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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blargney the second" data-source="post: 5111785" data-attributes="member: 14678">A lot of this stuff is built right into a fair amount of the material from late-cycle sourcebooks.  The designers were developing 4e concepts by incorporating them into 3.5.From Bo9S you can use stances to get sneak attack for skirmishers or a marking ability for soldiers.  Since it spells out fairly clearly the relative worth of any given ability, it wouldn't be a huge stretch to just modify it to fit your needs as a DM.  (Don't want sneak attack?  Switch Assassin's Stance from +2d6 SA to +1d6 skirmish and +1 AC.)I think 4e's monster design concepts can be a *huge* advantage for the DM if you're willing to port them back to 3e.  They can be used in conjunction with this thread's premise quite nicely, especially if you're willing to tinker a bit with house rules.  Swap a couple feats for abilities X & Y and BAM, you're good to go.-blarg</blockquote>