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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6135492" data-attributes="member: 82106">Yeah, rangers look somewhat out of whack. They are somewhat glass cannons though, and a fighter that gets up close can be pretty nasty. Have the enemy try to move past them to get at the ranger, then the fighter gets an OA/Combat Superiority stuff which ramps up their damage a lot. Beastmaster is fun, though a lot of people complain about the beast not really being a big combat monster (they aren't, but they're really fun for RP purposes and a beastmaster can still use a bow and Twin Strike with the best of them). The bard is another fun class, but really all the PHB2 classes worked pretty well. Shaman is a little complicated, Barbarian is fun (the one in my new game got a crit with Avalanche Strike I think it was and did 56 damage at level 1, lol), and the Warden is just ridiculously hard to kill (and being able to do "Form of Winter's Herald!" is pretty fun).Monsters make great companions, they're simple to run. DMG2 has some rules for creating stat blocks specifically suited to be companion characters, which offers a few tweaks so things work a little better, but in general monsters are OK. I really like the modules in the various Essentials material. The one in the DM's Kit is a level 1 adventure IIRC. Orcs of Stonefang Pass is also pretty good. WotC really hasn't published much else beyond the 9-part HPE series. Those CAN be decent, but they tend to have a lot of spots that are just long slugfests. Again, DDI has a lot of more interesting shorter adventures, the "Chaos Scar" series are a whole bunch of adventures with a common theme, sort of an elaboration on the concept of the old Caves of Chaos where there's a keep and a whole area full of weird monsters and adventures.</blockquote>

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