "STUN...

Mesh, the way I see it, sustaining is an unbroken stream of attention to maintain some kind of magical effect. I like to see it as a chant. If someone comes in and clocks you in the head, thus dazing you, you'll stop chanting. Especially charm and illusion abilities that stun, they mean to...

I dont think I can count Gandalf as an Eladrin, and you're right -- most elves ought to just be a different shade of "Elf", which is what I've done for most. I guess I was just trying to get a little more creative with Elves, who're one of the more popular races. I gave Sindar a +2 INT and...

I play a heavily customized 4th Ed, with my own 9 base races that don't include outsiders, like Eladrin (and yes a lot of old DnD material is a nod to Tolkein -- Halflings were reskinned hobbits, originally, cause of litigation. They appear as they do now because a race that doesn't like...

Living with girlfriend -- after she moved in with me she asked me to teach her to DM. She's a big tabletop gamer, but like... Carcassone and Catan and Apples to Apples, not pen and paper. Guess I've corrupted her thoroughly.

Sometimes I wonder how much people know DnD was based off of Tolkein's middle earth. For those that don't know, elves are a sundered race, which means they have many different tribes. In the original Forgotten Realms Campaign book, they explored a series of elves not unlike Tolkein's elves...

That's pretty interesting -- i like the idea of an abjurer that keeps blocking your way. I wonder what his bread and butter attacks would be? Magic Missile sometimes feel kinda lame once you're in the paragon tier. I think the Illusionist redirecter is intriguing... Have to think up...

I'm trying to write out some archetypal wizards to be servants for some bigger evil, and I wanted to get outside opinions on them: When you think ILLUSIONIST or ABJURER, what kind of powers does he have? What about DIVINER? or TRANSMUTER? or NECROMANCER? What powers make these guys...

Great item for people who are new to DnD, and I LOVE the artwork on the box!!! It doesn't seem like it'll be doing any favors for those that have been playing for years already.

I promise anything you throw at me, my girlfriend's done 10x worse. And if she finds this post somehow, I mean that in the most loving way possible.

I agree Feats shouldn't be Powers. It should do something for you that is usually helpful in a passive way, and I think, Mkill, you'd agree. I'd go so far as to say feats (or at least 90% of them) shouldn't specifically modify or require certain class features. It's also true the game's math...

As far as battlerager, that didn't really have to do with immediate actions. It had to do with immediate effects and the use of ambiguous words like 'when', instead of clearer words like 'while' or 'after'. But you make a good point -- it's important that it's clear. However, your argument...

Reading all this, its kinda come to my realization that Wizards has sorta forgotten what they learned from magic with Instants and Interrupts. I think your system cleans up a lot of mess (worse than i thought actually) but why not just have them be called Immediates. You don't need "Reactions"...

Wait, Mengu, I was under the impression you can't beat trap DCs over 20 without training in Thievery.

Shared HP, shared Initiative, shared inventory, but they take diff turns, are diff classes. Quatto would be considered Restrained, I guess, and could probably only hold one implement (depending on how developed his arms are). I think that would make this dude the most fun.

I think if you really want to use this system, a d6 will, yes, explode too often. The math of a d10 will be more in line with what you want. A 10% chance to explode seems more balanced than a 17% chance to explode. My problem with the system, though, is that 'exploding' dice suggests anyone...